Countries by median age
Vatican City ranks highest at 57.4 years, followed by Monaco and Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. All 194 countries and 40 territories ranked below.
Mostly 2025 data
Updated August 12, 2026
| Rank | Country | Median age | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vatican City | 57.4 years | 2025 |
| 2 |  Monaco | 53.6 years | 2025 |
| 3 |  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha territory | 50.9 years | 2025 |
| 4 |  Japan | 49.8 years | 2025 |
| 5 |  San Marino | 48.6 years | 2025 |
| 6 |  Italy | 48.2 years | 2025 |
| 7 |  Hong Kong territory | 47.4 years | 2025 |
| 8 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon territory | 47.2 years | 2025 |
| 9 |  Portugal | 46.9 years | 2025 |
| 10 |  Greece | 46.8 years | 2025 |
| 11 |  Isle of Man territory | 46.1 years | 2025 |
| 12 |  Bermuda territory | 46.0 years | 2025 |
| 13 |  Spain | 45.9 years | 2025 |
| 14 |  Puerto Rico territory | 45.8 years | 2025 |
| 15 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.7 years | 2025 |
| 16 |  South Korea | 45.6 years | 2025 |
| 17 |  Germany | 45.5 years | 2025 |
| 18 |  Croatia | 45.3 years | 2025 |
| 19 |  United States Virgin Islands territory | 44.8 years | 2025 |
| 20 |  Taiwan territory | 44.8 years | 2025 |
| 21 |  Bulgaria | 44.8 years | 2025 |
| 22 |  Slovenia | 44.7 years | 2025 |
| 23 |  Liechtenstein | 44.5 years | 2025 |
| 24 |  Serbia | 44.4 years | 2025 |
| 25 |  Guernsey territory | 44.3 years | 2025 |
| 26 |  Hungary | 43.9 years | 2025 |
| 27 |  Andorra | 43.9 years | 2025 |
| 28 |  Czechia (Czech Republic) | 43.8 years | 2025 |
| 29 |  Austria | 43.6 years | 2025 |
| 30 |  Jersey territory | 43.6 years | 2025 |
| 31 |  Latvia | 43.6 years | 2025 |
| 32 |  Romania | 43.2 years | 2025 |
| 33 |  Finland | 43.2 years | 2025 |
| 34 |  Switzerland | 42.9 years | 2025 |
| 35 |  Falkland Islands territory | 42.8 years | 2025 |
| 36 |  Estonia | 42.8 years | 2025 |
| 37 |  Saint Martin territory | 42.5 years | 2025 |
| 38 |  Poland | 42.5 years | 2025 |
| 39 |  Lithuania | 42.3 years | 2025 |
| 40 |  Slovakia | 42.3 years | 2025 |
| 41 |  France | 42.3 years | 2025 |
| 42 |  Cuba | 42.2 years | 2025 |
| 43 |  Belgium | 41.9 years | 2025 |
| 44 |  Sint Maarten territory | 41.8 years | 2025 |
| 45 |  Ukraine | 41.8 years | 2025 |
| 46 |  Montserrat territory | 41.6 years | 2025 |
| 47 |  Aruba territory | 41.5 years | 2025 |
| 48 |  Netherlands | 41.5 years | 2025 |
| 49 |  Belarus | 41.3 years | 2025 |
| 50 |  Denmark | 41.3 years | 2025 |
| 51 |  Malta | 41.1 years | 2025 |
| 52 |  North Macedonia | 41.0 years | 2025 |
| 53 |  Canada | 40.6 years | 2025 |
| 54 |  Thailand | 40.6 years | 2025 |
| 55 |  Russia | 40.3 years | 2025 |
| 56 |  Sweden | 40.3 years | 2025 |
| 57 |  China | 40.1 years | 2025 |
| 58 |  United Kingdom | 40.1 years | 2025 |
