Median age by country: world demographic trends

List of countries ranked by median age

The table below ranks 196 countries by median age and includes other demographic data: total population, birth rate, age distribution, and fertility rate for each country.

Rank	Country	Median age	Population	Age 0-14, %	Working age, %	Age 65+, %	Fertility rate
1	Monaco	55	38341	13.5%	50.4%	36%	2.11
2	Japan	50.4	123324642	11.4%	58.8%	30%	1.2
3	San Marino	49	33996	12.3%	65.3%	23.2%	1.15
4	Italy	48.8	58790597	11.9%	63.5%	25.1%	1.2
5	Portugal	47.5	10687819	12.8%	62.7%	24.9%	1.44
6	Greece	47.3	10276140	13.2%	62.8%	24.4%	1.32
7	Spain	46.4	48786181	12.9%	65.9%	21.6%	1.12
8	Bosnia	46.3	3140094	13%	64.7%	22.9%	1.49
9	Germany	46.3	83039665	13.9%	62.9%	23.7%	1.39
10	South Korea	46.1	51700480	10.6%	70.2%	20.3%	0.72
11	Croatia	46	3839202	13.9%	62.9%	23.6%	1.46
12	Bulgaria	45.5	6403235	14.5%	63.5%	22.2%	1.81
13	Liechtenstein	45.4	40646	14.3%	65%	21.4%	1.45
14	Slovenia	45.3	2124696	14.7%	63.5%	22.2%	1.51
15	Serbia	45.1	6541064	14.3%	63%	23.1%	1.61
16	Taiwan	45.1	23308308	11.7%	69.1%	20.1%	0.89
17	Hungary	44.6	9518980	14.4%	64.6%	21.2%	1.51
18	Andorra	44.5	83589	11.9%	72.2%	16.6%	1.08
19	Austria	44.4	9171198	14.2%	65.2%	21.1%	1.32
20	Latvia	44.3	1844219	15.4%	62.9%	22.2%	1.36
21	Czech Republic	44.1	10753822	15.4%	63.8%	21.2%	1.45
22	Finland	44	5643254	14.6%	61.5%	24.2%	1.26
23	Romania	43.8	18962595	15.7%	64.3%	20.1%	1.71
24	Switzerland	43.7	9112950	15%	65%	20.4%	1.33
25	Estonia	43.3	1355535	15.6%	63.1%	21.8%	1.31
26	Ukraine	43.2	39426577	13.9%	67.1%	19%	0.98
27	Cuba	43.1	10937204	15.3%	68.1%	17%	1.44
28	Lithuania	43.1	2858798	14.7%	65.1%	20.7%	1.18
29	France	43	68701054	16.5%	61.3%	22.5%	1.66
30	Poland	42.9	36176920	14.8%	65.1%	20.8%	1.16
31	Slovakia	42.7	5390674	15.8%	65.7%	19%	1.49
32	Belgium	42.7	11909960	16%	63.4%	21%	1.47
33	Netherlands	42.4	18191638	15%	64.5%	20.9%	1.43
34	Denmark	42.3	6018959	15.7%	63.4%	21.1%	1.5
35	Belarus	42	9074112	16.3%	66%	18.3%	1.21
36	Malta	41.8	583596	13%	66.8%	20.5%	1.06
37	North Macedonia	41.6	1783115	16.8%	65.2%	18.5%	1.5
38	Canada	41.5	41972421	15.1%	65.1%	20.3%	1.26
39	Sweden	41.1	10654722	17%	62.3%	20.9%	1.45
40	Thailand	41.1	71619867	14.7%	69.9%	16%	1.21
41	United Kingdom	41	69945462	17.2%	63.3%	19.7%	1.56
42	Russia	40.9	142718132	17.3%	65.5%	17.8%	1.41
43	Norway	40.7	5642662	16.2%	65%	19.1%	1.4
44	China	40.6	1405773318	16%	69.3%	14.9%	1
45	Montenegro	40.6	618209	18.1%	64%	18.3%	1.74
46	Luxembourg	40.2	690832	15.8%	68.7%	15.8%	1.25
47	Barbados	40.2	282698	17.2%	66.2%	17.1%	1.71
48	Ireland	39.7	5474763	18.6%	65.6%	16.2%	1.5
49	Curacao	39.5	155910	14.9%	68.3%	17.3%	1.2
50	United States	39.3	343323530	17.3%	64.7%	18.4%	1.62
51	Cayman Islands	39.3	76930	16.2%	74.8%	9.52%	1.53
52	Cyprus	39.2	1380052	16.1%	69.3%	14.9%	1.39
53	Palau	39.2	17663	18.2%	70.4%	11.9%	1.91
54	Moldova	39.1	2358679	19.8%	64%	16.9%	1.73
55	Australia	39	27677455	17.8%	64.4%	18.1%	1.5
56	New Zealand	38.6	5406623	18.1%	64.7%	17.6%	1.56
57	Mauritius	38.5	1256649	14.8%	71.7%	14.1%	1.39
58	Trinidad	38.2	1372940	17.8%	69.9%	12.9%	1.53
59	Georgia	38	3672886	20.8%	63.6%	16%	1.81
60	Albania	37.8	2694925	16.8%	66.2%	17.6%	1.35
61	Chile	37.5	19928941	17%	68.9%	14.6%	1.17
62	North Korea	37.3	26621357	18.9%	68.7%	12.7%	1.78
