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Countries by Median Age

Countries by Median Age 2026

🇻🇦 Vatican City has the highest median age in the world at 56.2 years, while 🇨🇫 Central African Republic has the lowest at 14.6 years. 237 countries ranked, UN World Population Prospects 2024 data.

Half a country's people are older than the median age, half younger. Low-fertility, high-longevity societies like Japan, Italy and Monaco sit near 50; fast-growing African countries like Niger sit under 16 — a three-decade gap that shapes everything from labor markets to pension systems.

Highest

56.2

🇻🇦 Vatican City

Median country

33.4

🇹🇳 Tunisia

Lowest

14.6

🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Countries ranked

237

2026 values

#	Country	Median age (years)	Population
1	🇻🇦 Vatican City	56.2	506
2	🇲🇨 Monaco	53.1	38,087
3	🇸🇭 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	51.0	5,148
4	🇯🇵 Japan	50.2	122,427,731
5	🇲🇶 Martinique	50.2	337,711
6	🇸🇲 San Marino	49.1	33,605
7	🇮🇹 Italy	48.6	58,926,166
8	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	47.9	7,378,602
9	🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon	47.6	5,513
10	🇬🇵 Guadeloupe	47.4	372,453
11	🇵🇹 Portugal	47.2	10,395,362
12	🇬🇷 Greece	47.1	9,897,116
13	🇧🇲 Bermuda	46.4	64,459
14	🇪🇸 Spain	46.3	47,850,793
15	🇮🇲 Isle of Man	46.3	84,054
16	🇰🇷 South Korea	46.2	51,600,388
17	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	46.2	3,222,688
18	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	46.1	3,114,242
19	🇩🇪 Germany	45.7	83,644,258
20	🇭🇷 Croatia	45.5	3,822,345
21	🇹🇼 Taiwan	45.4	23,011,292
22	🇸🇮 Slovenia	45.0	2,114,574
23	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	45.0	6,667,660
24	🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands	44.9	83,400
25	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	44.7	40,368
26	🇷🇸 Serbia	44.7	6,641,964
27	🇬🇬 Guernsey	44.5	64,610
28	🇨🇿 Czechia	44.3	10,527,780
29	🇦🇩 Andorra	44.2	83,753
30	🇭🇺 Hungary	44.2	9,585,818
31	🇦🇹 Austria	43.9	9,107,266
32	🇯🇪 Jersey	43.9	104,106
33	🇲🇫 Saint Martin	43.9	23,898
34	🇱🇻 Latvia	43.8	1,835,935
35	🇷🇴 Romania	43.5	18,800,605
36	🇫🇰 Falkland Islands	43.4	3,465
37	🇫🇮 Finland	43.4	5,621,739
38	🇪🇪 Estonia	43.2	1,331,062
39	🇨🇭 Switzerland	43.2	9,007,798
40	🇵🇱 Poland	43.0	37,843,188
41	🇸🇰 Slovakia	42.8	5,451,342
42	🇱🇹 Lithuania	42.6	2,797,338
43	🇨🇺 Cuba	42.5	10,892,659
44	🇫🇷 France	42.5	66,746,401
45	🇧🇪 Belgium	42.1	11,774,642
46	🇸🇽 Sint Maarten	42.0	44,447
47	🇲🇸 Montserrat	41.8	4,328
48	🇺🇦 Ukraine	41.8	39,535,848
49	🇧🇾 Belarus	41.8	8,937,018
50	🇦🇼 Aruba	41.7	108,164
51	🇳🇱 Netherlands	41.5	18,448,775
52	🇲🇹 Malta	41.5	549,011
53	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	41.4	1,804,062
54	🇩🇰 Denmark	41.3	6,023,520
55	🇹🇭 Thailand	41.0	71,559,614
56	🇨🇦 Canada	40.8	40,467,728
57	🇷🇺 Russia	40.7	143,394,458
58	🇨🇳 China	40.6	1,412,914,089
59	🇸🇪 Sweden	40.4	10,701,046
60	🇲🇪 Montenegro	40.4	626,233
61	🇲🇴 Macau	40.3	723,188
62	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	40.2	69,931,528
63	🇳🇴 Norway	40.1	5,652,989
64	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	39.7	687,448
65	🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands	39.7	31,913
66	🇧🇧 Barbados	39.7	282,724
67	🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands	39.6	47,148
68	🇮🇪 Ireland	39.2	5,356,950
69	🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands	39.1	39,936
70	🇦🇮 Anguilla	39.1	14,817
71	🇲🇩 Moldova	39.1	2,961,253
72	🇨🇾 Cyprus	39.1	1,382,334
