Median Age

This ranking compares the median age of the population. A lower raw value leads to a higher rating because younger age structures indicate stronger demographic dynamism.
1 Niger15 years 15 years 100
2 Chad16 years 16 years 98
2 Mali16 years 16 years 98
2 Uganda16 years 16 years 98
5 Angola17 years 17 years 95
5 Burkina Faso17 years 17 years 95
5 Burundi17 years 17 years 95
5 Congo DR17 years 17 years 95
5 Mozambique17 years 17 years 95
5 Somalia17 years 17 years 95
5 Zambia17 years 17 years 95
12 Benin18 years 18 years 93
12 Central African Republic18 years 18 years 93
12 Gambia18 years 18 years 93
12 Liberia18 years 18 years 93
12 Malawi18 years 18 years 93
12 Tanzania18 years 18 years 93
18 Afghanistan19 years 19 years 90
18 Cameroon19 years 19 years 90
18 Congo19 years 19 years 90
18 Guinea19 years 19 years 90
18 Guinea-Bissau19 years 19 years 90
18 Ivory Coast19 years 19 years 90
18 Nigeria19 years 19 years 90
18 São Tomé and Príncipe19 years 19 years 90
18 Senegal19 years 19 years 90
18 Sierra Leone19 years 19 years 90
18 South Sudan19 years 19 years 90
18 Sudan19 years 19 years 90
18 Togo19 years 19 years 90
18 Zimbabwe19 years 19 years 90
32 Comoros20 years 20 years 88
32 Ethiopia20 years 20 years 88
32 Kenya20 years 20 years 88
32 Madagascar20 years 20 years 88
32 Palestine20 years 20 years 88
32 Rwanda20 years 20 years 88
32 Timor-Leste20 years 20 years 88
32 Yemen20 years 20 years 88
32 Zanzibar20 years 20 years 88
41 Iraq21 years 21 years 85
41 Mauritania21 years 21 years 85
41 Solomon Islands21 years 21 years 85
44 Equatorial Guinea22 years 22 years 83
44 Eritrea22 years 22 years 83
44 Gabon22 years 22 years 83
44 Ghana22 years 22 years 83
44 Namibia22 years 22 years 83
44 Pakistan22 years 22 years 83
44 Papua New Guinea22 years 22 years 83
44 Swaziland22 years 22 years 83
44 Syria22 years 22 years 83
44 Tajikistan22 years 22 years 83
44 Vanuatu22 years 22 years 83
55 Guatemala23 years 23 years 80
55 Honduras23 years 23 years 80
55 Kiribati23 years 23 years 80
55 Lesotho23 years 23 years 80
55 Mayotte23 years 23 years 80
55 Samoa23 years 23 years 80
61 Belize24 years 24 years 78
61 Botswana24 years 24 years 78
61 Djibouti24 years 24 years 78
61 Egypt24 years 24 years 78
61 Haiti24 years 24 years 78
61 Jordan24 years 24 years 78
61 Laos24 years 24 years 78
61 Marshall Islands24 years 24 years 78
61 Micronesia24 years 24 years 78
61 Tonga24 years 24 years 78
71 Nepal25 years 25 years 75
71 Philippines25 years 25 years 75
73 Bolivia26 years 26 years 73
73 Cambodia26 years 26 years 73
73 Nauru26 years 26 years 73
73 Nicaragua26 years 26 years 73
73 Paraguay26 years 26 years 73
78 American Samoa27 years 27 years 70
78 Cape Verde27 years 27 years 70
78 Guyana27 years 27 years 70
78 Kyrgyzstan27 years 27 years 70
78 Oman27 years 27 years 70
78 South Africa27 years 27 years 70
78 Tuvalu27 years 27 years 70
85 Algeria28 years 28 years 68
85 Bangladesh28 years 28 years 68
85 Dominican Republic28 years 28 years 68
85 Ecuador28 years 28 years 68
85 El Salvador28 years 28 years 68
85 Fiji28 years 28 years 68
85 Grenada28 years 28 years 68
85 India28 years 28 years 68
85 Myanmar28 years 28 years 68
85 Turkmenistan28 years 28 years 68
95 Bhutan29 years 29 years 65
95 Kosovo29 years 29 years 65
95 Libya29 years 29 years 65
95 Maldives29 years 29 years 65
95 Mexico29 years 29 years 65
95 Mongolia29 years 29 years 65
95 Morocco29 years 29 years 65
95 Panama29 years 29 years 65
95 Peru29 years 29 years 65
95 Saudi Arabia29 years 29 years 65
95 Suriname29 years 29 years 65
95 Uzbekistan29 years 29 years 65
95 Venezuela29 years 29 years 65
95 Western Sahara29 years 29 years 65
109 Colombia30 years 30 years 63
109 French Guiana30 years 30 years 63
109 Guam30 years 30 years 63
109 Indonesia30 years 30 years 63
109 Israel30 years 30 years 63
109 Jamaica30 years 30 years 63
109 Lebanon30 years 30 years 63
109 Malaysia30 years 30 years 63
117 Brunei31 years 31 years 60
117 Kazakhstan31 years 31 years 60
117 Northern Mariana Islands31 years 31 years 60
117 Vietnam31 years 31 years 60
121 Argentina32 years 32 years 58
121 Azerbaijan32 years 32 years 58
121 Bahrain32 years 32 years 58
121 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines32 years 32 years 58
121 Tunisia32 years 32 years 58
126 Antigua and Barbuda33 years 33 years 55