63	Uruguay	37.2	3384690	18.3%	65.7%	16.3%	1.41
64	Armenia	37.1	3011581	19.2%	67.1%	14.4%	1.9
65	Iceland	37.1	412970	17.8%	66.6%	16%	1.59
66	Dominica	37	65870	17.9%	69.2%	13.2%	1.48
67	Antigua	36.9	94540	17.8%	70.4%	12.3%	1.58
68	Singapore	36.8	6105665	11.7%	74.7%	14.2%	0.97
69	Saint Kitts	36.8	46977	18.2%	70.6%	11.7%	1.51
70	Bahamas	36	404321	17.9%	70.3%	12.1%	1.37
71	Kuwait	35.8	5128257	18.2%	78.7%	3.17%	1.52
72	Costa Rica	35.6	5170484	18.8%	69%	12.8%	1.33
73	Brazil	35.4	213415080	19.7%	69.3%	11.5%	1.62
74	Saint Lucia	35.2	180421	17.5%	72.8%	9.97%	1.38
75	Saint Vincent	35.2	99920	21.3%	66.8%	12.3%	1.78
76	Seychelles	35	125181	20%	71.5%	8.75%	2.02
77	Grenada	34.9	117349	19.4%	68.3%	12.6%	1.49
78	Qatar	34.5	2964497	15.1%	83.3%	1.7%	1.73
79	Iran	34.3	93020793	22.4%	69.3%	8.58%	1.7
80	Bahrain	34.2	1650128	18.7%	77.4%	4.02%	1.82
81	Sri Lanka	34.1	22125995	22%	65.9%	12.5%	1.97
82	Azerbaijan	34.1	10308499	21.8%	69.6%	9.17%	1.55
83	Turkey	34	85914550	21.4%	68.3%	10.6%	1.51
84	Vietnam	33.9	102063551	23.2%	67.7%	9.49%	1.91
85	Argentina	33.5	45973765	21.6%	66%	12.6%	1.5
86	Tunisia	33.5	12402051	24%	66.4%	9.94%	1.83
87	Jamaica	33.3	2837071	18.7%	73.1%	8.58%	1.36
88	Brunei	33.2	469088	20.8%	72.3%	7.24%	1.75
89	Colombia	33.1	53835787	20.3%	69.9%	10.2%	1.65
90	Maldives	32.9	531152	19.6%	75.8%	4.96%	1.58
91	UAE	32.6	11372700	16.1%	82.1%	1.79%	1.2
92	Malaysia	31.5	36304998	21.8%	70.5%	8.03%	1.55
93	Indonesia	31.1	287460768	24.6%	68.1%	7.54%	2.13
94	Panama	30.9	4614993	24.9%	65.8%	9.66%	2.12
95	Bhutan	30.9	801123	20.9%	72.6%	6.63%	1.46
96	Myanmar	30.8	55119090	24.3%	68.4%	7.52%	2.12
97	Peru	30.8	34854181	24%	66.8%	9.47%	1.98
98	Saudi Arabia	30.5	36428123	23.8%	73.2%	3.06%	2.28
99	Kazakhstan	30.5	21036432	29.4%	62%	9%	3.01
100	Morocco	30.5	38697192	25.6%	66.2%	8.45%	2.23
101	Oman	30.5	5636678	24.7%	72.6%	2.69%	2.53
102	Mexico	30.3	132790957	24.5%	67.2%	8.52%	1.91
103	Israel	30.2	10224104	27.4%	60%	12.7%	2.85
104	Venezuela	30.2	28610737	25.5%	64.8%	10%	2.08
105	Ecuador	29.8	18414090	24.5%	67.2%	8.6%	1.82
106	Lebanon	29.6	5888008	26.2%	63.7%	10.4%	2.24
107	South Africa	29.5	65314246	25.9%	67.4%	6.89%	2.22
108	India	29.5	1474115403	24.6%	68.2%	7.38%	1.98
109	Suriname	29.4	644193	25.6%	66.5%	8.19%	2.25
110	Cape Verde	29.4	529186	25.5%	67.6%	7.16%	1.52
111	Algeria	29.3	47911682	30.3%	63.1%	6.81%	2.77
112	Dominican Republic	29	11591984	26.6%	65.5%	8.19%	2.24
113	Fiji	28.9	936456	27.1%	66.4%	6.64%	2.28
114	Libya	28.5	7523849	27.4%	67.6%	5.19%	2.36
115	El Salvador	28.5	6386184	24.8%	67%	8.31%	1.78
116	Uzbekistan	27.9	37592263	31.1%	63%	6.07%	3.5
117	Mongolia	27.8	3599274	32.2%	62.7%	5.43%	2.7
118	Paraguay	27.7	7079103	28.6%	64.9%	6.72%	2.42
119	Turkmenistan	27.5	7713465	31.5%	64%	4.81%	2.69
120	Belize	27.4	427523	26.6%	68.4%	5.23%	2.01
121	Cambodia	27	18011232	29.8%	64%	6.38%	2.58
122	Guyana	26.9	839919	29.2%	64.1%	6.98%	2.41
123	Philippines	26.8	117540050	27.9%	66.6%	5.72%	1.92
124	Bangladesh	26.7	177398795	28%	65.5%	6.67%	2.16
125	Nicaragua	26.6	7079664	28.8%	65.7%	5.7%	2.22
126	Kyrgyzstan	26.2	7419369	32.3%	62%	5.97%	2.7
127	Nepal	26	29627185	28.4%	65.1%	6.62%	1.98
128	Bolivia	26	12716350	29.8%	64.6%	5.74%	2.55
129	Djibouti	25.7	1196428	29.2%	66%	4.97%	2.61
