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The world, country by country

Half of everyone in the Central African Republic is younger than 15.3; half of everyone in Monaco is older than 55.3. The 34 countries and areas with a median age under 20 are home to 1.13 billion people, 14.0% of the world.

Every country and area on the map is a link. The stronger the colour, the older.

under 20
20–25
25–30
30–35
35–40
40–45
45 and over

Median age, mid-2023 · Equal Earth projection · small places shown as squares

Show the numbers — median age of every country, 1950, 2023 and 2100

Median age by country
#	Country or area	1950	2023	2100, projected
1	Monaco	43.5	55.3	44.0
2	Saint Helena	19.1	51.5	52.1
3	Japan	22.3	50.0	54.0
4	Martinique	21.0	49.8	50.9
5	Italy	28.5	48.5	54.4
6	San Marino	31.4	48.4	51.7
7	Guadeloupe	20.7	47.6	51.1
8	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	24.8	47.4	58.7
9	Portugal	26.0	47.2	48.3
10	Hong Kong	23.8	47.2	73.4
11	Greece	25.6	46.7	53.3
12	Isle of Man	38.7	46.7	53.7
13	Puerto Rico	18.1	46.3	66.8
14	Germany	33.9	46.1	48.4
15	Bermuda	25.1	46.1	56.4
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.0	45.9	54.9
17	Spain	27.5	45.9	53.2
18	Croatia	26.4	45.8	53.8
19	US Virgin Islands	20.8	45.7	48.1
20	South Korea	18.7	45.5	60.8
21	Bulgaria	27.0	45.3	50.7
22	Liechtenstein	28.7	45.2	49.3
23	Guernsey	34.8	45.0	51.0
24	Slovenia	27.0	44.9	50.4
25	Serbia	25.5	44.9	52.8
26	Taiwan	18.7	44.5	57.8
27	Hungary	30.1	44.3	48.0
28	Andorra	31.9	44.2	59.5
29	Jersey	36.3	44.1	48.4
30	Austria	35.8	44.1	50.5
31	Latvia	30.2	44.1	54.2
32	Finland	27.7	43.8	51.6
33	Czechia	32.3	43.7	49.1
34	Romania	26.3	43.6	51.3
35	Switzerland	33.2	43.3	49.1
36	Lithuania	26.1	43.1	56.4
37	Ukraine	27.4	43.0	58.9
38	Estonia	30.0	42.9	53.1
39	France	34.4	42.8	48.1
40	Cuba	22.2	42.7	55.9
41	Montserrat	18.8	42.6	50.9
42	Sint Maarten	27.9	42.6	52.0
43	Falkland Islands	21.0	42.6	50.9
44	Belgium	35.5	42.4	50.0
45	Netherlands	28.0	42.4	49.4
46	Poland	25.8	42.3	56.3
47	Slovakia	27.0	42.3	52.4
48	Denmark	31.6	42.2	48.5
49	Aruba	19.9	42.0	51.0
50	Belarus	24.7	41.5	54.5
51	Canada	27.7	41.3	47.9
52	Malta	24.6	41.3	56.1
53	North Macedonia	21.5	41.3	55.6
54	Sweden	34.2	40.9	49.6
55	United Kingdom	34.9	40.8	48.9
56	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	32.6	40.7	51.8
57	Thailand	18.5	40.7	52.9
58	Norway	32.5	40.5	50.3
59	Russia	24.0	40.5	46.0
60	Saint Martin	20.9	40.4	47.4
61	Montenegro	21.7	40.3	53.9
62	China	23.3	40.1	61.7
63	Barbados	22.7	39.9	51.1
64	Luxembourg	34.9	39.9	49.9
