Countries by median age, July 1 estimate

Name: Countries by median age, July 1 estimate, 2021
Creator: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
License: CC BY 3.0 IGO

Vatican City had the highest median age, July 1 estimate of 236 countries in 2021, at 60.21 years. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at 14.38 years. The median was 31.37 years. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest60.21Vatican City

Lowest14.38Central African Republic

Median31.37236 countries

Top 40 countries, 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

years. Source: UN WPP. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2021 years	Change on 2020
1	Vatican City Estimated	60.21	-0.13
2	Monaco Estimated	55.29	+0.53
3	Saint Helena Estimated	49.87	+0.56
4	Japan Estimated	48.12	+0.45
5	Martinique Estimated	47.78	+0.32
6	Italy Estimated	46.77	+0.37
7	San Marino Estimated	46.31	+0.48
8	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	45.62	+0.33
9	Portugal Estimated	45.42	+0.4
10	Isle of Man Estimated	45.32	+0.2
11	Hong Kong Estimated	45.03	+0.6
12	Guadeloupe Estimated	44.95	+0.59
13	Germany Estimated	44.92	+0.05
14	Greece Estimated	44.86	+0.54
15	Puerto Rico Estimated	44.86	+0.54
16	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	44.54	-0.04
17	Croatia Estimated	44.44	+0.22
18	Bermuda Estimated	44.33	+0.3
19	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	44.2	+0.42
20	Bulgaria Estimated	44.04	+0.15
21	Spain Estimated	43.92	+0.42
22	Guernsey Estimated	43.83	+0.08
23	Liechtenstein Estimated	43.79	+0.22
24	Serbia Estimated	43.54	+0.16
25	South Korea Estimated	43.37	+0.61
26	Slovenia Estimated	43.14	+0.12
27	Lithuania Estimated	43.05	-0.1
28	Latvia Estimated	42.91	+0.08
29	Hungary Estimated	42.73	+0.27
30	Austria Estimated	42.68	+0.11
31	Jersey Estimated	42.65	+0.26
32	Czechia Estimated	42.64	+0.32
33	Andorra Estimated	42.51	+0.39
34	Finland Estimated	42.34	+0.16
35	Taiwan Estimated	42.32	+0.59
36	Romania Estimated	42.22	+0.26
37	Switzerland Estimated	41.74	+0.07
38	Netherlands Estimated	41.55	+0.02
39	Estonia Estimated	41.48	+0.1
40	Cuba Estimated	41.43	+0.08
41	France Estimated	41.39	+0.14
42	Denmark Estimated	41.24	+0.09
43	Ukraine Estimated	41.07	+0.28
44	Sint Maarten Estimated	41.05	+0.73
45	Montserrat Estimated	40.97	+0.42
46	Belgium Estimated	40.94	+0.12
47	Aruba Estimated	40.59	+0.19
48	Slovakia Estimated	40.54	+0.35
49	Poland Estimated	40.46	+0.36
50	Falkland Islands Estimated	40.37	+0.49
51	Canada Estimated	40.11	+0.2
52	Belarus Estimated	39.88	+0.29
53	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	39.73	+0.08
54	North Macedonia Estimated	39.65	+0.32
55	Sweden Estimated	39.64	+0.08
56	United Kingdom Estimated	39.32	+0.1
57	Norway Estimated	39.29	+0.24
58	Malta Estimated	39.23	+0.36
59	Gibraltar Estimated	39.02	-0.08
60	Montenegro Estimated	38.9	+0.23
61	Russia Estimated	38.86	+0.16
62	Thailand Estimated	38.71	+0.5
63	Luxembourg Estimated	38.65	+0.1
64	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	38.47	+0.18
65	Barbados Estimated	38.4	+0.25
66	Saint Martin Estimated	38.1	-1.43
67	China Estimated	38.01	+0.51
68	Faroe Islands Estimated	37.8	-0.06
69	Curaçao Estimated	37.69	+0.22
70	Ireland Estimated	37.64	+0.35
71	United States Estimated	37.47	+0.24
72	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	37.45	+0.42
73	Macao Estimated	37.38	+0.39
74	Australia Estimated	37.26	+0.36
75	Moldova Estimated	37.17	+0.34
76	Cayman Islands Estimated	37.13	+0.37
77	Palau Estimated	37.13	+0.33
78	Anguilla Estimated	36.95	+0.88
79	Cyprus Estimated	36.94	+0.41