130	Laos	25.6	7954155	30.2%	65.1%	4.81%	2.42
131	Jordan	25.5	11575983	30.7%	64.8%	4.75%	2.64
132	Tuvalu	25.3	9493	32.9%	60.4%	7.1%	3.21
133	Egypt	25.3	119759833	32%	62.9%	5.27%	2.75
134	Honduras	24.9	11149564	30.6%	65%	4.54%	2.5
135	Haiti	24.8	12011655	31.2%	64.1%	4.79%	2.66
136	Botswana	24.2	2595266	32.1%	63.8%	4.08%	2.73
137	Guatemala	24	18912872	31.6%	63.6%	4.96%	2.31
138	Syria	23.9	26304877	29.2%	66.1%	4.84%	2.71
139	Kiribati	23.8	138067	34.7%	61.1%	4.38%	3.15
140	Papua New Guinea	23.6	10911445	33.5%	63.1%	3.59%	3.1
141	Eswatini	23.2	1267161	33.4%	62.4%	4.35%	2.75
142	Tajikistan	23	10940854	36.3%	59.9%	4.07%	3.07
143	Lesotho	22.7	2384217	34.5%	61.6%	3.88%	2.69
144	Gabon	22.6	2636721	36.5%	59.4%	4.13%	3.65
145	East Timor	22.4	1433311	33.7%	61.1%	5.23%	2.71
146	Ghana	22.2	35572974	35.8%	60.5%	3.79%	3.4
147	Namibia	22.1	3141364	37%	59.3%	3.79%	3.21
148	Equatorial Guinea	22	1975406	37.3%	59%	3.76%	4.08
149	Tonga	21.9	103744	35.4%	57.9%	6.86%	3.13
150	Marshall Islands	21.8	36281	34.5%	60.9%	4.89%	2.92
151	Iraq	21.6	47813338	36.6%	60%	3.45%	3.25
152	Comoros	21.5	895828	37.1%	58.4%	4.45%	3.88
153	Solomon Islands	21.5	854419	37%	59.4%	3.67%	3.56
154	Pakistan	21.5	258497127	36.7%	59%	4.36%	3.61
155	Nauru	21.4	12088	37.8%	59.4%	3.05%	3.33
156	Vanuatu	21.3	341110	38.3%	57.4%	4.38%	3.6
157	Palestine	20.9	5459557	38%	58.1%	3.85%	3.31
158	Samoa	20.9	220288	38.5%	55.7%	6.07%	3.83
159	Kenya	20.8	58419239	36.8%	60.2%	3.02%	3.21
160	Rwanda	20.8	14826674	37.4%	58.7%	4.02%	3.7
161	Sierra Leone	20.5	8961932	38.1%	58.7%	3.28%	3.79
162	Senegal	20.4	19281054	38.2%	58.2%	3.65%	3.82
163	Sao Tome	20.3	244055	37.8%	58.3%	3.95%	3.64
164	Guinea-Bissau	20.2	2288306	38.8%	58%	3.24%	3.84
165	Madagascar	20	33368335	39.3%	57.3%	3.47%	3.97
166	Togo	19.9	9889741	39.5%	57.3%	3.26%	4.19
167	Ethiopia	19.9	138227398	39.1%	57.7%	3.3%	3.99
168	Eritrea	19.9	3667774	38.1%	57.7%	4.26%	3.71
169	Liberia	19.6	5829811	39.5%	57.2%	3.33%	3.95
170	Congo	19.5	6607609	40.4%	56.6%	3.06%	4.16
171	Gambia	19.4	2871879	40.2%	56.7%	3.19%	4.01
172	Sudan	19.4	52963918	40.5%	56.2%	3.39%	4.32
173	South Sudan	19.4	12387398	38.9%	58.1%	3.08%	3.86
174	Yemen	19.3	42727988	41.1%	56.3%	2.55%	4.59
175	Ivory Coast	19.3	33340347	40.9%	56.5%	2.65%	4.28
176	Guinea	19.2	15374667	40.9%	55.6%	3.47%	4.22
177	Zimbabwe	19	17210092	40.9%	55.5%	3.56%	3.72
178	Nigeria	19	241467099	41%	55.9%	3.07%	4.48
179	Benin	19	15100397	41.6%	55.3%	3.15%	4.56
180	Cameroon	19	30491011	41.4%	55.8%	2.82%	4.32
181	Malawi	18.9	22673513	40.7%	56.7%	2.59%	3.65
182	Zambia	18.8	22402291	41.5%	56.6%	2%	4.1
183	Burkina Faso	18.6	24497999	41.8%	55.5%	2.68%	4.19
184	Tanzania	18.4	72166806	42.5%	54.4%	3.04%	4.61
185	Mauritania	18.4	5432542	42.7%	54.1%	3.25%	4.7
186	Afghanistan	18.2	44810409	42.9%	54.7%	2.43%	4.84
187	Uganda	17.8	52490669	43.5%	54.3%	2.23%	4.28
188	Angola	17.7	39983997	44.4%	52.8%	2.89%	5.12
189	Mozambique	17.5	36441519	44.5%	52.8%	2.73%	4.76
190	Burundi	17.3	14662443	44.7%	52.8%	2.55%	4.88
191	DR Congo	16.9	115740092	46%	50.9%	3.08%	6.05
192	Chad	16.8	21450865	46.1%	51.8%	2.12%	6.12
193	Mali	16.7	25787988	46.1%	51.5%	2.36%	5.61
194	Somalia	16.6	20177806	46.6%	50.8%	2.62%	6.13
195	Niger	16.5	28638403	46.6%	50.8%	2.62%	6.06
196	CAR	15.4	5662456	49%	48.8%	2.2%	6.01

