Median age by country

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United States: 38.5 years in 2025, 29th of 38 OECD members (highest first). 65th of all 216 with data.

Highest: Monaco (53.6 years, 2025) · Lowest: Central African Republic (14.5 years, 2025) · 216 countries and territories with data.

The age that divides the population into two equal halves. Values from 2024 are UN projections (medium variant).

Ranking

Latest value for each country (within 5 years).

Over time

United States: rank over time

Rank among the countries with data in each year (highest first).

World ranking (highest first)

RankCountryValueYear
1Monaco53.6 years2025
2Japan49.8 years2025
3San Marino48.6 years2025
4Italy48.2 years2025
5Hong Kong47.4 years2025
6Portugal46.9 years2025
7Greece46.8 years2025
8Isle of Man46.1 years2025
9Bermuda46.0 years2025
10Spain45.9 years2025
11Puerto Rico45.8 years2025
12Bosnia and Herzegovina45.7 years2025
13South Korea45.6 years2025
14Germany45.5 years2025
15Croatia45.3 years2025
16U.S. Virgin Islands44.8 years2025
17Bulgaria44.8 years2025
18Slovenia44.6 years2025
19Liechtenstein44.5 years2025
20Serbia44.4 years2025
21Hungary43.9 years2025
22Andorra43.9 years2025
23Czechia43.8 years2025
24Austria43.6 years2025
25Latvia43.6 years2025
26Romania43.2 years2025
27Finland43.2 years2025
28Switzerland42.9 years2025
29Estonia42.8 years2025
30St. Martin (French part)42.5 years2025
31Poland42.5 years2025
32Lithuania42.3 years2025
33Slovakia42.3 years2025
34France42.3 years2025
35Cuba42.2 years2025
36Belgium41.9 years2025
37Sint Maarten (Dutch part)41.8 years2025
38Ukraine41.8 years2025
39Aruba41.5 years2025
40Netherlands41.5 years2025
41Belarus41.3 years2025
42Denmark41.3 years2025
43Malta41.1 years2025
44North Macedonia41.0 years2025
45Canada40.6 years2025
46Thailand40.6 years2025
47Russia40.3 years2025
48Sweden40.3 years2025
49China40.1 years2025
50United Kingdom40.1 years2025
51Montenegro40.0 years2025
52Norway39.8 years2025
53Macao39.6 years2025
54Luxembourg39.5 years2025
55Barbados39.4 years2025
56Turks and Caicos Islands39.2 years2025
57Ireland39.0 years2025
58Gibraltar38.8 years2025
59Curaçao38.7 years2025
60Cayman Islands38.7 years2025
61Cyprus38.6 years2025
62Moldova38.6 years2025
63British Virgin Islands38.6 years2025
64Palau38.5 years2025
65United States38.5 years2025
66Australia38.3 years2025
67Northern Mariana Islands38.0 years2025
68Mauritius37.8 years2025
69New Zealand37.7 years2025
70Trinidad and Tobago37.7 years2025
71Georgia37.3 years2025
72Albania37.3 years2025
73Faroe Islands37.1 years2025
74Chile36.9 years2025
75Armenia36.6 years2025
76North Korea36.5 years2025
77Uruguay36.4 years2025
78Antigua and Barbuda36.3 years2025
79Dominica36.3 years2025
80Iceland36.2 years2025
81Singapore36.2 years2025
82St. Kitts and Nevis36.2 years2025
83French Polynesia36.1 years2025
84Bahamas35.3 years2025
85Costa Rica35.2 years2025
86Greenland35.1 years2025
87Kuwait34.8 years2025
88Brazil34.8 years2025
89St. Lucia34.6 years2025
90New Caledonia34.5 years2025
91St. Vincent and the Grenadines34.4 years2025
92Grenada34.4 years2025
93Seychelles34.3 years2025
94Iran34.0 years2025
95Azerbaijan33.6 years2025
96Qatar33.5 years2025
97Türkiye33.5 years2025
98Vietnam33.4 years2025