65	Gibraltar	31.5	39.9	50.0
66	Saint Barthélemy	27.8	39.8	60.1
67	Ireland	30.0	39.4	50.9
68	Macao	25.4	39.3	63.2
69	Turks and Caicos Islands	19.5	39.3	52.7
70	Curaçao	21.9	39.2	53.9
71	United States	30.0	39.0	46.3
72	Anguilla	20.0	39.0	57.1
73	Cayman Islands	24.4	38.9	48.6
74	Palau	18.6	38.8	45.4
75	Moldova	23.7	38.8	49.3
76	Cyprus	23.7	38.8	51.0
77	Australia	30.4	38.8	45.8
78	British Virgin Islands	18.8	38.5	52.3
79	Réunion	20.0	38.4	50.6
80	New Zealand	29.4	38.3	48.5
81	Faroe Islands	25.6	38.3	48.9
82	Wallis and Futuna	15.4	38.2	55.6
83	Mauritius	19.0	37.9	57.3
84	Georgia	25.8	37.8	49.2
85	Trinidad and Tobago	20.8	37.7	51.7
86	Niue	19.8	37.5	41.2
87	Albania	20.7	37.3	58.6
88	Northern Mariana Islands	19.2	37.1	49.2
89	North Korea	17.3	37.0	49.6
90	Chile	20.4	37.0	58.4
91	Armenia	22.1	36.8	50.9
92	Iceland	26.5	36.8	52.5
93	Uruguay	27.8	36.8	55.1
94	Dominica	18.6	36.6	49.0
95	Antigua and Barbuda	19.0	36.5	53.0
96	Saint Kitts and Nevis	22.2	36.4	50.2
97	Singapore	19.9	36.1	57.0
98	Cook Islands	16.7	36.1	50.7
99	French Polynesia	17.9	35.8	58.6
100	Bahamas	20.4	35.6	47.5
101	Kuwait	21.3	35.5	36.9
102	Greenland	18.6	35.2	45.9
103	Costa Rica	17.8	35.1	57.2
104	Brazil	18.5	34.9	51.7
105	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	19.0	34.9	48.3
106	New Caledonia	22.7	34.9	48.3
107	Saint Lucia	17.3	34.7	52.0
108	Seychelles	27.3	34.7	46.6
109	Grenada	16.1	34.4	54.0
110	Qatar	18.6	34.2	34.7
111	Bahrain	18.9	33.9	37.6
112	Iran	21.7	33.9	52.9
113	Sri Lanka	20.9	33.8	51.0
114	Azerbaijan	21.2	33.6	47.0
115	Türkiye	19.6	33.5	55.6
116	Vietnam	24.1	33.4	50.3
117	Tunisia	20.1	33.1	51.7
118	Argentina	25.4	33.1	52.7
119	Western Sahara	19.3	33.0	43.9
120	Brunei	22.1	32.8	47.5
121	Jamaica	22.2	32.7	55.1
122	Colombia	17.9	32.6	52.8
123	Kosovo	19.6	32.4	56.4
124	United Arab Emirates	18.5	32.2	34.9
125	Maldives	18.4	32.1	48.7
126	Guam	23.0	32.1	46.3
127	Malaysia	19.8	31.1	48.4
128	Indonesia	18.9	30.8	46.0
129	Panama	18.7	30.6	49.0
130	Myanmar	21.7	30.5	44.8
131	Kazakhstan	23.0	30.5	41.9
132	Peru	18.9	30.5	49.9
133	Bhutan	18.0	30.4	50.7
134	Oman	18.8	30.3	36.5
135	Saudi Arabia	19.0	30.2	36.8
136	Morocco	19.3	30.2	49.1
137	Israel	25.5	30.2	41.6
138	Venezuela	17.1	30.0	47.4
139	Mexico	17.9	29.9	50.2
140	American Samoa	16.5	29.4	46.6
141	Ecuador	20.0	29.4	51.1
142	Lebanon	23.0	29.3	48.4
143	South Africa	20.2	29.2	39.3
144	Algeria	19.4	29.2	47.8
145	Suriname	18.9	29.1	46.4
146	India	21.0	29.1	48.8
147	Cabo Verde	17.9	28.9	54.4
148	Fiji	17.8	28.7	43.3
149	Dominican Republic	16.9	28.7	47.3
150	Libya	20.7	28.2	47.2