73	🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy	39.1	11,550
74	🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	39.1	77,196
75	🇨🇼 Curaçao	39.0	185,440
76	🇵🇼 Palau	38.9	17,614
77	🇬🇮 Gibraltar	38.8	40,867
78	🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands	38.8	42,914
79	🇺🇸 United States	38.7	349,035,494
80	🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna	38.6	11,113
81	🇦🇺 Australia	38.5	27,227,096
82	🇷🇪 Réunion	38.4	886,298
83	🇲🇺 Mauritius	38.3	1,265,059
84	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	38.2	1,513,268
85	🇨🇰 Cook Islands	38.1	12,826
86	🇳🇿 New Zealand	38.0	5,287,479
87	🇦🇱 Albania	37.8	2,751,025
88	🇬🇪 Georgia	37.6	3,804,642
89	🇨🇱 Chile	37.4	19,945,850
90	🇦🇲 Armenia	37.2	2,930,915
91	🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	37.1	56,526
92	🇰🇵 North Korea	36.8	26,633,691
93	🇸🇬 Singapore	36.8	5,905,748
94	🇺🇾 Uruguay	36.7	3,382,537
95	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	36.7	94,626
96	🇵🇫 French Polynesia	36.7	283,076
97	🇩🇲 Dominica	36.6	65,511
98	🇮🇸 Iceland	36.6	402,329
99	🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis	36.5	46,992
100	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	35.7	5,174,789
101	🇧🇸 Bahamas	35.7	404,628
102	🇬🇱 Greenland	35.5	55,629
103	🇧🇷 Brazil	35.2	213,562,666
104	🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	35.1	180,488
105	🇳🇺 Niue	35.1	1,822
106	🇬🇩 Grenada	34.9	117,362
107	🇳🇨 New Caledonia	34.8	297,892
108	🇰🇼 Kuwait	34.8	5,102,773
109	🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	34.7	99,244
110	🇸🇨 Seychelles	34.6	134,959
111	🇮🇷 Iran	34.5	93,168,497
112	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	34.1	10,454,855
113	🇹🇷 Türkiye	33.9	87,926,082
114	🇻🇳 Vietnam	33.9	102,177,431
115	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	33.6	23,348,315
116	🇧🇭 Bahrain	33.4	1,675,572
117	🇲🇻 Maldives	33.4	531,517
118	🇶🇦 Qatar	33.4	3,173,559
119	🇹🇳 Tunisia	33.4	12,415,138
120	🇦🇷 Argentina	33.3	46,003,734
121	🇯🇲 Jamaica	33.3	2,833,404
122	🇽🇰 Kosovo	33.2	1,666,992
123	🇧🇳 Brunei	33.2	469,775
124	🇨🇴 Colombia	33.0	53,936,226
125	🇪🇭 Western Sahara	32.8	610,813
126	🇬🇺 Guam	31.6	170,185
127	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	31.6	11,574,682
128	🇲🇾 Malaysia	31.4	36,385,115
129	🇧🇹 Bhutan	31.0	802,214
130	🇮🇩 Indonesia	30.7	287,886,782
131	🇵🇦 Panama	30.6	4,625,718
132	🇵🇪 Peru	30.5	34,922,148
133	🇲🇲 Myanmar	30.4	55,184,819
134	🇲🇦 Morocco	30.1	38,762,441
135	🇲🇽 Mexico	30.0	132,997,658
136	🇴🇲 Oman	29.8	5,671,458
137	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	29.7	21,083,626
138	🇪🇨 Ecuador	29.7	18,444,506
139	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	29.7	35,165,787
140	🇻🇪 Venezuela	29.5	28,633,711
141	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	29.5	529,630
142	🇮🇱 Israel	29.3	9,647,689
143	🇮🇳 India	29.2	1,476,625,576
144	🇦🇸 American Samoa	29.1	45,318
145	🇱🇧 Lebanon	29.0	5,897,467
146	🇿🇦 South Africa	28.9	65,453,084
147	🇸🇷 Suriname	28.9	645,256
148	🇩🇿 Algeria	28.8	48,028,334
149	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	28.7	11,609,500
150	🇸🇻 El Salvador	28.4	6,391,254
151	🇫🇯 Fiji	28.3	937,282
152	🇱🇾 Libya	28.0	7,539,852
153	🇹🇰 Tokelau	27.6	2,691
154	🇧🇿 Belize	27.3	428,644
155	🇵🇾 Paraguay	27.3	7,095,279
156	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	27.3	7,736,632
157	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	27.0	37,724,223
158	🇲🇳 Mongolia	27.0	3,556,798
159	🇵🇭 Philippines	26.6	117,724,472
160	🇬🇾 Guyana	26.5	840,890
161	🇰🇭 Cambodia	26.4	18,051,219
162	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	26.3	7,097,329