99Bahrain33.4 years2025
100Sri Lanka33.3 years2025
101Tunisia32.9 years2025
102Argentina32.9 years2025
103Jamaica32.8 years2025
104Brunei32.7 years2025
105Maldives32.7 years2025
106Kosovo32.6 years2025
107Colombia32.5 years2025
108United Arab Emirates31.6 years2025
109Guam31.5 years2025
110Malaysia31.0 years2025
111Bhutan30.5 years2025
112Indonesia30.4 years2025
113Panama30.3 years2025
114Peru30.2 years2025
115Myanmar30.1 years2025
116Morocco29.8 years2025
117Kazakhstan29.7 years2025
118Oman29.7 years2025
119Saudi Arabia29.6 years2025
120Mexico29.6 years2025
121Venezuela29.4 years2025
122Ecuador29.3 years2025
123Israel29.2 years2025
124Cabo Verde29.0 years2025
125American Samoa29.0 years2025
126India28.8 years2025
127Lebanon28.8 years2025
128South Africa28.7 years2025
129Suriname28.6 years2025
130Algeria28.6 years2025
131Dominican Republic28.3 years2025
132Fiji28.1 years2025
133El Salvador27.9 years2025
134Libya27.7 years2025
135Uzbekistan27.0 years2025
136Paraguay27.0 years2025
137Mongolia26.9 years2025
138Turkmenistan26.9 years2025
139Belize26.9 years2025
140Guyana26.2 years2025
141Cambodia26.2 years2025
142Philippines26.1 years2025
143Bangladesh26.0 years2025
144Nicaragua26.0 years2025
145Kyrgyzstan25.4 years2025
146Nepal25.3 years2025
147Bolivia25.2 years2025
148Laos24.9 years2025
149Djibouti24.9 years2025
150Jordan24.7 years2025
151Egypt24.5 years2025
152Honduras24.2 years2025
153Tuvalu24.2 years2025
154Haiti24.1 years2025
155Botswana23.4 years2025
156Guatemala23.4 years2025
157Syria23.3 years2025
158Micronesia23.3 years2025
159Kiribati22.9 years2025
160Papua New Guinea22.8 years2025
161Eswatini22.5 years2025
162Tajikistan22.2 years2025
163Lesotho21.8 years2025
164Timor-Leste21.7 years2025
165Gabon21.5 years2025
166Ghana21.3 years2025
167Namibia21.3 years2025
168Equatorial Guinea20.9 years2025
169Iraq20.8 years2025
170Tonga20.8 years2025
171Solomon Islands20.7 years2025
172Comoros20.6 years2025
173Pakistan20.6 years2025
174Marshall Islands20.4 years2025
175Vanuatu20.3 years2025
176Nauru20.2 years2025
177West Bank and Gaza20.1 years2025
178Kenya20.0 years2025
179Rwanda19.9 years2025
180Samoa19.8 years2025
181Sierra Leone19.7 years2025
182Senegal19.6 years2025
183São Tomé and Príncipe19.5 years2025
184Guinea-Bissau19.4 years2025
185Eritrea19.2 years2025
186Madagascar19.2 years2025
187Ethiopia19.1 years2025
188Togo19.1 years2025
189Liberia18.8 years2025
190South Sudan18.7 years2025
191Gambia18.6 years2025
192Republic of the Congo18.6 years2025
193Sudan18.5 years2025
194Yemen18.4 years2025
195Côte d'Ivoire18.3 years2025
196Guinea18.3 years2025
197Nigeria18.1 years2025
198Zimbabwe18.1 years2025
199Malawi18.1 years2025
200Cameroon18.0 years2025
201Benin18.0 years2025
202Zambia17.9 years2025
203Burkina Faso17.7 years2025
204Tanzania17.5 years2025
205Mauritania17.4 years2025
206Afghanistan17.3 years2025
207Uganda16.9 years2025
208Angola16.6 years2025
209Mozambique16.5 years2025
210Burundi16.4 years2025
211DR Congo15.8 years2025
212Chad15.8 years2025
213Mali15.7 years2025
214Somalia15.6 years2025
215Niger15.6 years2025
216Central African Republic14.5 years2025

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO. Data retrieved: 2026-10-28.

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