Countries by median age, July 1 estimate

Name: Countries by median age, July 1 estimate, 2022
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 2022, at 59.88 years. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at 14.3 years. The median was 31.72 years. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest59.88Vatican City

Lowest14.3Central African Republic

Median31.72236 countries

Top 40 countries, 2022

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2022 years	Change on 2021
1	Vatican City Estimated	59.88	-0.33
2	Monaco Estimated	54.97	-0.32
3	Saint Helena Estimated	50.21	+0.34
4	Japan Estimated	48.55	+0.43
5	Martinique Estimated	48.24	+0.46
6	Italy Estimated	47.12	+0.34
7	San Marino Estimated	46.78	+0.47
8	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	45.99	+0.37
9	Guadeloupe Estimated	45.86	+0.91
10	Portugal Estimated	45.81	+0.38
11	Hong Kong Estimated	45.59	+0.56
12	Isle of Man Estimated	45.48	+0.16
13	Greece Estimated	45.39	+0.53
14	Puerto Rico Estimated	45.2	+0.34
15	Germany Estimated	45.02	+0.1
16	Bermuda Estimated	44.7	+0.37
17	Croatia Estimated	44.61	+0.17
18	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	44.57	+0.03
19	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	44.56	+0.36
20	Spain Estimated	44.39	+0.48
21	Bulgaria Estimated	44.15	+0.11
22	Liechtenstein Estimated	44.01	+0.22
23	South Korea Estimated	43.94	+0.58
24	Guernsey Estimated	43.88	+0.05
25	Serbia Estimated	43.67	+0.13
26	Slovenia Estimated	43.5	+0.36
27	Hungary Estimated	42.99	+0.26
28	Latvia Estimated	42.95	+0.04
29	Taiwan Estimated	42.92	+0.6
30	Jersey Estimated	42.87	+0.21
31	Andorra Estimated	42.83	+0.32
31	Austria Estimated	42.83	+0.15
33	Czechia Estimated	42.64	0
34	Lithuania Estimated	42.63	-0.42
35	Finland Estimated	42.53	+0.19
36	Romania Estimated	42.39	+0.17
37	Switzerland Estimated	41.96	+0.22
38	Estonia Estimated	41.63	+0.14
39	France Estimated	41.57	+0.18
40	Cuba Estimated	41.51	+0.08
41	Sint Maarten Estimated	41.48	+0.43
42	Netherlands Estimated	41.46	-0.09
43	Ukraine Estimated	41.45	+0.38
44	Montserrat Estimated	41.39	+0.42
45	Denmark Estimated	41.22	-0.03
46	Belgium Estimated	41.15	+0.22
47	Falkland Islands Estimated	40.93	+0.56
48	Slovakia Estimated	40.9	+0.36
49	Poland Estimated	40.86	+0.4
50	Aruba Estimated	40.77	+0.17
51	Canada Estimated	40.25	+0.15
52	Belarus Estimated	40.19	+0.31
53	North Macedonia Estimated	39.91	+0.26
54	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	39.77	+0.05
55	Malta Estimated	39.75	+0.52
56	Sweden Estimated	39.73	+0.09
57	United Kingdom Estimated	39.5	+0.19
58	Norway Estimated	39.44	+0.15
59	Thailand Estimated	39.19	+0.48
60	Montenegro Estimated	39.08	+0.18
61	Russia Estimated	39.07	+0.22
62	Gibraltar Estimated	38.95	-0.07
63	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	38.71	+0.24
64	Luxembourg Estimated	38.68	+0.02
65	Barbados Estimated	38.65	+0.25
66	China Estimated	38.53	+0.53
67	Saint Martin Estimated	38.4	+0.3
68	Ireland Estimated	38	+0.35
69	Curaçao Estimated	37.95	+0.26
70	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	37.87	+0.42
71	Macao Estimated	37.83	+0.46
72	Anguilla Estimated	37.77	+0.82
73	United States Estimated	37.72	+0.25
74	Faroe Islands Estimated	37.54	-0.26
