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Oldest People by Country 2024
The global median age has risen from 22.2 to 30.5 from 1950 to 2023. The median age is the age at which half of the population is younger and half older. The median age varies widely by country and links closely with life expectancy.
Oldest Median Age
Monaco has the oldest median age. The overall median age is 55 in 2023, 53 for men in Monaco and 57 for women. Monaco is a tiny but extremely wealthy country in Europe. Generally speaking, people live longer in wealthy, developed countries than they do in poorer, undeveloped ones.
The country with the second-oldest median age is Japan, at 48.6. Japan's median age is more than six years less than Monaco's. St. Pierre and Miquelon is No. 3, with a median age of 48.5. St. Pierre and Miquelon is a French territory 15 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
Youngest Median Age
The ten countries with the youngest populations are in Africa. Indeed, the median age on the continent is 19. The country with the lowest median age is Niger, in Western Africa. The median age in Niger is 14.8. Uganda, in East Africa, has the second-lowest median age at 15.7.
Country | Median Age | 65+ % (2000) | 65+ % (2023) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monaco | 55.4 | 22.2% | 35.7% |
| Japan | 48.6 | 17.8% | 30% |
| Germany | 47.8 | 16.4% | 22.7% |
| Italy | 46.5 | 18.3% | 24.4% |
| Andorra | 46.2 | 12.7% | 15.5% |
| Hong Kong | 45.6 | 11.2% | 21.3% |
| Greece | 45.3 | 16.9% | 23.1% |
| San Marino | 45.2 | 16.1% | 20.9% |
| Slovenia | 44.9 | 13.9% | 21.4% |
| Portugal | 44.6 | 16.3% | 23.3% |
| Isle of Man | 44.6 | 16.9% | 22.6% |
| Austria | 44.5 | 15.4% | 20.2% |
| Lithuania | 44.5 | 14% | 21.2% |
| Latvia | 44.4 | 15.1% | 22.2% |
| Guernsey | 44.3 | 15.4% | 16.9% |
| Spain | 43.9 | 16.7% | 20.7% |
| Croatia | 43.9 | 15.7% | 22.7% |
| Bulgaria | 43.7 | 16.8% | 22.3% |
| Estonia | 43.7 | 15% | 20.9% |
| Liechtenstein | 43.7 | 10.3% | 20% |
| Hungary | 43.6 | 15% | 19.7% |
| Puerto Rico | 43.6 | 11.2% | 23.3% |
| Bermuda | 43.6 | 10.6% | 21.2% |
| Serbia | 43.4 | 14.7% | 20.4% |
| Czech Republic | 43.3 | 13.7% | 20.7% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.3 | 11.3% | 18.6% |
| South Korea | 43.2 | 7.1% | 18.3% |
| Netherlands | 42.8 | 13.6% | 20.7% |
| Finland | 42.8 | 14.9% | 23.6% |
| Switzerland | 42.7 | 15.3% | 19.6% |
| Romania | 42.5 | 13.4% | 18.4% |
| Taiwan | 42.3 | 8.4% | 17.4% |
| Malta | 42.3 | 12.7% | 19.5% |
| Cuba | 42.1 | 9.9% | 16.1% |
| Denmark | 42 | 14.8% | 20.7% |
| Poland | 41.9 | 12.2% | 18.5% |
| Canada | 41.8 | 12.5% | 19.5% |
| Belgium | 41.8 | 16.8% | 20% |
| Slovakia | 41.8 | 11.3% | 16.9% |
| France | 41.7 | 16.2% | 22% |
| Sweden | 41.1 | 17.3% | 20.4% |
| Belarus | 40.9 | 13.9% | 17.6% |
| Macau | 40.8 | 7.3% | 13.6% |
| United Kingdom | 40.6 | 15.7% | 19.4% |
| Cayman Islands | 40.5 | 5.5% | 8.5% |
| Russia | 40.3 | 12.3% | 16.1% |
| Aruba | 39.9 | 6.9% | 16.8% |
| Montenegro | 39.6 | 10.9% | 16.9% |
| Norway | 39.5 | 15.2% | 18.7% |
