Median Age

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Median age is the age that divides a population into two numerically equally sized groups; that is, half the people are younger than this age and half are older. It is a single index that summarizes the age distribution of a population.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C.



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  Median Age
Country: 1980
(Years)		 1990
(Years)		 2000
(Years)		 2010
(Years)		 2024
(Years)		 2030
(Years)		 2050
(Years)
Japan 31.7 36.9 40.8 44.2 49.4 51.5 52.8
Italy 33.0 36.1 39.2 42.5 47.8 50.0 52.9
Hong Kong 24.5 29.9 35.0 39.9 46.8 50.4 62.0
Portugal 29.5 33.2 36.7 40.5 46.6 48.3 48.3
Greece 32.8 35.0 37.0 40.3 46.3 48.5 49.9
Spain 29.8 32.5 36.3 39.2 45.4 48.0 51.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 24.7 28.7 32.7 38.1 45.3 47.7 51.5
Germany 35.7 36.6 39.0 43.3 45.3 46.3 47.9
Korea, Rep. 20.9 25.8 30.7 36.6 45.1 48.5 56.7
Croatia 32.2 34.6 38.6 41.0 45.0 46.6 49.1
Bulgaria 33.2 35.6 38.7 41.1 44.5 45.9 48.0
Slovenia 30.4 33.2 37.0 40.5 44.3 46.4 47.9
Taiwan 21.6 26.1 31.1 36.5 44.2 47.8 56.3
Serbia 32.5 35.8 39.1 41.2 44.1 45.6 48.4
Hungary 33.2 35.3 37.5 38.9 43.6 44.7 45.4
Austria 33.6 34.6 37.1 40.8 43.4 45.1 49.2
Latvia 33.9 33.5 37.0 40.1 43.3 45.0 47.9
Czechia 32.0 34.3 36.4 38.7 43.2 45.4 46.0
Finland 31.8 35.5 38.4 41.1 43.0 44.3 46.5
Romania 30.6 32.1 33.6 38.3 42.9 44.1 46.2
Switzerland 33.8 35.9 37.7 40.5 42.7 44.4 47.8
Estonia 32.7 33.3 37.1 39.3 42.3 44.7 48.4
France 31.3 33.7 36.7 39.0 42.1 43.0 43.5
Ukraine 32.5 33.2 36.3 38.6 42.1 43.7 51.1
Lithuania 30.8 31.5 35.0 39.7 42.0 43.8 50.3
Poland 28.5 31.4 34.3 36.9 41.8 45.0 51.8
Slovak Republic 27.9 30.3 33.0 36.1 41.8 44.4 49.3
Belgium 33.1 35.3 37.9 39.8 41.7 43.0 45.2
Netherlands 30.3 33.3 36.2 39.7 41.4 42.0 45.5
Denmark 33.3 36.1 37.3 39.6 41.3 41.6 44.3
Belarus 30.0 32.0 35.6 37.9 40.9 43.6 48.1
Malta 29.0 32.0 35.5 38.6 40.7 43.3 53.0
North Macedonia 24.9 27.9 30.9 34.5 40.6 42.8 47.8
Canada 28.1 31.8 35.8 38.7 40.5 41.7 45.1
Sweden 35.1 37.4 38.4 39.7 40.1 41.3 44.1
Thailand 18.9 23.2 29.0 33.5 40.1 42.6 48.6
United Kingdom 33.3 34.9 36.6 38.2 40.0 40.7 42.9
Russia 30.1 32.2 35.7 37.0 39.9 42.2 41.7
Norway 32.4 34.4 35.8 37.7 39.7 41.3 45.5
China 20.9 23.7 29.0 34.1 39.6 42.9 52.1
Luxembourg 33.9 35.3 36.2 38.0 39.2 40.9 45.6
Ireland 25.5 28.2 31.5 33.3 38.7 39.9 42.9
United States 29.1 31.9 34.3 35.9 38.3 39.6 41.9
Cyprus 26.6 28.8 30.6 32.9 38.2 41.0 47.6
Moldova 26.6 28.9 31.0 33.6 38.1 40.8 40.7