| 59 |  Cocos (Keeling) Islands territory | 40.0 years | 2021 archive |
| 60 |  Montenegro | 40.0 years | 2025 |
| 61 |  Norway | 39.8 years | 2025 |
| 62 |  Macau territory | 39.6 years | 2025 |
| 63 |  Luxembourg | 39.5 years | 2025 |
| 64 |  Barbados | 39.4 years | 2025 |
| 65 |  Turks and Caicos Islands territory | 39.2 years | 2025 |
| 66 |  Saint Barthélemy territory | 39.0 years | 2025 |
| 67 |  Ireland | 39.0 years | 2025 |
| 68 |  Gibraltar territory | 38.8 years | 2025 |
| 69 |  Curaçao territory | 38.7 years | 2025 |
| 70 |  Anguilla territory | 38.7 years | 2025 |
| 71 |  Cayman Islands territory | 38.7 years | 2025 |
| 72 |  Cyprus | 38.6 years | 2025 |
| 73 |  Moldova | 38.6 years | 2025 |
| 74 |  British Virgin Islands territory | 38.6 years | 2025 |
| 75 |  Palau | 38.5 years | 2025 |
| 76 |  United States | 38.5 years | 2025 |
| 77 |  Australia | 38.3 years | 2025 |
| 78 |  Wallis and Futuna territory | 38.2 years | 2025 |
| 79 |  Christmas Island territory | 38.0 years | 2021 archive |
| 80 |  Northern Mariana Islands territory | 38.0 years | 2025 |
| 81 |  Mauritius | 37.8 years | 2025 |
| 82 |  New Zealand | 37.7 years | 2025 |
| 83 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 37.7 years | 2025 |
| 84 |  Georgia | 37.3 years | 2025 |
| 85 |  Albania | 37.3 years | 2025 |
| 86 |  Cook Islands territory | 37.1 years | 2025 |
| 87 |  Faroe Islands territory | 37.1 years | 2025 |
| 88 |  Chile | 36.9 years | 2025 |
| 89 |  Armenia | 36.6 years | 2025 |
| 90 |  North Korea | 36.5 years | 2025 |
| 91 |  Uruguay | 36.4 years | 2025 |
| 92 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 36.3 years | 2025 |
| 93 |  Dominica | 36.3 years | 2025 |
| 94 |  Iceland | 36.2 years | 2025 |
| 95 |  Singapore | 36.2 years | 2025 |
| 96 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 36.2 years | 2025 |
| 97 |  French Polynesia territory | 36.1 years | 2025 |
| 98 |  Niue territory | 35.7 years | 2025 |
| 99 |  Bahamas | 35.3 years | 2025 |
| 100 |  Costa Rica | 35.2 years | 2025 |
| 101 |  Greenland territory | 35.1 years | 2025 |
| 102 |  Kuwait | 34.8 years | 2025 |
| 103 |  Brazil | 34.8 years | 2025 |
| 104 |  Saint Lucia | 34.6 years | 2025 |
| 105 |  New Caledonia territory | 34.5 years | 2025 |
| 106 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 34.4 years | 2025 |
| 107 |  Grenada | 34.4 years | 2025 |
| 108 |  Seychelles | 34.3 years | 2025 |
| 109 |  Iran | 34.0 years | 2025 |
| 110 |  Azerbaijan | 33.6 years | 2025 |
| 111 |  Qatar | 33.5 years | 2025 |
| 112 |  Turkey (Türkiye) | 33.5 years | 2025 |
| 113 |  Vietnam | 33.4 years | 2025 |
| 114 |  Bahrain | 33.3 years | 2025 |
| 115 |  Sri Lanka | 33.3 years | 2025 |
| 116 |  Tunisia | 32.9 years | 2025 |
| 117 |  Argentina | 32.9 years | 2025 |
| 118 |  Jamaica | 32.8 years | 2025 |
| 119 |  Brunei | 32.7 years | 2025 |