| Luxembourg | 39.5 | 13.9% | 15.3% |
| Barbados | 39.5 | 11.2% | 16.8% |
| Thailand | 39 | 6.1% | 15.9% |
| North Macedonia | 39 | 9.7% | 15.1% |
| Georgia | 38.6 | 11.9% | 14.7% |
| United States | 38.5 | 12.3% | 17.5% |
| China | 38.4 | 6.9% | 14.2% |
| United Arab Emirates | 38.4 | 0.9% | 1.9% |
| Cook Islands | 38.3 | 5.8% | 12.1% |
| Cyprus | 37.9 | 9.9% | 15.2% |
| Ireland | 37.8 | 11.2% | 15.4% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 37.8 | 5.3% | 12% |
| Moldova | 37.7 | 10.4% | 12.6% |
| Australia | 37.5 | 12.4% | 17.2% |
| Jersey | 37.5 | 13.8% | 16.4% |
| New Zealand | 37.2 | 11.7% | 16.7% |
| British Virgin Islands | 37.2 | 4.8% | 10.5% |
| Iceland | 37.1 | 11.6% | 15.7% |
| Saint Lucia | 36.9 | 7.2% | 9.5% |
| Seychelles | 36.8 | 6.4% | 8.5% |
| Armenia | 36.6 | 9.1% | 13.7% |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 36.5 | 7.9% | 10.6% |
| Mauritius | 36.3 | 6.2% | 13.3% |
| Singapore | 35.6 | 6.3% | 16.1% |
| Chile | 35.5 | 8% | 13.4% |
| Uruguay | 35.5 | 13.1% | 15.7% |
| Gibraltar | 35.5 | 15.2% | 21.2% |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 35.3 | 7% | 10.9% |
| Dominica | 34.9 | 9.9% | 9.8% |
| North Korea | 34.6 | 6.4% | 12.2% |
| Albania | 34.3 | 7.8% | 17.1% |
| Greenland | 34.3 | 5% | 10.6% |
| Palau | 33.9 | 5.1% | 10.2% |
| Sri Lanka | 33.7 | 7.1% | 11.9% |
| Lebanon | 33.7 | 5.2% | 10.3% |
| Qatar | 33.7 | 1.3% | 1.6% |
| French Polynesia | 33.3 | 3.9% | 10.6% |
| Grenada | 33.3 | 8.4% | 10.3% |
| Saint Martin | 33.3 | 3.8% | 11.7% |
| Brazil | 33.2 | 5.5% | 10.2% |
| Bahrain | 32.9 | 2.5% | 4% |
| New Caledonia | 32.9 | 5.4% | 11.4% |
| Bahamas | 32.8 | 5% | 9.3% |
| Tunisia | 32.7 | 5.4% | 9.3% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 32.7 | 7.3% | 11.1% |
| Azerbaijan | 32.6 | 5.5% | 7.6% |
| Costa Rica | 32.6 | 5.9% | 11.2% |
| Argentina | 32.4 | 9.7% | 12% |
| Turkey | 32.2 | 5.4% | 8.9% |
| Vietnam | 31.9 | 6.2% | 9.5% |
| Iran | 31.7 | 4.1% | 7.9% |
| Kazakhstan | 31.6 | 6.6% | 8.2% |
| Colombia | 31.2 | 4.6% | 9.3% |
| Indonesia | 31.1 | 5% | 7% |
| Brunei | 31.1 | 2.9% | 6.5% |
| Suriname | 31 | 4.8% | 7.6% |
| Saudi Arabia | 30.8 | 2.6% | 3% |
| Israel | 30.4 | 10% | 12.1% |
| Uzbekistan | 30.1 | 4.6% | 5.3% |
| Panama | 30.1 | 5.1% | 9% |
| Venezuela | 30 | 4.8% | 8.8% |
| Algeria | 29.9 | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| Malaysia | 29.9 | 4.1% | 7.8% |
| Fiji | 29.9 | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Mongolia | 29.8 | 3.4% | 4.8% |
| Paraguay | 29.7 | 4.2% | 6.3% |
| Kuwait | 29.7 | 1.6% | 5.4% |
| Maldives | 29.5 | 3.8% | 5.1% |
| Jamaica | 29.4 | 5.9% | 7.7% |
| Guam | 29.4 | 5.2% | 12.2% |
| Mexico | 29.3 | 5% | 8.6% |
| Myanmar | 29.2 | 4.9% | 7% |
| Turkmenistan | 29.2 | 4.1% | 5.4% |
| Morocco | 29.1 | 4.3% | 8% |
| Peru | 29.1 | 4.7% | 8.5% |
| Bhutan | 29.1 | 4% | 6.4% |
| Ecuador | 28.8 | 4.8% | 8.1% |
| India | 28.7 | 4.5% | 7.1% |
| South Africa | 28 | 4.2% | 5.8% |
| Bangladesh | 27.9 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
| Dominican Republic | 27.9 | 4.7% | 7.7% |