Australia 28.4 31.1 34.4 36.0 38.0 39.5 42.0
New Zealand 26.9 30.1 33.3 35.9 37.5 39.2 42.7
Mauritius 20.8 24.6 28.0 31.8 37.4 40.2 49.1
Trinidad and Tobago 20.6 23.2 26.4 30.5 37.2 40.1 45.7
Georgia 28.0 29.6 32.9 35.1 37.0 38.7 40.4
Albania 20.1 22.9 26.2 31.6 36.7 40.1 51.1
Chile 22.0 24.8 28.0 31.7 36.4 39.5 48.9
Armenia 22.2 25.6 28.6 31.3 36.1 39.5 45.2
Uruguay 29.1 29.9 31.0 33.0 36.1 38.1 45.2
Iceland 25.9 29.0 31.9 33.9 36.0 38.1 44.9
Singapore 23.7 28.5 31.2 32.7 35.7 39.1 50.9
Bahamas, The 21.0 24.3 27.6 30.5 35.0 37.1 42.5
Kuwait 19.5 22.3 24.9 28.6 34.8 34.9 35.6
Costa Rica 19.3 21.7 24.2 28.0 34.6 37.8 47.0
Brazil 19.2 21.4 24.2 28.2 34.4 36.9 43.9
Qatar 22.5 26.9 28.9 30.2 33.6 33.1 32.3
Bahrain 20.9 23.7 25.6 29.0 33.2 33.7 35.0
Azerbaijan 19.7 22.6 24.8 28.2 33.1 35.9 39.7
Sri Lanka 20.4 22.6 26.2 29.2 33.1 34.8 40.2
Türkiye 18.8 20.8 24.0 28.1 33.0 35.8 44.3
Vietnam 18.4 19.5 22.7 27.2 32.9 35.7 40.2
Argentina 26.0 26.3 26.8 28.9 32.5 34.9 41.9
Tunisia 17.4 20.0 23.4 27.8 32.5 35.1 40.3
Brunei 19.0 22.2 24.8 27.0 32.2 35.0 41.3
Jamaica 18.3 20.8 22.3 25.5 32.2 35.6 46.0
Colombia 17.9 20.8 23.2 26.5 32.0 34.8 43.7
United Arab Emirates 25.2 24.9 27.3 30.7 31.6 31.8 32.6
Malaysia 18.7 20.4 22.5 25.0 30.5 33.0 40.1
Indonesia 18.4 20.6 23.6 26.6 30.1 31.8 36.8
Bhutan 17.8 17.5 19.0 23.0 29.9 33.0 42.2
Panama 18.0 20.5 23.3 25.9 29.9 31.9 38.2
Myanmar 19.1 20.6 22.9 25.8 29.8 31.6 36.3
Peru 17.4 18.8 21.4 25.2 29.8 32.0 39.1
Kazakhstan 21.9 24.7 26.6 27.5 29.6 29.5 31.2
Saudi Arabia 17.1 18.0 19.7 23.5 29.6 29.7 32.0
Morocco 16.4 18.4 21.4 24.7 29.5 31.4 37.4
Oman 15.4 17.3 19.9 24.2 29.5 29.9 31.5
Mexico 15.7 18.7 21.8 24.8 29.3 31.5 38.7
Israel 24.0 24.8 26.8 28.4 29.2 29.5 32.2
Ecuador 17.4 19.2 21.1 23.8 28.8 31.5 39.5
Lebanon 18.7 20.5 23.2 26.8 28.6 30.1 36.5
South Africa 18.4 20.3 20.8 23.6 28.5 29.6 32.3
Algeria 15.5 17.5 20.8 25.1 28.4 29.5 34.5
Cabo Verde 15.0 15.9 17.4 21.5 28.4 31.6 40.8
India 18.9 19.7 21.2 23.6 28.4 30.8 38.3
Suriname 17.3 19.8 23.0 25.4 28.4 30.1 35.8
Dominican Republic 16.7 18.9 21.1 23.7 28.0 30.0 36.2
Libya 15.0 17.5 21.6 24.3 27.5 29.3 36.3
El Salvador 16.4 17.7 20.2 22.6 27.4 30.3 38.9
Uzbekistan 17.9 18.9 20.3 23.6 27.0 26.8 28.2
Mongolia 16.6 17.9 20.7 24.4 26.9 27.0 32.0
Paraguay 17.6 18.2 19.0 22.2 26.6 28.4 33.5
Turkmenistan 17.6 18.3 19.8 23.0 26.6 28.5 32.8
Cambodia 16.7 17.2 17.0 21.3 26.0 27.1 32.2
Guyana 17.1 19.9 21.2 23.2 25.9 27.6 32.3
Bangladesh 16.5 17.4 19.7 21.9 25.7 27.7 35.6
Philippines 16.2 17.8 19.0 20.9 25.7 28.2 35.9