80	New Zealand Estimated	36.77	+0.31
81	British Virgin Islands Estimated	36.66	+0.4
82	Réunion Estimated	36.65	+0.39
83	Georgia Estimated	36.56	+0.1
84	Niue Estimated	36.51	+0.52
85	Mauritius Estimated	36.19	+0.27
86	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	36.08	+0.5
87	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	35.77	+0.46
88	Iceland Estimated	35.72	+0.12
89	North Korea Estimated	35.57	+0.22
90	Albania Estimated	35.55	+0.42
91	Armenia Estimated	35.53	+0.47
92	Uruguay Estimated	35.26	+0.24
93	Chile Estimated	35.11	+0.42
94	Dominica Estimated	34.91	+0.47
95	Singapore Estimated	34.81	+0.33
96	Kuwait Estimated	34.79	-2.05
97	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	34.67	+0.41
98	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	34.61	+0.44
99	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	34.3	+0.69
100	Bahamas Estimated	33.91	+0.32
101	Greenland Estimated	33.75	+0.16
102	French Polynesia Estimated	33.56	+0.53
103	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	33.38	+0.25
104	Cook Islands Estimated	33.26	+0.53
105	New Caledonia Estimated	33.25	+0.37
106	Brazil Estimated	33.09	+0.41
107	Seychelles Estimated	33.05	+0.42
108	Costa Rica Estimated	33.02	+0.51
109	Saint Lucia Estimated	32.94	+0.37
110	Grenada Estimated	32.4	+0.47
111	Sri Lanka Estimated	32.32	+0.24
112	Qatar Estimated	31.97	+0.34
113	Iran Estimated	31.84	+0.51
114	Türkiye Estimated	31.65	+0.41
115	Azerbaijan Estimated	31.57	+0.44
116	Vietnam Estimated	31.48	+0.45
117	Tunisia Estimated	31.41	+0.31
118	Argentina Estimated	31.4	+0.32
119	Western Sahara Estimated	31.33	+0.39
120	United Arab Emirates Estimated	30.89	+0.03
121	Guam Estimated	30.88	+0.05
122	Colombia Estimated	30.8	+0.35
123	Brunei Estimated	30.79	+0.45
124	Jamaica Estimated	30.68	+0.45
125	Bahrain Estimated	30.63	-0.33
126	Maldives Estimated	29.66	+0.59
127	Indonesia Estimated	29.33	+0.2
128	Kazakhstan Estimated	29.29	+0.07
129	Malaysia Estimated	29.1	+0.48
130	Israel Estimated	29.05	+0.05
131	Myanmar Estimated	28.98	+0.26
132	Panama Estimated	28.96	+0.3
133	Peru Estimated	28.8	+0.27
134	Oman Estimated	28.7	-0.06
135	Venezuela Estimated	28.56	+0.31
136	Morocco Estimated	28.55	+0.32
137	Saudi Arabia Estimated	28.51	+0.02
138	Bhutan Estimated	28.23	+0.58
139	Mexico Estimated	28.22	+0.28
140	Lebanon Estimated	27.95	+0.14
141	Algeria Estimated	27.78	+0.18
142	Suriname Estimated	27.68	+0.18
143	South Africa Estimated	27.61	+0.35
144	Ecuador Estimated	27.58	+0.35
145	India Estimated	27.35	+0.32
146	Fiji Estimated	27.28	+0.22
147	American Samoa Estimated	27.23	+0.57
148	Dominican Republic Estimated	27	+0.3
149	Cape Verde Estimated	26.78	+0.42
150	Uzbekistan Estimated	26.72	+0.15
151	Libya Estimated	26.67	+0.22
152	Mongolia Estimated	26.51	+0.1
153	Tokelau Estimated	26.41	+0.36
154	El Salvador Estimated	26.09	+0.4
155	Paraguay Estimated	25.79	+0.26
156	Turkmenistan Estimated	25.64	+0.27
157	Cambodia Estimated	25.35	+0.23
158	French Guiana Estimated	25.23	+0.05
159	Belize Estimated	25.08	+0.41
160	Guyana Estimated	25.05	+0.23
161	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	24.81	+0.16
162	Bangladesh Estimated	24.73	+0.18
163	Nicaragua Estimated	24.59	+0.29
164	Philippines Estimated	24.47	+0.39
165	Tuvalu Estimated	24.25	-0.02
166	Bolivia Estimated	24.18	+0.16
167	Nepal Estimated	24.02	+0.57
168	Djibouti Estimated	23.8	+0.29
169	Laos Estimated	23.67	+0.29
170	Egypt Estimated	23.64	+0.15
171	Jordan Estimated	23.61	+0.34
172	Haiti Estimated	23	+0.24
173	Honduras Estimated	22.88	+0.31
174	Botswana Estimated	22.41	+0.14
