Typical age by country

Name: Typical age by country
Creator: Our World in Data
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Half the people are younger than this age, half older. The map opens on 2023, with figures for 235 countries.

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Highest in 2023

Vatican 59.6
Monaco 54.4
Saint Helena 50.5
Japan 49.0
Martinique 48.8

Lowest in 2023

Central African Rep. 14.3
Niger 15.3
Chad 15.4
Somalia 15.4
Mali 15.5

About the data

Age that divides the population into two halves of equal size — half are younger and half are older.

Unit: years
Years: 1950–2026
Data as of: 2026-09-28
Source: Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0
Credit: Our World in Data; UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0

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Afghanistan 16.9 (2023)
Albania 36.3 (2023)
Algeria 28.2 (2023)
American Samoa 28.4 (2023)
Andorra 43.2 (2023)
Angola 16.5 (2023)
Anguilla 38.0 (2023)
Antigua and Barb. 35.5 (2023)
Argentina 32.1 (2023)
Armenia 35.8 (2023)
Aruba 41.0 (2023)
Australia 37.8 (2023)
Austria 43.1 (2023)
Azerbaijan 32.6 (2023)
Bahamas 34.6 (2023)
Bahrain 32.9 (2023)
Bangladesh 25.3 (2023)
Barbados 38.9 (2023)
Belarus 40.5 (2023)
Belgium 41.4 (2023)
Belize 25.9 (2023)
Benin 17.8 (2023)
Bermuda 45.1 (2023)
Bhutan 29.4 (2023)
Bolivia 24.7 (2023)
Bosnia and Herz. 44.9 (2023)
Botswana 22.9 (2023)
Brazil 33.9 (2023)
British Virgin Is. 37.5 (2023)
Brunei 31.8 (2023)
Bulgaria 44.3 (2023)
Burkina Faso 17.3 (2023)
Burundi 15.9 (2023)
Cabo Verde 27.9 (2023)
Cambodia 25.8 (2023)
Cameroon 17.8 (2023)
Canada 40.3 (2023)
Caribbean Netherlands 39.7 (2023)
Cayman Is. 37.9 (2023)
Central African Rep. 14.3 (2023)
Chad 15.4 (2023)
Chile 36.0 (2023)
China 39.1 (2023)
Colombia 31.6 (2023)
Comoros 20.3 (2023)
Congo 18.3 (2023)
Cook Is. 35.1 (2023)
Costa Rica 34.1 (2023)
Côte d'Ivoire 18.1 (2023)
Croatia 44.8 (2023)
Cuba 41.7 (2023)
Curaçao 38.2 (2023)
Cyprus 37.8 (2023)
Czechia 42.7 (2023)
Dem. Rep. Congo 15.8 (2023)
Denmark 41.2 (2023)
Djibouti 24.4 (2023)
Dominica 35.6 (2023)
Dominican Rep. 27.7 (2023)
Ecuador 28.4 (2023)
Egypt 24.0 (2023)
El Salvador 27.0 (2023)
Eq. Guinea 21.0 (2023)
Eritrea 18.7 (2023)
Estonia 41.9 (2023)
eSwatini 22.0 (2023)
Ethiopia 18.7 (2023)
Faeroe Is. 37.3 (2023)
Falkland Is. 41.5 (2023)
Fiji 27.7 (2023)
Finland 42.8 (2023)
Fr. Polynesia 34.8 (2023)
France 41.8 (2023)
French Guiana 25.2 (2023)
Gabon 21.5 (2023)
Gambia 18.2 (2023)
Georgia 36.8 (2023)
Germany 45.1 (2023)
Ghana 20.9 (2023)
Gibraltar 38.9 (2023)
Greece 45.7 (2023)
Greenland 34.2 (2023)
Grenada 33.4 (2023)
Guadeloupe 46.6 (2023)
Guam 31.1 (2023)
Guatemala 22.6 (2023)
Guernsey 44.0 (2023)
Guinea 18.0 (2023)
Guinea-Bissau 18.9 (2023)
Guyana 25.6 (2023)
Haiti 23.5 (2023)
Honduras 23.5 (2023)
Hong Kong 46.2 (2023)
Hungary 43.3 (2023)
Iceland 35.8 (2023)
India 28.1 (2023)
Indonesia 29.8 (2023)
Iran 32.9 (2023)
Iraq 20.3 (2023)
Ireland 38.4 (2023)
Isle of Man 45.7 (2023)
Israel 29.2 (2023)
