World data · 194 countries · updated October 2026

Median age by country

The median age of 194 countries, ranked from oldest to youngest, and what it means for the generation mix in each one.

The short answer

Monaco leads the 194 countries ranked here on median age at 53 years, followed by Japan at 49 years and San Marino at 49 years. The median country is Argentina at 32 years, against a world average of 31 years.

#1 53 years Monaco Europe & Central Asia #2 49 years Japan East Asia & Pacific #3 49 years San Marino Europe & Central Asia Median 32 years Argentina The middle of 194

World 31 years World average Population-weighted

What this measures

The age that divides a population exactly in half — half are older, half are younger.

What it does not

A single median hides the shape of the distribution. Two countries with the same median can have very different numbers of children and pensioners.

The bottom of the table

Central African Republic 15 years

Somalia 16 years

Chad 16 years

Mali 16 years

Angola 16 years

Bars are scaled across the full observed range (15 years to 53 years), not to 100%, so the real spread is visible.

How the values are spread

Where the 194 countries fall

The range from 15 years to 53 years is split into 10 equal bands, and each bar counts the countries in one band.

Number of countries in each band of median age
Band	Countries	Including
15.0 to 18.8 years	18	Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Malawi and 15 more
18.8 to 22.6 years	33	Namibia, Gabon, Lesotho and 30 more
22.6 to 26.4 years	17	Philippines, Bolivia, Nicaragua and 14 more
26.4 to 30.2 years	25	Cape Verde, Morocco, Oman and 22 more
30.2 to 34.0 years	15	Turkey, Tunisia, Qatar and 12 more
34.0 to 37.8 years	20	North Korea, Singapore, Armenia and 17 more
37.8 to 41.6 years	29	Malta, United Kingdom, Denmark and 26 more
41.6 to 45.4 years	26	South Korea, Spain, Bulgaria and 23 more
45.4 to 49.2 years	10	Japan, San Marino, Italy and 7 more
49.2 to 53.0 years	1	Monaco

How this is built: each band is one tenth of the gap between the lowest and highest value; a country is counted in the band its value falls in, and the top band includes the highest value. Countries with no comparable figure are left out. Chart drawn with Apache ECharts.