| 120 |  Maldives | 32.7 years | 2025 |
| 121 |  Western Sahara territory | 32.6 years | 2025 |
| 122 |  Colombia | 32.5 years | 2025 |
| 123 |  Kosovo territory | 32.3 years | 2025 archive |
| 124 |  United Arab Emirates | 31.6 years | 2025 |
| 125 |  Guam territory | 31.5 years | 2025 |
| 126 |  Malaysia | 31.0 years | 2025 |
| 127 |  Bhutan | 30.5 years | 2025 |
| 128 |  Indonesia | 30.4 years | 2025 |
| 129 |  Panama | 30.3 years | 2025 |
| 130 |  Peru | 30.2 years | 2025 |
| 131 |  Myanmar (Burma) | 30.1 years | 2025 |
| 132 |  Morocco | 29.8 years | 2025 |
| 133 |  Kazakhstan | 29.7 years | 2025 |
| 134 |  Oman | 29.7 years | 2025 |
| 135 |  Saudi Arabia | 29.6 years | 2025 |
| 136 |  Mexico | 29.6 years | 2025 |
| 137 |  Venezuela | 29.4 years | 2025 |
| 138 |  Ecuador | 29.3 years | 2025 |
| 139 |  Israel | 29.2 years | 2025 |
| 140 |  Cape Verde | 29.0 years | 2025 |
| 141 |  American Samoa territory | 29.0 years | 2025 |
| 142 |  India | 28.8 years | 2025 |
| 143 |  Lebanon | 28.8 years | 2025 |
| 144 |  South Africa | 28.7 years | 2025 |
| 145 |  Suriname | 28.6 years | 2025 |
| 146 |  Algeria | 28.6 years | 2025 |
| 147 |  Dominican Republic | 28.3 years | 2025 |
| 148 |  Fiji | 28.1 years | 2025 |
| 149 |  El Salvador | 27.9 years | 2025 |
| 150 |  Libya | 27.7 years | 2025 |
| 151 |  Tokelau territory | 27.3 years | 2025 |
| 152 |  Uzbekistan | 27.0 years | 2025 |
| 153 |  Paraguay | 27.0 years | 2025 |
| 154 |  Mongolia | 26.9 years | 2025 |
| 155 |  Turkmenistan | 26.9 years | 2025 |
| 156 |  Belize | 26.9 years | 2025 |
| 157 |  Guyana | 26.2 years | 2025 |
| 158 |  Cambodia | 26.2 years | 2025 |
| 159 |  Philippines | 26.1 years | 2025 |
| 160 |  Bangladesh | 26.0 years | 2025 |
| 161 |  Nicaragua | 26.0 years | 2025 |
| 162 |  Kyrgyzstan | 25.4 years | 2025 |
| 163 |  Nepal | 25.3 years | 2025 |
| 164 |  Bolivia | 25.2 years | 2025 |
| 165 |  Laos | 24.9 years | 2025 |
| 166 |  Djibouti | 24.9 years | 2025 |
| 167 |  Jordan | 24.7 years | 2025 |
| 168 |  Egypt | 24.5 years | 2025 |
| 169 |  Honduras | 24.2 years | 2025 |
| 170 |  Tuvalu | 24.2 years | 2025 |
| 171 |  Haiti | 24.1 years | 2025 |
| 172 |  Botswana | 23.4 years | 2025 |
| 173 |  Guatemala | 23.4 years | 2025 |
| 174 |  Syria | 23.3 years | 2025 |
| 175 |  Micronesia | 23.3 years | 2025 |
| 176 |  Kiribati | 22.9 years | 2025 |
| 177 |  Papua New Guinea | 22.8 years | 2025 |
| 178 |  Eswatini | 22.5 years | 2025 |
| 179 |  Tajikistan | 22.2 years | 2025 |
| 180 |  West Bank territory | 22.0 years | 2025 archive |
| 181 |  Lesotho | 21.8 years | 2025 |
| 182 |  Timor-Leste | 21.7 years | 2025 |
| 183 |  Gabon | 21.5 years | 2025 |
| 184 |  Ghana | 21.3 years | 2025 |
| 185 |  Namibia | 21.3 years | 2025 |
| 186 |  Equatorial Guinea | 20.9 years | 2025 |
| 187 |  Iraq | 20.8 years | 2025 |
| 188 |  Tonga | 20.8 years | 2025 |