Nicaragua 15.1 15.6 18.0 21.2 25.6 27.7 34.9
Kyrgyzstan 19.4 20.7 21.3 23.0 25.3 25.9 30.5
Nepal 18.5 18.1 18.3 20.2 25.0 27.1 35.0
Bolivia 18.3 18.6 19.9 21.5 24.9 26.6 31.9
Laos 16.8 16.8 17.0 19.9 24.6 26.6 33.0
Jordan 14.1 16.1 19.0 20.6 24.5 25.9 32.3
Egypt 18.2 18.5 20.1 22.2 24.3 25.6 31.0
Honduras 15.2 15.7 17.0 19.3 23.9 26.0 32.3
Haiti 18.2 17.8 18.4 20.3 23.8 25.5 31.1
Botswana 15.8 16.1 18.7 21.5 23.2 24.9 30.3
Guatemala 16.0 16.0 16.6 18.6 23.0 25.4 33.0
Papua New Guinea 16.9 17.6 18.8 20.0 22.6 23.9 28.5
Eswatini 14.6 15.0 16.4 18.6 22.2 23.7 29.4
Tajikistan 17.0 17.1 17.4 19.8 22.1 22.7 27.9
Lesotho 17.7 17.4 18.2 19.7 21.6 23.0 28.8
Gabon 19.9 17.9 18.2 20.2 21.5 21.9 25.6
Ghana 15.6 16.1 17.3 19.2 21.1 22.4 27.0
Namibia 15.5 17.3 18.0 19.4 21.1 22.2 27.9
Comoros 15.4 15.4 15.2 17.5 20.5 21.3 25.4
Pakistan 17.1 16.9 17.0 18.8 20.4 21.6 26.3
Kenya 13.4 14.3 15.6 16.9 19.8 21.4 26.3
Rwanda 15.4 14.5 15.2 17.5 19.7 21.2 25.8
Sierra Leone 18.1 17.4 16.9 17.1 19.5 20.9 26.3
Senegal 15.7 15.4 16.5 17.4 19.4 20.8 25.6
Guinea-Bissau 16.6 15.9 16.3 17.1 19.2 20.5 25.7
Madagascar 15.4 15.8 16.1 16.7 19.0 20.1 24.2
Ethiopia 15.7 15.8 15.1 15.8 18.9 20.2 24.6
Togo 15.8 16.1 17.3 18.0 18.9 19.9 23.3
Liberia 16.9 16.8 17.2 17.4 18.6 20.0 24.7
Congo, Rep. 15.9 16.6 17.4 18.7 18.4 19.5 23.1
Gambia 17.2 16.1 15.4 16.3 18.4 19.9 26.1
Sudan 15.4 15.8 15.8 16.3 18.4 19.4 24.0
Yemen, Rep. 14.8 13.5 14.4 16.6 18.3 19.0 24.1
Cote d'Ivoire 15.4 15.0 15.7 16.7 18.2 19.3 22.6
Guinea 17.7 17.2 16.4 16.3 18.1 19.2 24.2
Zimbabwe 14.6 15.2 16.7 17.3 18.0 19.2 23.6
Benin 16.2 15.8 16.0 16.7 17.9 18.9 23.0
Cameroon 16.7 15.7 16.2 16.8 17.9 18.9 23.1
Nigeria 16.7 16.2 16.8 16.7 17.9 19.3 23.9
Malawi 16.2 16.2 15.7 15.7 17.8 19.5 24.6
Zambia 14.2 14.6 14.8 15.6 17.7 19.1 23.6
Burkina Faso 16.5 15.4 15.4 16.0 17.5 19.1 24.8
Tanzania 15.4 15.5 16.4 16.1 17.4 18.1 21.8
Mauritania 15.8 16.0 16.6 16.7 17.3 18.2 22.3
Afghanistan 15.8 15.0 14.0 14.6 17.1 18.2 23.0
Uganda 14.9 14.8 14.0 14.2 16.7 18.0 24.0
Angola 16.5 16.4 16.0 16.3 16.5 17.3 20.9
Mozambique 16.5 15.9 16.2 15.8 16.4 17.3 21.6
Burundi 16.1 14.6 14.6 16.4 16.1 17.9 22.5
Congo, Dem. Rep 16.8 16.7 16.1 15.7 15.8 16.2 20.0
Chad 15.6 15.2 14.6 14.6 15.7 16.0 19.8
Mali 17.0 15.4 15.4 15.3 15.6 16.5 20.2
Niger 15.3 15.4 15.2 14.3 15.4 16.4 21.2
Central African Republic 17.4 16.8 16.0 15.6 14.4 15.2 19.2


Notes: Data published as the average age of the population in years





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