Italy 47.5 (2023)
Jamaica 31.7 (2023)
Japan 49.0 (2023)
Jersey 43.1 (2023)
Jordan 24.3 (2023)
Judea and Samaria and Gaza Strip 19.8 (2023)
Kazakhstan 29.5 (2023)
Kenya 19.5 (2023)
Kiribati 22.7 (2023)
Kosovo 31.4 (2023)
Kuwait 34.5 (2023)
Kyrgyzstan 25.1 (2023)
Laos 24.3 (2023)
Latvia 43.1 (2023)
Lebanon 28.3 (2023)
Lesotho 21.4 (2023)
Liberia 18.4 (2023)
Libya 27.2 (2023)
Liechtenstein 44.2 (2023)
Lithuania 42.1 (2023)
Luxembourg 38.9 (2023)
Macao 38.3 (2023)
Madagascar 18.9 (2023)
Malawi 17.6 (2023)
Malaysia 30.1 (2023)
Maldives 31.1 (2023)
Mali 15.5 (2023)
Malta 40.3 (2023)
Marshall Is. 20.7 (2023)
Martinique 48.8 (2023)
Mauritania 17.1 (2023)
Mauritius 36.9 (2023)
Mayotte 16.8 (2023)
Mexico 28.9 (2023)
Micronesia 22.9 (2023)
Moldova 37.8 (2023)
Monaco 54.4 (2023)
Mongolia 26.8 (2023)
Montenegro 39.3 (2023)
Montserrat 41.5 (2023)
Morocco 29.2 (2023)
Mozambique 16.3 (2023)
Myanmar 29.5 (2023)
N. Mariana Is. 36.1 (2023)
Namibia 21.0 (2023)
Nauru 20.4 (2023)
Nepal 24.7 (2023)
Netherlands 41.4 (2023)
New Caledonia 33.9 (2023)
New Zealand 37.3 (2023)
Nicaragua 25.3 (2023)
Niger 15.3 (2023)
Nigeria 17.8 (2023)
Niue 36.6 (2023)
North Korea 36.0 (2023)
North Macedonia 40.3 (2023)
Norway 39.5 (2023)
Oman 29.3 (2023)
Pakistan 20.3 (2023)
Palau 37.8 (2023)
Panama 29.6 (2023)
Papua New Guinea 22.3 (2023)
Paraguay 26.3 (2023)
Peru 29.5 (2023)
Philippines 25.3 (2023)
Poland 41.3 (2023)
Portugal 46.2 (2023)
Puerto Rico 45.3 (2023)
Qatar 33.2 (2023)
Réunion 37.4 (2023)
Romania 42.6 (2023)
Russia 39.5 (2023)
Rwanda 19.4 (2023)
S. Sudan 18.0 (2023)
Saint Helena 50.5 (2023)
Saint Lucia 33.7 (2023)
Samoa 19.9 (2023)
San Marino 47.4 (2023)
São Tomé and Principe 19.1 (2023)
Saudi Arabia 29.2 (2023)
Senegal 19.1 (2023)
Serbia 43.9 (2023)
Seychelles 33.7 (2023)
Sierra Leone 19.3 (2023)
Singapore 35.1 (2023)
Sint Maarten 41.6 (2023)
Slovakia 41.3 (2023)
Slovenia 43.9 (2023)
Solomon Is. 20.3 (2023)
Somalia 15.4 (2023)
South Africa 28.2 (2023)
South Korea 44.5 (2023)
Spain 44.9 (2023)
Sri Lanka 32.8 (2023)
St-Barthélemy 38.8 (2023)
St-Martin 39.4 (2023)
St. Kitts and Nevis 35.3 (2023)
St. Pierre and Miquelon 46.4 (2023)
St. Vin. and Gren. 33.9 (2023)
Sudan 18.3 (2023)
Suriname 28.1 (2023)
Sweden 39.9 (2023)
Switzerland 42.3 (2023)
Syria 22.2 (2023)
Tajikistan 21.9 (2023)
Tanzania 17.2 (2023)
Thailand 39.7 (2023)
Timor-Leste 21.0 (2023)
Togo 18.1 (2023)
Tokelau 26.7 (2023)
Tonga 20.7 (2023)
Trinidad and Tobago 36.7 (2023)
Tunisia 32.1 (2023)
Turkey 32.5 (2023)
Turkmenistan 26.2 (2023)
Turks and Caicos Is. 38.3 (2023)
Tuvalu 24.3 (2023)
U.S. Virgin Is. 44.7 (2023)
Uganda 16.5 (2023)
Ukraine 42.0 (2023)
United Arab Emirates 31.2 (2023)
United Kingdom 39.8 (2023)
United States of America 38.0 (2023)
Uruguay 35.8 (2023)
Uzbekistan 26.9 (2023)
Vanuatu 20.1 (2023)
Vatican 59.6 (2023)
Venezuela 29.0 (2023)
Vietnam 32.4 (2023)
Wallis and Futuna Is. 37.2 (2023)
Yemen 18.2 (2023)
Zambia 17.5 (2023)
Zimbabwe 17.8 (2023)

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