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Median age by country

Half the people are younger than this age, half are older (UN estimates).

In years. The latest year differs by country, so compare the year too.

Source: Our World in Data, Median age (years). Retrieved 12 Nov 2026.

All countries, highest first

Years, latest year for each.

Chart and every country
  1. 1JapanAPAC · 202349.0
  2. 2ItalyEurope · 202347.5
  3. 3Hong KongAPAC · 202346.2
  4. 4GermanyEurope · 202345.1
  5. 5SpainEurope · 202344.9
  6. 6FranceEurope · 202341.8
  7. 7CanadaNorth America · 202340.3
  8. 8UKEurope · 202339.8
  9. 9ThailandAPAC · 202339.7
  10. 10RussiaEurope · 202339.5
  11. 11ChinaAPAC · 202339.1
  12. 12USNorth America · 202338.0
  13. 13AustraliaAPAC · 202337.8
  14. 14New ZealandAPAC · 202337.3
  15. 15SingaporeAPAC · 202335.1
  16. 16BrazilLatin America · 202333.9
  17. 17QatarMiddle East · 202333.2
  18. 18UAEMiddle East · 202331.2
  19. 19MalaysiaAPAC · 202330.1
  20. 20IndonesiaAPAC · 202329.8
  21. 21MyanmarAPAC · 202329.5
  22. 22Saudi ArabiaMiddle East · 202329.2
  23. 23MoroccoAfrica · 202329.2
  24. 24MexicoLatin America · 202328.9
  25. 25EcuadorLatin America · 202328.4
  26. 26LebanonMiddle East · 202328.3
  27. 27South AfricaAfrica · 202328.2
  28. 28IndiaAPAC · 202328.1
  29. 29BangladeshAPAC · 202325.3
  30. 30PhilippinesAPAC · 202325.3
  31. 31NepalAPAC · 202324.7
  32. 32JordanMiddle East · 202324.3
  33. 33EgyptAfrica · 202324.0
  34. 34HaitiLatin America · 202323.5
  35. 35SyriaMiddle East · 202322.2
  36. 36GhanaAfrica · 202320.9
  37. 37IraqMiddle East · 202320.3
  38. 38PakistanAPAC · 202320.3
  39. 39PalestineMiddle East · 202319.8
  40. 40KenyaAfrica · 202319.5
  41. 41EthiopiaAfrica · 202318.7
  42. 42SudanAfrica · 202318.3
  43. 43YemenMiddle East · 202318.2
  44. 44NigeriaAfrica · 202317.8
  45. 45MalawiAfrica · 202317.6
  46. 46ZambiaAfrica · 202317.5
  47. 47Burkina FasoAfrica · 202317.3
  48. 48TanzaniaAfrica · 202317.2
  49. 49AfghanistanAPAC · 202316.9
  50. 50UgandaAfrica · 202316.5
  51. 51MozambiqueAfrica · 202316.3
  52. 52DR CongoAfrica · 202315.8
  53. 53MaliAfrica · 202315.5
  54. 54NigerAfrica · 202315.3

Source: Our World in Data, Median age (years), latest year for each country. Retrieved 12 Nov 2026.

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Acuitas Health Analytics. Median age by country, latest year. Data: Our World in Data. Retrieved 12 Nov 2026, from https://www.acuitashealthanalytics.com/benchmarks/median-age

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About our sources. Values are the latest the source publishes for each place; nothing is filled in or estimated.