| El Salvador | 27.7 | 4.9% | 8.3% |
| Guyana | 27.5 | 3.8% | 6.4% |
| Nicaragua | 27.3 | 3.2% | 5.4% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 27.3 | 5.1% | 4.7% |
| American Samoa | 27.2 | 3.2% | 7.7% |
| Nauru | 27 | 1.6% | 2.7% |
| Cape Verde | 26.8 | 4.7% | 5.7% |
| Tuvalu | 26.6 | 6% | 6.7% |
| Cambodia | 26.4 | 3.1% | 7% |
| Micronesia | 26.3 | 3.3% | 8% |
| Oman | 26.2 | 2.4% | 2.8% |
| Libya | 25.8 | 3.6% | 5% |
| Botswana | 25.7 | 3.2% | 3.8% |
| Kiribati | 25.7 | 3.2% | 3.9% |
| Samoa | 25.6 | 4.3% | 5.3% |
| Nepal | 25.3 | 3.8% | 6.1% |
| Bolivia | 25.3 | 5.1% | 4.9% |
| Tajikistan | 25.3 | 3.6% | 3.6% |
| Djibouti | 24.9 | 3.2% | 4.6% |
| Lesotho | 24.7 | 4.4% | 4.2% |
| Honduras | 24.4 | 3% | 4.4% |
| Philippines | 24.1 | 3.8% | 5.6% |
| Egypt | 24.1 | 4.5% | 4.9% |
| Haiti | 24.1 | 3.7% | 4.6% |
| Tonga | 24.1 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 2.3% | 3.3% |
| Laos | 24 | 3.5% | 4.6% |
| Belize | 23.9 | 3.9% | 5.2% |
| Marshall Islands | 23.8 | 2.1% | 4.7% |
| Eswatini | 23.7 | 2.3% | 4% |
| Syria | 23.5 | 3.3% | 4.7% |
| Jordan | 23.5 | 2.7% | 4% |
| Solomon Islands | 23.5 | 3.3% | 3.5% |
| Guatemala | 23.2 | 3.8% | 4.9% |
| Vanuatu | 23 | 3.5% | 3.7% |
| Pakistan | 22 | 3.5% | 4.3% |
| Gambia | 21.8 | 3.6% | 2.4% |
| Namibia | 21.8 | 3.1% | 3.9% |
| Ghana | 21.4 | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Iraq | 21.2 | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Mauritania | 21 | 3% | 3.2% |
| Gabon | 21 | 4.8% | 3.9% |
| Comoros | 20.9 | 3.9% | 4.3% |
| Zimbabwe | 20.5 | 3.1% | 3.3% |
| Madagascar | 20.3 | 2.8% | 3.4% |
| Ivory Coast | 20.3 | 2.6% | 2.4% |
| Eritrea | 20.3 | 3.1% | 4% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 20.3 | 3.1% | 3.1% |
| Kenya | 20 | 2.2% | 2.9% |
| Togo | 20 | 2.8% | 3.2% |
| Central African Republic | 20 | 2.1% | 2.5% |
| Ethiopia | 19.8 | 2.6% | 3.1% |
| Yemen | 19.8 | 2.7% | 2.6% |
| DR Congo | 19.7 | 3% | 2.9% |
| Rwanda | 19.7 | 2.4% | 3.3% |
| Timor Leste | 19.6 | 3.1% | 5.1% |
| Afghanistan | 19.5 | 2.3% | 2.4% |
| Republic of the Congo | 19.5 | 3% | 2.8% |
| Senegal | 19.4 | 3.3% | 3.1% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 19.3 | 4.3% | 3.8% |
| Guinea | 19.1 | 4% | 3.3% |
| Sierra Leone | 19.1 | 3.4% | 3.1% |
| Nigeria | 18.6 | 3.1% | 3% |
| South Sudan | 18.6 | 2.5% | 2.9% |
| Cameroon | 18.5 | 3.3% | 2.6% |
| Somalia | 18.5 | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| Sudan | 18.3 | 2.5% | 3.6% |
| Tanzania | 18.2 | 2.8% | 3.1% |
| Liberia | 18 | 3.2% | 3.3% |
| Guinea Bissau | 18 | 3.6% | 2.8% |
| Burkina Faso | 17.9 | 2.9% | 2.5% |
| Burundi | 17.7 | 2.4% | 2.5% |
| Mozambique | 17 | 2.8% | 2.6% |
| Benin | 17 | 3.3% | 3.1% |
| Zambia | 16.9 | 2.2% | 1.8% |
| Malawi | 16.8 | 3.7% | 2.5% |
| Chad | 16.1 | 2.8% | 2% |
| Mali | 16 | 3.2% | 2.3% |
| Angola | 15.9 | 2.4% | 2.6% |
| Uganda | 15.7 | 2.2% | 1.7% |
| Niger | 14.8 | 2.2% | 2.4% |
| Palestine | 2.2% | 3.6% | |
| United States Virgin Islands | 8.4% | 20.8% |
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