163	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	26.3	177,818,044
164	🇳🇵 Nepal	25.7	29,629,410
165	🇧🇴 Bolivia	25.5	12,749,291
166	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	25.5	7,400,464
167	🇱🇦 Laos	25.3	7,974,018
168	🇩🇯 Djibouti	25.2	1,199,459
169	🇬🇫 French Guiana	24.9	318,872
170	🇯🇴 Jordan	24.9	11,589,532
171	🇪🇬 Egypt	24.7	120,101,175
172	🇭🇳 Honduras	24.6	11,184,760
173	🇭🇹 Haiti	24.3	12,037,506
174	🇹🇻 Tuvalu	24.1	9,362
175	🇬🇹 Guatemala	23.8	18,967,978
176	🇸🇾 Syria	23.8	26,472,497
177	🇧🇼 Botswana	23.7	2,603,388
178	🇫🇲 Micronesia	23.5	114,182
179	🇰🇮 Kiribati	23.0	138,445
180	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	23.0	10,947,848
181	🇸🇿 Eswatini	22.7	1,269,859
182	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	22.4	10,978,598
183	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	22.1	1,436,923
184	🇱🇸 Lesotho	22.1	2,389,336
185	🇬🇭 Ghana	21.6	35,697,557
186	🇬🇦 Gabon	21.6	2,647,400
187	🇳🇦 Namibia	21.5	3,153,246
188	🇮🇶 Iraq	21.1	48,007,437
189	🇹🇴 Tonga	21.0	103,291
190	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	20.9	858,288
191	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	20.9	1,984,468
192	🇵🇰 Pakistan	20.8	259,299,792
193	🇰🇲 Comoros	20.7	899,010
194	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	20.5	35,075
195	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	20.3	342,564
196	🇰🇪 Kenya	20.3	58,636,412
197	🇵🇸 Palestine	20.3	5,692,790
198	🇷🇼 Rwanda	20.2	14,889,693
199	🇳🇷 Nauru	20.2	12,101
200	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	19.9	8,996,744
201	🇸🇳 Senegal	19.8	19,366,548
202	🇼🇸 Samoa	19.8	220,528
203	🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe	19.7	244,994
204	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	19.6	2,297,808
205	🇪🇷 Eritrea	19.5	3,682,669
206	🇲🇬 Madagascar	19.4	33,522,052
207	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	19.3	138,902,185
208	🇹🇬 Togo	19.2	9,930,918
209	🇸🇸 South Sudan	19.0	12,436,037
210	🇱🇷 Liberia	19.0	5,853,949
211	🇬🇲 Gambia	18.8	2,884,079
212	🇸🇩 Sudan	18.8	53,282,719
213	🇨🇬 Congo	18.7	6,637,786
214	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	18.5	33,494,346
215	🇬🇳 Guinea	18.5	15,441,992
216	🇾🇪 Yemen	18.5	42,961,653
217	🇲🇼 Malawi	18.4	22,785,535
218	🇳🇬 Nigeria	18.3	242,431,832
219	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	18.3	17,273,580
220	🇨🇲 Cameroon	18.2	30,640,817
221	🇧🇯 Benin	18.2	15,170,420
222	🇿🇲 Zambia	18.2	22,521,915
223	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	18.0	24,601,700
224	🇹🇿 Tanzania	17.6	72,563,780
225	🇲🇷 Mauritania	17.5	5,461,319
226	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	17.4	45,047,068
227	🇾🇹 Mayotte	17.3	347,536
228	🇺🇬 Uganda	17.1	52,761,470
229	🇦🇴 Angola	16.7	40,215,180
230	🇧🇮 Burundi	16.6	14,729,157
231	🇲🇿 Mozambique	16.6	36,639,850
232	🇲🇱 Mali	15.9	25,932,275
233	🇨🇩 DR Congo	15.9	116,452,162
234	🇹🇩 Chad	15.7	21,560,380
235	🇳🇪 Niger	15.7	28,814,878
236	🇸🇴 Somalia	15.6	20,305,907
237	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	14.6	5,698,984

FAQ

Which country has the highest median age in the world?

Vatican City has the highest median age in the world at 56.2 years (2026, UN World Population Prospects 2024).

Which country has the lowest median age?

Central African Republic has the lowest median age at 14.6 years (2026).

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant, 2026 values. Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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