World median age history & projection by region

The median age showcases the structure of a demographic: it's the age at which half of the population is younger and half is older. The chart below displays the world's median age and by region breakdown trend: the demographic is aging everywhere.

The world's median age has increased from 22.5 in 1960 to 31.6 in 2024 and is expected to reach 37.1 by 2050.

For comparison, the median age in Europe was 30.7 years in 1960, is 43.6 years now, and is projected to increase to 47.6 years by 2050. In Africa, it was 18.5 years in 1960, is 20.6 years today, and is projected to increase to 26.3 years by 2050.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

The demographic pyramid below is a graphical illustration of the age and gender distribution of a population. Its shape gives a one-glance view of age dynamics. The world's population pyramid has been changing over time with the world's population aging and birth rates declining. The shape of the demographic pyramid is still descending as the young population prevails over the old, but it used to be steeper - the proportion of young people was greater.

Table

Age range	Share of population
	World
	Male	Female
0-4	4.07%	3.87%
5-9	4.31%	4.07%
10-14	4.34%	4.07%
15-19	4.12%	3.86%
20-24	3.91%	3.68%
25-29	3.79%	3.57%
30-34	3.8%	3.61%
35-39	3.7%	3.55%
40-44	3.32%	3.22%
45-49	2.94%	2.9%
50-54	2.83%	2.84%
55-59	2.53%	2.6%
60-64	2.09%	2.22%
65-69	1.69%	1.89%
70-74	1.27%	1.52%
75-79	0.8%	1.02%
80+	0.77%	1.24%

Global age dependency ratio chart

The chart below illustrates how the age dependency ratio has been decreasing for all regions except Africa from 1960 to around the 2010s but has since reversed upward.

Working age demographic graph

About 65.1% of the demographic are working-age adults of 15-64 years old. The share of working adults has been growing since 1960 but stagnated in the 2010s and is projected to decline in the future.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old) chart

The share of the youth population has been declining in recent decades. The percentage of young people is 24.7% today, it was 37.4% in 1960 and projected to be 20.4% by 2050.

World share of older population chart

The share of the old demographic is growing all over the world as life expectancy increases and the fertility rate declines. The percentage of old people (65+) is 10.2% today, it was 4.97% in 1960 and is projected to be 16.3% by 2050.