75	Australia Estimated	37.51	+0.25
76	Cayman Islands Estimated	37.5	+0.37
77	Palau Estimated	37.48	+0.36
78	Moldova Estimated	37.48	+0.31
79	Cyprus Estimated	37.34	+0.4
80	British Virgin Islands Estimated	37.12	+0.46
81	New Zealand Estimated	37.07	+0.29
82	Réunion Estimated	37.07	+0.41
83	Niue Estimated	36.72	+0.22
84	Georgia Estimated	36.63	+0.08
85	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	36.6	+0.51
86	Mauritius Estimated	36.51	+0.32
87	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	36.23	+0.45
88	Albania Estimated	35.94	+0.39
89	Armenia Estimated	35.82	+0.29
90	North Korea Estimated	35.81	+0.24
91	Iceland Estimated	35.75	+0.03
92	Chile Estimated	35.53	+0.42
93	Uruguay Estimated	35.5	+0.23
94	Dominica Estimated	35.3	+0.39
95	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	35.18	+0.88
96	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	35.07	+0.41
97	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	34.97	+0.37
98	Singapore Estimated	34.88	+0.07
99	Bahamas Estimated	34.23	+0.32
100	French Polynesia Estimated	34.16	+0.6
101	Cook Islands Estimated	34.11	+0.84
102	Greenland Estimated	33.92	+0.17
103	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	33.63	+0.25
104	New Caledonia Estimated	33.59	+0.34
105	Costa Rica Estimated	33.54	+0.51
106	Brazil Estimated	33.51	+0.41
107	Kuwait Estimated	33.46	-1.33
108	Seychelles Estimated	33.39	+0.33
109	Saint Lucia Estimated	33.32	+0.38
110	Grenada Estimated	32.89	+0.48
111	Sri Lanka Estimated	32.56	+0.24
112	Qatar Estimated	32.46	+0.49
113	Iran Estimated	32.34	+0.5
114	Türkiye Estimated	32.07	+0.42
115	Azerbaijan Estimated	32.06	+0.49
116	Vietnam Estimated	31.94	+0.46
117	Tunisia Estimated	31.74	+0.34
118	Argentina Estimated	31.74	+0.34
119	Western Sahara Estimated	31.7	+0.37
120	Bahrain Estimated	31.68	+1.06
121	Brunei Estimated	31.28	+0.48
122	Colombia Estimated	31.18	+0.38
123	Jamaica Estimated	31.15	+0.47
124	Guam Estimated	30.98	+0.1
125	United Arab Emirates Estimated	30.9	+0.02
126	Maldives Estimated	30.34	+0.68
127	Malaysia Estimated	29.57	+0.48
128	Indonesia Estimated	29.56	+0.23
129	Kazakhstan Estimated	29.35	+0.06
130	Panama Estimated	29.27	+0.32
131	Myanmar Estimated	29.25	+0.27
132	Peru Estimated	29.1	+0.29
133	Israel Estimated	29.09	+0.04
134	Oman Estimated	28.97	+0.27
135	Morocco Estimated	28.87	+0.33
136	Bhutan Estimated	28.81	+0.58
137	Venezuela Estimated	28.81	+0.25
138	Saudi Arabia Estimated	28.73	+0.22
139	Mexico Estimated	28.53	+0.31
140	Lebanon Estimated	28.11	+0.15
141	Algeria Estimated	27.98	+0.2
142	Ecuador Estimated	27.98	+0.4
143	American Samoa Estimated	27.93	+0.69
144	South Africa Estimated	27.92	+0.31
145	Suriname Estimated	27.86	+0.19
146	India Estimated	27.68	+0.34
147	Fiji Estimated	27.47	+0.19
148	Cape Verde Estimated	27.32	+0.54
149	Dominican Republic Estimated	27.32	+0.32
150	Libya Estimated	26.92	+0.24
151	Uzbekistan Estimated	26.84	+0.11
152	Mongolia Estimated	26.62	+0.11
153	Tokelau Estimated	26.56	+0.14
154	El Salvador Estimated	26.51	+0.42
155	Paraguay Estimated	26.04	+0.26
156	Turkmenistan Estimated	25.93	+0.29
157	Cambodia Estimated	25.6	+0.25
158	Belize Estimated	25.52	+0.44
159	Guyana Estimated	25.3	+0.25
160	French Guiana Estimated	25.24	+0.01