The full ranking

All 194 countries

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194 countries shown

Median age by country, ranked. Column headings re-sort the table.
Rank	Country	Median age	Region	Gen Alpha
#1	Monaco	53 years	Europe & Central Asia	5k
#2	Japan	49 years	East Asia & Pacific	14m
#3	San Marino	49 years	Europe & Central Asia	4k
#4	Italy	48 years	Europe & Central Asia	7m
#5	Portugal	47 years	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#6	Greece	47 years	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#7	Germany	46 years	Europe & Central Asia	12m
#8	Croatia	46 years	Europe & Central Asia	524k
#9	Bosnia and Herzegovina	46 years	Europe & Central Asia	400k
#10	Bermuda	46 years	North America	9k
#11	Puerto Rico	46 years	Latin America	362k
#12	South Korea	45 years	East Asia & Pacific	6m
#13	Spain	45 years	Europe & Central Asia	6m
#14	Bulgaria	45 years	Europe & Central Asia	960k
#15	Serbia	45 years	Europe & Central Asia	947k
#16	Slovenia	45 years	Europe & Central Asia	306k
#17	Liechtenstein	45 years	Europe & Central Asia	6k
#18	Ukraine	44 years	Europe & Central Asia	6m
#19	Czechia	44 years	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#20	Hungary	44 years	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#21	Austria	44 years	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#22	Latvia	44 years	Europe & Central Asia	279k
#23	Andorra	44 years	Europe & Central Asia	10k
#24	Romania	43 years	Europe & Central Asia	3m
#25	Switzerland	43 years	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#26	Finland	43 years	Europe & Central Asia	806k
#27	Slovakia	43 years	Europe & Central Asia	849k
#28	Lithuania	43 years	Europe & Central Asia	406k
#29	Estonia	43 years	Europe & Central Asia	203k
#30	France	42 years	Europe & Central Asia	12m
#31	Poland	42 years	Europe & Central Asia	6m
#32	Netherlands	42 years	Europe & Central Asia	3m
#33	Belgium	42 years	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#34	Belarus	42 years	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#35	Cuba	42 years	Latin America	2m
#36	Aruba	42 years	Latin America	18k
#37	Sint Maarten	42 years	Latin America	7k
#38	Malta	41 years	Middle East & North Africa	71k
#39	United Kingdom	41 years	Europe & Central Asia	12m
#40	Denmark	41 years	Europe & Central Asia	937k
#41	North Macedonia	41 years	Europe & Central Asia	298k
#42	Canada	41 years	North America	6m
#43	China	40 years	East Asia & Pacific	230m
#44	Thailand	40 years	East Asia & Pacific	11m
#45	Russia	40 years	Europe & Central Asia	26m
#46	Sweden	40 years	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#47	Norway	40 years	Europe & Central Asia	900k
#48	Luxembourg	40 years	Europe & Central Asia	108k
#49	Montenegro	40 years	Europe & Central Asia	112k
#50	Barbados	40 years	Latin America	48k
#51	Turks and Caicos Islands	40 years	Latin America	8k
#52	Palau	39 years	Oceania	3k
#53	Ireland	39 years	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#54	Moldova	39 years	Europe & Central Asia	578k
#55	Cyprus	39 years	Europe & Central Asia	222k
#56	Gibraltar	39 years	Europe & Central Asia	7k
#57	United States	39 years	North America	62m
#58	Curaçao	39 years	Latin America	27k
#59	Cayman Islands	39 years	Latin America	12k
#60	British Virgin Islands	39 years	Latin America	6k
#61	Mauritius	38 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	184k
#62	Australia	38 years	Oceania	5m
#63	New Zealand	38 years	Oceania	1m
#64	Georgia	38 years	Europe & Central Asia	780k
#65	Albania	38 years	Europe & Central Asia	457k
#66	Trinidad and Tobago	38 years	Latin America	265k
#67	North Korea	37 years	East Asia & Pacific	5m
#68	Singapore	37 years	East Asia & Pacific	690k
#69	Armenia	37 years	Europe & Central Asia	557k
#70	Iceland	37 years	Europe & Central Asia	70k
#71	Uruguay	37 years	Latin America	605k
#72	Antigua and Barbuda	37 years	Latin America	17k
#73	Dominica	37 years	Latin America	12k
#74	St Kitts and Nevis	37 years	Latin America	9k
#75	Chile	36 years	Latin America	4m
#76	Costa Rica	36 years	Latin America	947k
#77	Bahamas	36 years	Latin America	71k
#78	Seychelles	35 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	27k
#79	Kuwait	35 years	Middle East & North Africa	917k
#80	St Lucia	35 years	Latin America	31k
#81	Grenada	35 years	Latin America	22k
#82	St Vincent and the Grenadines	35 years	Latin America	21k
#83	Iran	34 years	Middle East & North Africa	18m
#84	Sri Lanka	34 years	South Asia	4m
#85	Azerbaijan	34 years	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#86	Brazil	34 years	Latin America	44m
#87	Turkey	33 years	Middle East & North Africa	19m
#88	Tunisia	33 years	Middle East & North Africa	3m
#89	Qatar	33 years	Middle East & North Africa	476k
#90	Bahrain	33 years	Middle East & North Africa	309k
#91	Maldives	33 years	South Asia	101k
#92	Vietnam	33 years	East Asia & Pacific	23m
#93	Brunei	33 years	East Asia & Pacific	97k
#94	Jamaica	33 years	Latin America	518k
#95	Saudi Arabia	32 years	Middle East & North Africa	9m
#96	United Arab Emirates	32 years	Middle East & North Africa	2m
#97	Colombia	32 years	Latin America	11m
#98	Argentina	32 years	Latin America	11m
#99	Malaysia	31 years	East Asia & Pacific	8m
#100	Peru	31 years	Latin America	8m
#101	Panama	31 years	Latin America	1m
#102	Cape Verde	30 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	131k
#103	Morocco	30 years	Middle East & North Africa	10m
#104	Oman	30 years	Middle East & North Africa	1m
#105	Indonesia	30 years	East Asia & Pacific	68m
#106	Myanmar	30 years	East Asia & Pacific	13m
#107	Kazakhstan	30 years	Europe & Central Asia	6m
#108	Mexico	30 years	North America	31m
#109	Venezuela	30 years	Latin America	7m
#110	Algeria	29 years	Middle East & North Africa	14m
#111	Israel	29 years	Middle East & North Africa	3m
#112	Lebanon	29 years	Middle East & North Africa	2m
#113	India	29 years	South Asia	327m
#114	Ecuador	29 years	Latin America	4m
#115	Dominican Republic	29 years	Latin America	3m
#116	Suriname	29 years	Latin America	163k
#117	South Africa	28 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	17m
#118	Libya	28 years	Middle East & North Africa	2m
#119	Bangladesh	28 years	South Asia	44m
#120	El Salvador	28 years	Latin America	2m
#121	Mongolia	27 years	East Asia & Pacific	1m
#122	Uzbekistan	27 years	Europe & Central Asia	12m
#123	Turkmenistan	27 years	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#124	Paraguay	27 years	Latin America	2m
#125	Guyana	27 years	Latin America	243k
#126	Belize	27 years	Latin America	113k
#127	Philippines	26 years	East Asia & Pacific	32m
#128	Bolivia	26 years	Latin America	3m
#129	Nicaragua	26 years	Latin America	2m
#130	Jordan	25 years	Middle East & North Africa	4m
#131	Djibouti	25 years	Middle East & North Africa	345k
#132	Nepal	25 years	South Asia	8m
#133	Laos	25 years	East Asia & Pacific	2m
#134	Kyrgyzstan	25 years	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#135	Honduras	25 years	Latin America	3m
#136	Egypt	24 years	Middle East & North Africa	34m
#137	Syria	24 years	Middle East & North Africa	8m
#138	Tuvalu	24 years	Oceania	3k
#139	Haiti	24 years	Latin America	4m
#140	Eswatini	23 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	419k
#141	Kiribati	23 years	Oceania	48k
#142	Micronesia	23 years	Oceania	36k
#143	Guatemala	23 years	Latin America	6m
#144	Namibia	22 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	1m
#145	Gabon	22 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	959k
#146	Lesotho	22 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	815k
#147	Timor-Leste	22 years	East Asia & Pacific	476k
#148	Tajikistan	22 years	Europe & Central Asia	4m
#149	Ghana	21 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	12m
#150	Equatorial Guinea	21 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	736k
#151	Comoros	21 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	331k
#152	Iraq	21 years	Middle East & North Africa	16m
#153	Pakistan	21 years	South Asia	80m
#154	Tonga	21 years	Oceania	36k
#155	Kenya	20 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	19m
#156	Rwanda	20 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	6m
#157	Sierra Leone	20 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	3m
#158	Eritrea	20 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	1m
#159	Guinea-Bissau	20 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	881k
#160	São Tomé and Príncipe	20 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	92k
#161	Palestine	20 years	Middle East & North Africa	2m
#162	Samoa	20 years	Oceania	84k
#163	Marshall Islands	20 years	Oceania	12k
#164	Nauru	20 years	Oceania	5k
#165	Ethiopia	19 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	48m
#166	Sudan	19 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	19m
#167	Madagascar	19 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	13m
#168	Côte d'Ivoire	19 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	12m
#169	Cameroon	19 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	12m
#170	Senegal	19 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	7m
#171	Zimbabwe	19 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	7m
#172	South Sudan	19 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	5m
#173	Togo	19 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	4m
#174	Republic of the Congo	19 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	3m
#175	Liberia	19 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	2m
#176	Gambia	19 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	1m
#177	Nigeria	18 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	95m
#178	Burkina Faso	18 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	10m
#179	Malawi	18 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	9m
#180	Zambia	18 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	9m
#181	Guinea	18 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	6m
#182	Benin	18 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	6m
#183	Mauritania	18 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	2m
#184	Afghanistan	18 years	Middle East & North Africa	17m
#185	Yemen	18 years	Middle East & North Africa	18m
#186	Tanzania	17 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	28m
#187	Mozambique	17 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	14m
#188	DR Congo	16 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	44m
#189	Uganda	16 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	20m
#190	Angola	16 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	15m
#191	Mali	16 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	12m
#192	Chad	16 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	10m
#193	Somalia	16 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	10m
#194	Central African Republic	15 years	Sub-Saharan Africa	3m

