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Median age of the population

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The median age of the world population in 2025 is 30.9 years according to the UN estimate: half of the people on Earth are younger. Among states, the oldest populations are in Monaco (53.6 years), Japan (49.8), San Marino (48.6) and Italy (48.2), and the youngest in the CAR (14.5), Niger and Somalia (15.6 each). The gap between the extremes is almost 40 years.

World30.9years, UN, 2025

Median country32.9years, 227 countries and territories

Oldest53.6years, Monaco

Youngest14.5years, CAR

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					Source
1	Vatican City	57.4	+26.5	7	UN
2	Monaco	53.6	+22.8	7	UN
3	St. Helena	50.9	+20.0	7	UN
4	Japan	49.8	+18.9	7	UN
5	San Marino	48.6	+17.7	7	UN
6	Italy	48.2	+17.4	7	UN
7	Hong Kong	47.4	+16.5	7	UN
8	St. Pierre & Miquelon	47.2	+16.4	7	UN
9	Portugal	46.9	+16.1	7	UN
10	Greece	46.8	+15.9	7	UN
11	Isle of Man	46.1	+15.2	7	UN
12	Bermuda	46.0	+15.1	7	UN
13	Spain	45.9	+15.0	7	UN
14	Puerto Rico	45.8	+15.0	7	UN
15	Bosnia & Herzegovina	45.7	+14.8	7	UN
16	South Korea	45.6	+14.8	7	UN
17	Germany	45.5	+14.6	7	UN
18	Croatia	45.3	+14.4	7	UN
19	U.S. Virgin Islands	44.8	+14.0	6	UN
20	Taiwan	44.8	+13.9	6	UN
21	Bulgaria	44.8	+13.9	6	UN
22	Slovenia	44.7	+13.8	6	UN
23	Liechtenstein	44.5	+13.7	6	UN
24	Serbia	44.4	+13.5	6	UN
25	Guernsey	44.3	+13.4	6	UN
26	Hungary	43.9	+13.0	6	UN
27	Andorra	43.9	+13.0	6	UN
28	Czechia	43.8	+12.9	6	UN
29	Austria	43.6	+12.8	6	UN
30	Jersey	43.6	+12.8	6	UN
31	Latvia	43.6	+12.7	6	UN
32	Romania	43.2	+12.3	6	UN
33	Finland	43.2	+12.3	6	UN
34	Switzerland	42.9	+12.1	6	UN
35	Falkland Islands	42.8	+11.9	6	UN
36	Estonia	42.8	+11.9	6	UN
37	St. Martin	42.5	+11.6	6	UN
38	Poland	42.5	+11.6	6	UN
39	Lithuania	42.3	+11.4	6	UN
40	Slovakia	42.3	+11.4	6	UN
41	France	42.3	+11.4	6	UN
42	Cuba	42.2	+11.3	6	UN
43	Belgium	41.9	+11.1	6	UN
44	Sint Maarten	41.8	+11.0	6	UN
45	Ukraine	41.8	+10.9	6	UN
46	Montserrat	41.6	+10.7	6	UN
47	Aruba	41.5	+10.6	6	UN
48	Netherlands	41.5	+10.6	6	UN
49	Belarus	41.3	+10.5	6	UN
50	Denmark	41.3	+10.5	6	UN
51	Malta	41.1	+10.2	6	UN
52	North Macedonia	41.0	+10.2	6	UN
53	Canada	40.6	+9.8	6	UN
54	Thailand	40.6	+9.7	6	UN
55	Russian Federation	40.3	+9.4	6	UN
56	Sweden	40.3	+9.4	6	UN
57	China	40.1	+9.2	6	UN
58	United Kingdom	40.1	+9.2	6	UN
59	Montenegro	40.0	+9.1	5	UN
60	Norway	39.8	+9.0	5	UN
61	Macao	39.6	+8.7	5	UN
62	Luxembourg	39.5	+8.6	5	UN
63	Barbados	39.4	+8.6	5	UN
64	Turks & Caicos Islands	39.2	+8.3	5	UN
65	St. Barthélemy	39.0	+8.1	5	UN
66	Ireland	39.0	+8.1	5	UN
67	Curaçao	38.7	+7.9	5	UN
68	Anguilla	38.7	+7.9	5	UN
69	Cayman Islands	38.7	+7.8	5	UN
70	Cyprus	38.6	+7.8	5	UN
71	Moldova	38.6	+7.8	5	UN
72	British Virgin Islands	38.6	+7.7	5	UN
73	Palau	38.5	+7.7	5	UN
74	United States	38.5	+7.6	5	UN
75	Australia	38.3	+7.4	5	UN
76	Wallis & Futuna	38.2	+7.3	5	UN
77	Northern Mariana Islands	38.0	+7.1	5	UN
