Countries by median age

Did you know the median age in some African nations is under 20, while in parts of Europe it tops 45? That 25-year gap will define economic competition and geopolitical power for decades to come.

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Median age by country
Rank	Country	Median age
1	Vatican City	59.625
2	Monaco	54.356
3	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	50.45
4	Japan	48.958
5	Martinique	48.788
6	Italy	47.461
7	San Marino	47.393
8	Guadeloupe	46.574
9	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	46.403
10	Portugal	46.2
11	Hong Kong	46.155
12	Greece	45.747
13	Isle of Man	45.676
14	Puerto Rico	45.306
15	Germany	45.147
16	Bermuda	45.14
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina	44.915
18	Spain	44.903
19	Croatia	44.761
20	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	44.667
21	Korea, Republic of	44.486
22	Bulgaria	44.314
23	Liechtenstein	44.199
24	Guernsey	43.978
25	Slovenia	43.894
26	Serbia	43.872
27	Taiwan	43.538
28	Hungary	43.317
29	Andorra	43.162
30	Jersey	43.101
31	Austria	43.086
32	Latvia	43.078
33	Finland	42.789
34	Czechia	42.716
35	Romania	42.621
36	Switzerland	42.331
37	Lithuania	42.119
38	Ukraine	41.984
39	Estonia	41.89
40	France	41.817
41	Cuba	41.709
42	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	41.587
43	Montserrat	41.546
44	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	41.535
45	Belgium	41.44
46	Netherlands, Kingdom of the	41.396
47	Poland	41.31
48	Slovakia	41.302
49	Denmark	41.249
50	Aruba	41.02
51	Belarus	40.535
52	Canada	40.343
53	Malta	40.281
54	North Macedonia	40.26
55	Sweden	39.913
56	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	39.782
57	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	39.665
58	Thailand	39.658
59	Norway	39.54
60	Russian Federation	39.454
61	Saint Martin (French part)	39.363
62	Montenegro	39.291
63	China	39.066
64	Barbados	38.905
65	Luxembourg	38.892
66	Gibraltar	38.882
67	Saint Barthélemy	38.81
68	Ireland	38.416
69	Macao	38.31
70	Turks and Caicos Islands	38.298
71	Curaçao	38.231
72	United States of America	38.023
73	Anguilla	38.013
74	Cayman Islands	37.875
75	Palau	37.843
76	Cyprus	37.756
77	Moldova, Republic of	37.754
78	Australia	37.751
79	Virgin Islands (British)	37.546
80	Réunion	37.43
81	New Zealand	37.28
82	Faroe Islands	37.258
83	Wallis and Futuna	37.166
84	Mauritius	36.933
85	Georgia	36.796
86	Trinidad and Tobago	36.718
87	Niue	36.555
88	Albania	36.277
89	Northern Mariana Islands	36.136
90	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	36.048
91	Chile	35.969
92	Armenia	35.832
93	Iceland	35.808
94	Uruguay	35.779
95	Dominica	35.618
96	Antigua and Barbuda	35.486
97	Saint Kitts and Nevis	35.349
98	Singapore	35.102
99	Cook Islands	35.075
100	French Polynesia	34.791
101	Bahamas	34.597
102	Kuwait	34.499
103	Greenland	34.229
104	Costa Rica	34.07
105	Brazil	33.942
106	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	33.897
107	New Caledonia	33.891
108	Saint Lucia	33.745
109	Seychelles	33.653
110	Grenada	33.385
111	Qatar	33.189
112	Bahrain	32.876
113	Iran, Islamic Republic of	32.866
114	Sri Lanka	32.812
115	Azerbaijan	32.596
116	Türkiye	32.52
117	Viet Nam	32.429
118	Tunisia	32.127
119	Argentina	32.122
120	Western Sahara	32.037
121	Brunei Darussalam	31.76
122	Jamaica	31.673
123	Colombia	31.606
124	Kosovo	31.43
125	United Arab Emirates	31.232
126	Maldives	31.124
127	Guam	31.12
128	Malaysia	30.058
129	Indonesia	29.831
130	Panama	29.603
131	Myanmar	29.534
132	Kazakhstan	29.464
133	Peru	29.451
134	Bhutan	29.388
135	Oman	29.268
136	Saudi Arabia	29.247
137	Morocco	29.194
138	Israel	29.15
139	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	29.025
140	Mexico	28.886
141	American Samoa	28.435
142	Ecuador	28.406
143	Lebanon	28.323
144	South Africa	28.213
145	Algeria	28.189
146	Suriname	28.1
147	India	28.06
148	Cabo Verde	27.87
149	Fiji	27.666
150	Dominican Republic	27.653
151	Libya	27.196
152	El Salvador	26.956
153	Uzbekistan	26.914
154	Mongolia	26.752
155	Tokelau	26.65
156	Paraguay	26.341
157	Turkmenistan	26.232
158	Belize	25.946
159	Cambodia	25.844
160	Guyana	25.607
161	Bangladesh	25.325
162	Philippines	25.287
163	Nicaragua	25.267
164	French Guiana	25.221
165	Kyrgyzstan	25.127
166	Nepal	24.679
167	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	24.664
168	Djibouti	24.389
169	Tuvalu	24.286
170	Lao People's Democratic Republic	24.284
171	Jordan	24.279
172	Egypt	24.028
173	Honduras	23.546
174	Haiti	23.511
175	Botswana	22.882
176	Micronesia, Federated States of	22.85
177	Kiribati	22.686
178	Guatemala	22.63
179	Papua New Guinea	22.344
180	Syrian Arab Republic	22.249
181	Eswatini	21.995
182	Tajikistan	21.925
183	Gabon	21.503
184	Lesotho	21.427
185	Equatorial Guinea	20.979
186	Timor-Leste	20.969
187	Namibia	20.957
188	Ghana	20.931
189	Marshall Islands	20.699
190	Tonga	20.695
191	Nauru	20.434
192	Iraq	20.345
193	Comoros	20.331
194	Pakistan	20.287
195	Solomon Islands	20.251
196	Vanuatu	20.143
197	Samoa	19.904
198	Palestine	19.763
199	Kenya	19.526
200	Rwanda	19.44
201	Sierra Leone	19.27
202	Senegal	19.129
203	Sao Tome and Principe	19.052
204	Guinea-Bissau	18.943
205	Madagascar	18.877
206	Togo	18.818
207	Ethiopia	18.733
208	Eritrea	18.651
209	Liberia	18.358
210	Congo	18.308
211	Sudan	18.276
212	Yemen	18.184
213	Gambia	18.17
214	Côte d'Ivoire	18.097
215	Guinea	17.984
216	South Sudan	17.97
217	Zimbabwe	17.808
218	Benin	17.772
219	Nigeria	17.754
220	Cameroon	17.752
221	Malawi	17.58
222	Zambia	17.49
223	Burkina Faso	17.254
224	Tanzania, United Republic of	17.24
225	Mauritania	17.119
226	Afghanistan	16.94
227	Mayotte	16.786
228	Uganda	16.514
229	Angola	16.452
230	Mozambique	16.323
231	Burundi	15.902
232	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	15.768
233	Mali	15.466
234	Somalia	15.447
235	Chad	15.401
236	Niger	15.25
237	Central African Republic	14.32

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