Reading the table

Median age is the fastest way to picture a country. Japan's is 49: half of Japan is approaching or past fifty. DR Congo's and Uganda's is 16: half of each country has never been an adult.

A 33-year spread between two countries in the same year is one of the largest gaps in any demographic statistic. It means that the phrase "young people" describes about 8% of one country and about 50% of another.

For anyone working with Generation Alpha and Generation Beta, the median age tells you how much competition for national attention those cohorts have. In a country with a median age of 16, children are the main story: policy, budgets and infrastructure are built around them because they are the majority. In a country with a median age of 49, children are a minority interest competing with pensions and healthcare — which is exactly why school closures pass so easily in ageing countries and are politically impossible in young ones.

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Frequently asked

Which country has the oldest population?

Monaco, with a median age of about 53. Japan is the oldest large country at about 49.

Which country has the youngest population?

DR Congo and Uganda, both with a median age of about 16.

What is the world median age?

About 31 years.

Why is median age used instead of average age?

The median is not distorted by extreme values and is the standard demographic measure. It answers a simpler question: what age splits this population in half?

How many countries are in this table?

This table ranks 194 countries with a comparable figure, out of the 194 countries profiled on AlphaBetaMinds. The countries in this table hold about 98% of the world population.

Can I reuse this data?

Yes, free of charge and commercially, with a credit to AlphaBetaMinds and a link to this page. The full dataset is also available as plain text at https://alphabetaminds.com/llms-countries.txt.

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Cite this table

AlphaBetaMinds (2026). Median age by country. Retrieved from https://alphabetaminds.com/data/median-age-by-country

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Sources: UN World Population Prospects, World Bank Open Data, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, ITU. Figures are 2025–2026 estimates. Method on our methodology page.