175	Micronesia Estimated	22.37	+0.25
176	Kiribati Estimated	22.36	+0.18
177	Papua New Guinea Estimated	21.93	+0.19
178	Guatemala Estimated	21.89	+0.34
179	Tajikistan Estimated	21.57	+0.15
180	Eswatini Estimated	21.53	+0.25
181	Gabon Estimated	21.47	0
182	Marshall Islands Estimated	21.26	-0.15
183	Lesotho Estimated	21.13	+0.14
184	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	21.06	-0.07
185	Syria Estimated	20.98	+0.54
186	Tonga Estimated	20.8	-0.09
187	Namibia Estimated	20.79	+0.01
188	Nauru Estimated	20.74	-0.12
189	Ghana Estimated	20.56	+0.16
190	Timor-Leste Estimated	20.34	+0.27
191	Samoa Estimated	20.25	-0.11
192	Vanuatu Estimated	20.13	-0.03
193	Pakistan Estimated	19.99	+0.17
194	Comoros Estimated	19.88	+0.2
195	Iraq Estimated	19.84	+0.24
196	Solomon Islands Estimated	19.83	+0.19
197	Palestine Estimated	19.43	+0.15
198	Rwanda Estimated	19.03	+0.16
199	Kenya Estimated	19.02	+0.24
200	Sierra Leone Estimated	18.82	+0.21
201	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	18.68	+0.19
202	Senegal Estimated	18.63	+0.24
203	Togo Estimated	18.59	+0.1
204	Madagascar Estimated	18.56	+0.16
205	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	18.54	+0.18
206	Ethiopia Estimated	18.33	+0.2
207	Eritrea Estimated	18.18	+0.22
208	Republic of the Congo Estimated	18.12	+0.05
209	Yemen Estimated	18.08	+0.02
210	Liberia Estimated	18.02	+0.14
211	Sudan Estimated	17.96	+0.15
212	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	17.91	+0.05
213	Gambia Estimated	17.81	+0.17
214	Guinea Estimated	17.7	+0.13
215	Zimbabwe Estimated	17.54	+0.18
216	Benin Estimated	17.53	+0.1
217	Cameroon Estimated	17.52	+0.08
218	Nigeria Estimated	17.39	+0.17
219	South Sudan Estimated	17.31	+0.28
220	Malawi Estimated	17.11	+0.21
221	Zambia Estimated	17.11	+0.17
222	Tanzania Estimated	17.02	+0.1
223	Mauritania Estimated	16.89	+0.07
224	Burkina Faso Estimated	16.84	+0.21
225	Mayotte Estimated	16.7	-0
226	Afghanistan Estimated	16.58	+0.16
227	Angola Estimated	16.35	+0.02
228	Mozambique Estimated	16.19	+0.06
229	Uganda Estimated	16.14	+0.22
230	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	15.79	-0.03
231	Burundi Estimated	15.48	+0.15
232	Somalia Estimated	15.31	+0.04
233	Mali Estimated	15.23	+0.11
234	Chad Estimated	14.98	+0.12
235	Niger Estimated	14.96	+0.14
236	Central African Republic Estimated	14.38	-0.03

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About this ranking

Age that divides the estimated population on July 1 into two groups of equal size.

Modelled demographic estimate from UN World Population Prospects 2024. This series includes estimates through 2023 and excludes projections from 2024 onward. The reference date and method differ from January 1 statistics and multi-year survey estimates. Historical estimates can be revised.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Median age on 1 July, modelled estimates 1950 to 2023; projections excluded. Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-10. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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Which country has the highest median age, July 1 estimate?

Vatican City, with 60.21 years in 2021, according to United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Which country has the lowest median age, July 1 estimate?

The Central African Republic, with 14.38 years in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Median age on 1 July, modelled estimates 1950 to 2023; projections excluded. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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