78	Mauritius	37.8	+7.0	5	UN
79	New Zealand	37.7	+6.9	5	UN
80	Trinidad & Tobago	37.7	+6.9	5	UN
81	Georgia	37.3	+6.4	5	UN
82	Albania	37.3	+6.4	5	UN
83	Cook Islands	37.1	+6.2	5	UN
84	Faroe Islands	37.1	+6.2	5	UN
85	Chile	36.9	+6.1	5	UN
86	Armenia	36.6	+5.8	5	UN
87	North Korea	36.5	+5.7	5	UN
88	Uruguay	36.4	+5.5	5	UN
89	Antigua & Barbuda	36.3	+5.4	5	UN
90	Dominica	36.3	+5.4	5	UN
91	Iceland	36.2	+5.4	5	UN
92	Singapore	36.2	+5.3	5	UN
93	St. Kitts & Nevis	36.2	+5.3	5	UN
94	French Polynesia	36.1	+5.2	5	UN
95	Niue	35.7	+4.8	5	UN
96	Bahamas	35.3	+4.4	5	UN
97	Costa Rica	35.2	+4.3	5	UN
98	Greenland	35.1	+4.2	5	UN
99	Kuwait	34.8	+4.0	4	UN
100	Brazil	34.8	+4.0	4	UN
101	St. Lucia	34.6	+3.8	4	UN
102	New Caledonia	34.5	+3.7	4	UN
103	St. Vincent & Grenadines	34.4	+3.6	4	UN
104	Grenada	34.4	+3.5	4	UN
105	Seychelles	34.3	+3.4	4	UN
106	Iran	34.0	+3.1	4	UN
107	Azerbaijan	33.6	+2.8	4	UN
108	Qatar	33.5	+2.6	4	UN
109	Turkey	33.5	+2.6	4	UN
110	Vietnam	33.4	+2.6	4	UN
111	Bahrain	33.4	+2.5	4	UN
112	Sri Lanka	33.3	+2.5	4	UN
113	Tunisia	32.9	+2.1	4	UN
114	Argentina	32.9	+2.1	4	UN
115	Jamaica	32.8	+1.9	4	UN
116	Brunei	32.7	+1.8	4	UN
117	Maldives	32.7	+1.8	4	UN
118	Western Sahara	32.6	+1.7	4	UN
119	Colombia	32.5	+1.6	4	UN
120	UAE	31.6	+0.7	4	UN
121	Guam	31.5	+0.6	4	UN
122	Malaysia	31.0	+0.1	4	UN
123	Bhutan	30.5	−0.4	4	UN
124	Indonesia	30.4	−0.5	4	UN
125	Panama	30.3	−0.6	4	UN
126	Peru	30.2	−0.7	4	UN
127	Myanmar	30.1	−0.7	4	UN
128	Morocco	29.8	−1.0	3	UN
129	Kazakhstan	29.7	−1.2	3	UN
130	Oman	29.7	−1.2	3	UN
131	Saudi Arabia	29.6	−1.2	3	UN
132	Mexico	29.6	−1.2	3	UN
133	Venezuela	29.4	−1.5	3	UN
134	Ecuador	29.3	−1.6	3	UN
135	Israel	29.2	−1.6	3	UN
136	Cape Verde	29.0	−1.9	3	UN
137	American Samoa	29.0	−1.9	3	UN
138	India	28.8	−2.0	3	UN
139	Lebanon	28.8	−2.1	3	UN
140	South Africa	28.7	−2.2	3	UN
141	Suriname	28.6	−2.2	3	UN
142	Algeria	28.6	−2.2	3	UN
143	Dominican Republic	28.3	−2.5	3	UN
144	Fiji	28.1	−2.8	3	UN
145	El Salvador	27.9	−3.0	3	UN
146	Libya	27.7	−3.1	3	UN
147	Uzbekistan	27.0	−3.8	3	UN
148	Paraguay	27.0	−3.9	3	UN
149	Mongolia	26.9	−3.9	3	UN
150	Turkmenistan	26.9	−3.9	3	UN
151	Belize	26.9	−4.0	3	UN
152	Guyana	26.2	−4.6	3	UN
153	Cambodia	26.2	−4.7	3	UN
154	Philippines	26.1	−4.7	3	UN
155	Bangladesh	26.0	−4.9	3	UN
156	Nicaragua	26.0	−4.9	3	UN
157	Kyrgyzstan	25.4	−5.5	3	UN
158	Nepal	25.3	−5.5	3	UN
159	Bolivia	25.2	−5.6	3	UN
160	Laos	24.9	−5.9	2	UN
161	Djibouti	24.9	−6.0	2	UN
162	Jordan	24.7	−6.2	2	UN
163	Egypt	24.5	−6.4	2	UN
164	Honduras	24.2	−6.6	2	UN
165	Haiti	24.1	−6.8	2	UN
166	Botswana	23.4	−7.4	2	UN
167	Guatemala	23.4	−7.4	2	UN
168	Syria	23.3	−7.5	2	UN
169	Micronesia	23.3	−7.6	2	UN
170	Kiribati	22.9	−7.9	2	UN
171	Papua New Guinea	22.8	−8.1	2	UN
172	Eswatini	22.5	−8.4	2	UN
173	Tajikistan	22.2	−8.6	2	UN
174	Lesotho	21.8	−9.0	2	UN
175	Timor-Leste	21.7	−9.2	2	UN
176	Gabon	21.5	−9.3	2	UN
177	Ghana	21.3	−9.5	2	UN
178	Namibia	21.3	−9.5	2	UN
179	Equatorial Guinea	20.9	−10.0	2	UN
180	Iraq	20.8	−10.0	2	UN