126 Brazil33 years 33 years 55
126 Dominica33 years 33 years 55
126 Iran33 years 33 years 55
126 Kuwait33 years 33 years 55
126 Montserrat33 years 33 years 55
126 Qatar33 years 33 years 55
126 Sri Lanka33 years 33 years 55
126 Tahiti33 years 33 years 55
126 Turkey33 years 33 years 55
126 Turks and Caicos Islands33 years 33 years 55
126 United Arab Emirates33 years 33 years 55
138 Bahamas34 years 34 years 53
138 Costa Rica34 years 34 years 53
138 Korea DPR34 years 34 years 53
138 New Caledonia34 years 34 years 53
138 Saint Lucia34 years 34 years 53
138 Wallis and Futuna34 years 34 years 53
144 Anguilla35 years 35 years 50
144 British Virgin Islands35 years 35 years 50
144 Chile35 years 35 years 50
144 Cook Islands35 years 35 years 50
144 Gibraltar35 years 35 years 50
144 Palau35 years 35 years 50
144 Réunion35 years 35 years 50
144 Saint Kitts and Nevis35 years 35 years 50
144 Saint-Martin35 years 35 years 50
153 Greenland36 years 36 years 48
153 Niue36 years 36 years 48
153 Seychelles36 years 36 years 48
153 Uruguay36 years 36 years 48
157 Albania37 years 37 years 45
157 Armenia37 years 37 years 45
157 Iceland37 years 37 years 45
157 Mauritius37 years 37 years 45
157 Trinidad and Tobago37 years 37 years 45
162 Australia38 years 38 years 43
162 Curacao38 years 38 years 43
162 Cyprus38 years 38 years 43
162 Georgia38 years 38 years 43
162 Ireland38 years 38 years 43
162 Moldova38 years 38 years 43
162 New Zealand38 years 38 years 43
162 United States38 years 38 years 43
170 China39 years 39 years 40
170 Montenegro39 years 39 years 40
170 North Macedonia39 years 39 years 40
173 Barbados40 years 40 years 38
173 Belarus40 years 40 years 38
173 Cayman Islands40 years 40 years 38
173 Faroe Islands40 years 40 years 38
173 Guadeloupe40 years 40 years 38
173 Luxembourg40 years 40 years 38
173 Norway40 years 40 years 38
173 Russia40 years 40 years 38
173 Sint Maarten40 years 40 years 38
173 Thailand40 years 40 years 38
173 United Kingdom40 years 40 years 38
184 Aruba41 years 41 years 35
184 Sweden41 years 41 years 35
186 Belgium42 years 42 years 33
186 Bosnia and Herzegovina42 years 42 years 33
186 Canada42 years 42 years 33
186 Cuba42 years 42 years 33
186 Denmark42 years 42 years 33
186 France42 years 42 years 33
186 Macau42 years 42 years 33
186 Malta42 years 42 years 33
186 Poland42 years 42 years 33
186 Romania42 years 42 years 33
186 Singapore42 years 42 years 33
186 Slovakia42 years 42 years 33
186 Switzerland42 years 42 years 33
186 U.S. Virgin Islands42 years 42 years 33
186 Ukraine42 years 42 years 33
201 Chinese Taipei43 years 43 years 30
201 Czech Republic43 years 43 years 30
201 Estonia43 years 43 years 30
201 Finland43 years 43 years 30
201 Hungary43 years 43 years 30
201 Netherlands43 years 43 years 30
201 Puerto Rico43 years 43 years 30
201 Serbia43 years 43 years 30
209 Austria44 years 44 years 28
209 Bermuda44 years 44 years 28
209 Bulgaria44 years 44 years 28
209 Croatia44 years 44 years 28
209 Korea Republic44 years 44 years 28
209 Latvia44 years 44 years 28
209 Liechtenstein44 years 44 years 28
209 Lithuania44 years 44 years 28
209 San Marino44 years 44 years 28
209 Slovenia44 years 44 years 28
219 Hong Kong45 years 45 years 25
219 Portugal45 years 45 years 25
219 Saint Pierre and Miquelon45 years 45 years 25
219 Spain45 years 45 years 25
223 Andorra46 years 46 years 23
223 Germany46 years 46 years 23
223 Greece46 years 46 years 23
223 Martinique46 years 46 years 23
227 Italy47 years 47 years 20
228 Japan49 years 49 years 15
229 Monaco55 years 55 years 0

Last rating: June 23rd, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is the median age of the population in years. Half of the population is younger and half is older than this value.

Public source families are mainly UN World Population Prospects, World Bank population data, national statistical offices and maintained replacements for territories without complete separate series.

The rating is derived directly from the raw value: 15 years or less receives 100 points, while 55 years or more receives 0 points. Values in between are scaled linearly.

A lower median age therefore improves the ranking. The indicator describes demographic dynamism; care, pension, education and labour-market pressure are not automatically included here.