EU countries by median age

Name: EU countries by median age, 2021
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)

Italy had the highest median age of 27 EU countries in 2021, at 47.6 years. Ireland had the lowest, at 38.4 years. The median was 43.3 years. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest47.6Italy

Lowest38.4Ireland

Median43.327 EU countries

All EU countries, 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

years. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2021 years	Change on 2020
1	Italy	47.6	+0.4
2	Bulgaria	46.5	+0.2
3	Portugal	46.3	+0.4
4	Germany	45.9	+0.1
5	Greece	45.8	+0.4
6	Croatia	45.3	+0.3
7	Spain	44.6	+0.4
8	Lithuania	44.5	+0.1
9	Slovenia	44.4	+0.2
10	Latvia	43.9	+0.2
11	Austria	43.6	+0.1
11	Hungary	43.6	+0.4
13	Czechia	43.5	+0.6
14	Finland	43.3	+0.2
15	Romania	43	+0.2
16	Netherlands	42.8	+0.1
17	Estonia	42.5	+0.2
18	Denmark	42.2	+0.2
19	France	42.1	+0.2
20	Belgium	41.9	+0.1
20	Poland Series break	41.9	+0.6
22	Slovakia	41.4	+0.4
23	Sweden	40.6	+0.1
24	Malta	40.2	+0.4
25	Cyprus	39.7	+0.4
26	Luxembourg	39.6	+0.1
27	Ireland	38.4	+0.5

Other periods

About this ranking

Age that divides the resident population into two halves of equal size. Spain and the EU: on 1 January. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

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

How to cite

Eurostat. Population structure indicators by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Questions

Which EU country has the highest median age?

Italy, with 47.6 years in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest median age?

Ireland, with 38.4 years in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population structure indicators by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanind3). Retrieved 2026-10-07.