| 189 |  Solomon Islands | 20.7 years | 2025 |
| 190 |  Comoros | 20.6 years | 2025 |
| 191 |  Pakistan | 20.6 years | 2025 |
| 192 |  Marshall Islands | 20.4 years | 2025 |
| 193 |  Vanuatu | 20.3 years | 2025 |
| 194 |  Nauru | 20.2 years | 2025 |
| 195 |  Kenya | 20.0 years | 2025 |
| 196 |  Rwanda | 19.9 years | 2025 |
| 197 |  Gaza Strip territory | 19.9 years | 2025 archive |
| 198 |  Samoa | 19.8 years | 2025 |
| 199 |  Sierra Leone | 19.7 years | 2025 |
| 200 |  Senegal | 19.6 years | 2025 |
| 201 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 19.5 years | 2025 |
| 202 |  Guinea-Bissau | 19.4 years | 2025 |
| 203 |  Eritrea | 19.2 years | 2025 |
| 204 |  Madagascar | 19.2 years | 2025 |
| 205 |  Ethiopia | 19.1 years | 2025 |
| 206 |  Togo | 19.1 years | 2025 |
| 207 |  Liberia | 18.8 years | 2025 |
| 208 |  South Sudan | 18.7 years | 2025 |
| 209 |  Gambia | 18.6 years | 2025 |
| 210 |  Republic of the Congo | 18.6 years | 2025 |
| 211 |  Sudan | 18.5 years | 2025 |
| 212 |  Yemen | 18.4 years | 2025 |
| 213 |  Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 18.3 years | 2025 |
| 214 |  Guinea | 18.3 years | 2025 |
| 215 |  Nigeria | 18.1 years | 2025 |
| 216 |  Zimbabwe | 18.1 years | 2025 |
| 217 |  Malawi | 18.1 years | 2025 |
| 218 |  Cameroon | 18.0 years | 2025 |
| 219 |  Benin | 18.0 years | 2025 |
| 220 |  Zambia | 17.9 years | 2025 |
| 221 |  Burkina Faso | 17.7 years | 2025 |
| 222 |  Tanzania | 17.5 years | 2025 |
| 223 |  Mauritania | 17.4 years | 2025 |
| 224 |  Afghanistan | 17.3 years | 2025 |
| 225 |  Uganda | 16.9 years | 2025 |
| 226 |  Angola | 16.6 years | 2025 |
| 227 |  Mozambique | 16.5 years | 2025 |
| 228 |  Burundi | 16.4 years | 2025 |
| 229 |  DR Congo | 15.8 years | 2025 |
| 230 |  Chad | 15.8 years | 2025 |
| 231 |  Mali | 15.7 years | 2025 |
| 232 |  Somalia | 15.6 years | 2025 |
| 233 |  Niger | 15.6 years | 2025 |
| 234 |  Central African Republic | 14.5 years | 2025 |
How this is measured
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values are the most recent non-empty observation for each country, so vintages differ; the year column carries each figure's own date rather than implying a single edition year. Territories appear where the source reports them and are labelled. See the methodology for refresh cadence, or the field definition for how the indicator is constructed.
5 of the 234 entries come from the archive rather than a live feed. Current statistical feeds track economies rather than every territory, so entities no live source covers are carried at their final CIA World Factbook value instead of being dropped from the table. Those rows are marked archive. None of them refresh, and each prints its own observation year. The oldest goes back to 2021, against a table otherwise on 2025 data, so read those rank positions as indicative rather than strictly comparable.