161	Bangladesh Estimated	24.99	+0.26
162	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	24.98	+0.17
163	Nicaragua Estimated	24.91	+0.33
164	Philippines Estimated	24.87	+0.4
165	Bolivia Estimated	24.39	+0.21
166	Nepal Estimated	24.36	+0.33
167	Tuvalu Estimated	24.26	+0.01
168	Djibouti Estimated	24.08	+0.29
169	Laos Estimated	23.97	+0.3
170	Jordan Estimated	23.94	+0.34
171	Egypt Estimated	23.81	+0.18
172	Haiti Estimated	23.25	+0.25
173	Honduras Estimated	23.21	+0.32
174	Micronesia Estimated	22.61	+0.24
175	Botswana Estimated	22.6	+0.19
176	Kiribati Estimated	22.53	+0.17
177	Guatemala Estimated	22.24	+0.35
178	Papua New Guinea Estimated	22.13	+0.2
179	Eswatini Estimated	21.77	+0.23
180	Tajikistan Estimated	21.74	+0.18
181	Syria Estimated	21.59	+0.61
182	Gabon Estimated	21.48	+0.01
183	Lesotho Estimated	21.26	+0.13
184	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	21.02	-0.05
185	Marshall Islands Estimated	20.96	-0.29
186	Namibia Estimated	20.83	+0.04
187	Ghana Estimated	20.74	+0.18
188	Tonga Estimated	20.73	-0.08
189	Timor-Leste Estimated	20.64	+0.3
190	Nauru Estimated	20.57	-0.17
191	Pakistan Estimated	20.15	+0.16
192	Vanuatu Estimated	20.12	-0.01
193	Comoros Estimated	20.1	+0.22
194	Iraq Estimated	20.09	+0.25
195	Samoa Estimated	20.09	-0.16
196	Solomon Islands Estimated	20.03	+0.2
197	Palestine Estimated	19.61	+0.17
198	Kenya Estimated	19.27	+0.25
199	Rwanda Estimated	19.22	+0.19
200	Sierra Leone Estimated	19.04	+0.22
201	Senegal Estimated	18.89	+0.26
202	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	18.87	+0.19
203	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	18.73	+0.19
204	Madagascar Estimated	18.72	+0.15
205	Togo Estimated	18.7	+0.11
206	Ethiopia Estimated	18.53	+0.2
207	Eritrea Estimated	18.41	+0.23
208	Republic of the Congo Estimated	18.2	+0.08
209	Liberia Estimated	18.18	+0.16
210	Sudan Estimated	18.12	+0.16
211	Yemen Estimated	18.12	+0.04
212	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	17.99	+0.09
213	Gambia Estimated	17.99	+0.17
214	Guinea Estimated	17.84	+0.14
215	Zimbabwe Estimated	17.68	+0.14
216	Benin Estimated	17.65	+0.11
217	Cameroon Estimated	17.62	+0.1
218	South Sudan Estimated	17.59	+0.28
219	Nigeria Estimated	17.57	+0.18
220	Malawi Estimated	17.33	+0.23
221	Zambia Estimated	17.29	+0.18
222	Tanzania Estimated	17.12	+0.11
223	Burkina Faso Estimated	17.04	+0.21
224	Mauritania Estimated	16.99	+0.1
225	Afghanistan Estimated	16.75	+0.18
226	Mayotte Estimated	16.7	-0
227	Angola Estimated	16.39	+0.04
228	Uganda Estimated	16.34	+0.2
229	Mozambique Estimated	16.25	+0.06
230	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	15.77	-0.02
231	Burundi Estimated	15.67	+0.19
232	Somalia Estimated	15.37	+0.06
233	Mali Estimated	15.35	+0.12
234	Chad Estimated	15.1	+0.12
234	Niger Estimated	15.1	+0.14
236	Central African Republic Estimated	14.3	-0.08

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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 59.88 years in 2022, 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 14.3 years in 2022.

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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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