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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.

#	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

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

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