181	Tonga	20.8	−10.0	2	UN
182	Solomon Islands	20.7	−10.2	2	UN
183	Comoros	20.6	−10.2	2	UN
184	Pakistan	20.6	−10.3	2	UN
185	Marshall Islands	20.4	−10.4	2	UN
186	Vanuatu	20.3	−10.6	2	UN
187	Nauru	20.2	−10.6	2	UN
188	Palestine	20.1	−10.8	2	UN
189	Kenya	20.0	−10.8	2	UN
190	Rwanda	19.9	−10.9	1	UN
191	Samoa	19.8	−11.1	1	UN
192	Sierra Leone	19.7	−11.1	1	UN
193	Senegal	19.6	−11.3	1	UN
194	São Tomé & Príncipe	19.5	−11.4	1	UN
195	Guinea-Bissau	19.4	−11.5	1	UN
196	Eritrea	19.2	−11.6	1	UN
197	Madagascar	19.2	−11.7	1	UN
198	Ethiopia	19.1	−11.7	1	UN
199	Liberia	18.8	−12.1	1	UN
200	South Sudan	18.7	−12.2	1	UN
201	Gambia	18.6	−12.3	1	UN
202	Republic of the Congo	18.6	−12.3	1	UN
203	Sudan	18.5	−12.3	1	UN
204	Yemen	18.4	−12.5	1	UN
205	Côte d’Ivoire	18.3	−12.5	1	UN
206	Togo	18.3	−12.6	1	UN
207	Guinea	18.3	−12.6	1	UN
208	Nigeria	18.1	−12.7	1	UN
209	Zimbabwe	18.1	−12.7	1	UN
210	Malawi	18.1	−12.8	1	UN
211	Cameroon	18.0	−12.8	1	UN
212	Benin	18.0	−12.8	1	UN
213	Zambia	17.9	−12.9	1	UN
214	Burkina Faso	17.7	−13.1	1	UN
215	Tanzania	17.5	−13.4	1	UN
216	Mauritania	17.4	−13.5	1	UN
217	Afghanistan	17.3	−13.6	1	UN
218	Uganda	16.9	−14.0	1	UN
219	Angola	16.6	−14.2	1	UN
220	Mozambique	16.5	−14.4	1	UN
221	Burundi	16.4	−14.5	1	UN
222	DR Congo	15.8	−15.0	1	UN
223	Chad	15.8	−15.1	1	UN
224	Mali	15.7	−15.1	1	UN
225	Somalia	15.6	−15.3	1	UN
226	Niger	15.6	−15.3	1	UN
227	Central African Republic	14.5	−16.4	1	UN

About the data

Indicator. Median age is the age that divides a country's population into two equal groups: half of the residents are younger and half are older. It is the simplest measure of population aging: the higher it is, the larger the share of older people.

Period and source. UN estimate as of 1 July 2025, World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant. The latest actual estimates in this edition refer to 2023; the values for 2025 are UN projections made with the same method.

Scale. Seven five-year classes: under 20, 20–25, 25–30, 30–35, 35–40, 40–45, and 45 years and older. The darker the color, the older the population.

Gaps. Territories for which the UN publishes no separate estimate are shown in gray: Kosovo, Northern Cyprus, Somaliland and a number of small territories.

Caveats. In small states and territories (Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino) the median age depends heavily on the make-up of a small population. Vatican City (57.4 years) is excluded from the comparisons in the text but is shown on the map and in the table.

Sources and data dates

UN, World Population Prospects 2024 (published in July 2024); data retrieved via Our World in Data on 19 October 2026.

How to cite

WhiteIndex. Median age of the population worldwide: map and data by country. Data: UN, World Population Prospects 2024 (estimate for 2025).

WhiteIndex reference page. Data are updated with each new edition of World Population Prospects.

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