151	El Salvador	18.2	28.0	51.3
152	Uzbekistan	23.7	27.9	40.0
153	Mongolia	24.9	27.8	42.9
154	Tokelau	19.7	27.7	45.7
155	Paraguay	16.9	27.3	45.1
156	Turkmenistan	22.3	27.2	45.0
157	Belize	20.6	26.9	51.5
158	Cambodia	18.5	26.8	43.7
159	Guyana	19.6	26.6	44.4
160	Bangladesh	19.3	26.3	49.7
161	Philippines	16.5	26.3	47.1
162	Nicaragua	17.5	26.3	47.9
163	French Guiana	26.8	26.2	39.9
164	Kyrgyzstan	24.6	26.1	42.4
165	Nepal	19.6	25.7	48.4
166	Bolivia	20.6	25.7	42.1
167	Djibouti	16.6	25.4	39.8
168	Laos	19.8	25.3	46.0
169	Tuvalu	23.7	25.3	38.4
170	Jordan	18.1	25.3	44.1
171	Egypt	20.5	25.0	42.6
172	Honduras	18.6	24.5	44.8
173	Haiti	19.8	24.5	40.7
174	Botswana	18.9	23.9	42.3
175	Micronesia	19.4	23.9	41.5
176	Kiribati	22.1	23.7	37.8
177	Guatemala	17.8	23.6	45.9
178	Papua New Guinea	18.3	23.3	38.2
179	Syria	20.2	23.3	44.3
180	Eswatini	18.3	23.0	41.1
181	Tajikistan	21.7	22.9	41.2
182	Gabon	28.1	22.5	35.9
183	Lesotho	18.7	22.4	39.7
184	Equatorial Guinea	23.5	22.0	36.0
185	Timor-Leste	18.1	22.0	44.6
186	Namibia	20.8	22.0	39.8
187	Ghana	18.7	21.9	38.2
188	Marshall Islands	18.2	21.7	41.4
189	Tonga	17.6	21.7	41.3
190	Nauru	19.8	21.4	35.4
191	Iraq	21.5	21.3	40.1
192	Comoros	21.1	21.3	37.7
193	Pakistan	18.3	21.3	38.3
194	Solomon Islands	17.6	21.3	38.8
195	Vanuatu	18.7	21.1	37.0
196	Samoa	15.7	20.9	37.1
197	Palestine	17.1	20.8	44.2
198	Kenya	17.0	20.5	38.5
199	Rwanda	18.2	20.4	39.1
200	Sierra Leone	20.4	20.3	38.4
201	Senegal	18.6	20.1	38.3
202	São Tomé and Príncipe	24.7	20.1	38.3
203	Guinea-Bissau	21.4	19.9	37.5
204	Madagascar	20.7	19.9	35.2
205	Togo	19.2	19.8	33.3
206	Ethiopia	18.0	19.7	37.6
207	Eritrea	17.5	19.7	39.1
208	Liberia	18.9	19.4	36.2
209	Republic of the Congo	19.9	19.3	34.2
210	Sudan	17.1	19.3	36.5
211	Yemen	19.2	19.2	38.2
212	Gambia	18.0	19.2	39.9
213	Côte d’Ivoire	17.8	19.1	31.5
214	Guinea	21.4	19.0	36.3
215	South Sudan	18.5	19.0	36.2
216	Zimbabwe	18.4	18.8	36.7
217	Benin	23.8	18.8	33.9
218	Nigeria	19.1	18.8	35.3
219	Cameroon	20.3	18.8	35.0
220	Malawi	17.1	18.6	37.5
221	Zambia	17.4	18.5	35.4
222	Burkina Faso	19.6	18.3	36.9
223	Tanzania	17.0	18.2	33.3
224	Mauritania	17.7	18.1	35.7
225	Afghanistan	19.4	17.9	35.8
226	Mayotte	20.8	17.8	35.5
227	Uganda	19.2	17.5	41.2
228	Angola	19.9	17.5	33.1
229	Mozambique	20.2	17.3	35.2
230	Burundi	19.3	16.9	35.0
231	Democratic Republic of the Congo	18.1	16.8	32.8
232	Mali	20.5	16.5	33.8
233	Somalia	19.5	16.5	33.5
234	Chad	21.3	16.4	32.7
235	Niger	15.0	16.3	35.5
236	Central African Republic	22.2	15.3	34.0

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