Age - Median age of the total population

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Japan is the top country by median age of population in the world. As of 2020, median age of population in Japan was 48.36 years. The top 5 countries also includes Italy, Portugal, Germany, and Greece.

Actual Data

Median age of the total population (years)

	1970	1990	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020
Oceania	24.64	28.49	30.75	31.77	32.06	32.59	33.35
Burundi	17.09	16.11	14.98	16.18	17.03	17.15	17.32
Comoros	17.70	16.98	17.70	18.42	19.12	19.71	20.37
Djibouti	17.45	17.38	19.25	20.14	23.38	25.01	26.57
Eritrea	18.13	17.37	16.64	19.10	19.79	19.19	19.21
Ethiopia	18.01	16.81	16.63	16.67	17.26	18.33	19.47
Kenya	15.43	15.40	16.99	17.56	18.08	18.87	20.12
Madagascar	17.24	17.07	17.32	17.54	18.01	18.75	19.57
Malawi	17.91	17.54	16.90	16.61	16.64	17.20	18.08
Mauritius	17.81	24.89	28.96	30.51	32.89	35.56	37.46
Mozambique	18.43	16.53	17.58	17.30	17.03	17.10	17.62
Rwanda	15.99	15.28	17.36	18.14	18.89	19.45	20.04
Seychelles	17.99	21.91	26.22	28.94	31.30	32.83	34.18
Somalia	18.30	17.78	16.46	16.06	15.86	16.23	16.68
South Sudan	18.61	17.77	17.57	17.70	17.99	18.44	19.04
Uganda	16.55	15.95	15.16	15.15	15.41	15.90	16.73
United Republic of Tanzania	16.98	17.00	17.39	17.40	17.39	17.56	17.99
Zambia	16.02	16.23	16.57	16.34	16.24	16.71	17.59
Zimbabwe	15.57	16.87	18.15	18.35	18.56	18.41	18.67
Angola	17.57	16.14	16.29	16.42	16.39	16.38	16.68
Cameroon	19.09	16.73	17.18	17.56	17.88	18.21	18.69
Central African Republic	20.14	18.05	18.12	17.97	17.72	17.06	17.61
Chad	18.59	16.24	15.54	15.40	15.57	15.97	16.55
Congo	17.83	17.41	18.60	18.93	19.23	18.93	19.20
Democratic Republic of the Congo	18.05	17.38	17.15	17.03	16.87	16.78	16.99
Equatorial Guinea	20.87	19.07	19.55	20.59	21.50	22.13	22.34
Gabon	25.42	19.27	19.28	19.97	21.17	22.34	22.51
Sao Tome and Principe	16.24	15.70	17.25	17.56	18.27	18.25	18.61
Botswana	16.09	17.20	19.70	21.00	22.23	22.97	24.04
Eswatini	16.26	15.56	17.67	18.53	19.00	19.68	20.73
Lesotho	17.15	17.07	19.02	20.26	21.65	23.03	24.01
Namibia	18.35	17.45	18.52	19.50	20.50	21.11	21.83
South Africa	19.14	19.79	22.62	23.81	24.97	26.35	27.62
Benin	19.07	17.05	17.31	17.62	17.87	18.25	18.78
Burkina Faso	18.27	16.29	16.45	16.60	16.74	17.04	17.55
Cabo Verde	15.66	16.83	17.99	19.80	22.58	25.08	27.60
Côte d'Ivoire	17.80	17.48	18.00	17.76	17.92	18.34	18.85
Gambia	19.02	18.18	16.46	16.68	17.13	17.51	17.84
Ghana	16.81	17.60	18.51	19.17	20.03	20.74	21.51
Guinea	19.18	17.48	16.68	16.41	16.66	17.14	18.02
Guinea-Bissau	19.72	16.78	17.02	17.61	18.08	18.44	18.83
Liberia	18.31	17.44	18.35	18.43	18.49	18.76	19.41
Mali	18.80	16.52	16.55	16.47	16.20	15.97	16.35
Mauritania	16.99	17.36	17.91	18.51	19.13	19.62	20.11
Niger	15.57	15.82	15.86	15.41	14.99	14.94	15.15
Nigeria	18.74	17.42	17.94	18.01	17.92	17.85	18.06
Senegal	17.68	16.48	17.28	17.76	17.96	18.07	18.51
Sierra Leone	20.34	17.99	17.70	17.88	18.21	18.74	19.40
Togo	17.64	16.84	17.96	18.31	18.51	18.80	19.35
Algeria	16.42	17.98	21.67	24.05	25.97	27.46	28.52
Egypt	19.10	19.75	21.13	22.46	23.71	24.28	24.61
Libya	17.05	18.51	22.09	24.02	25.65	27.12	28.82
Morocco	16.16	19.77	22.70	24.47	26.36	27.90	29.54
Sudan	16.82	17.05	17.90	18.14	18.29	18.89	19.66
Tunisia	17.04	21.33	25.08	27.18	29.28	31.31	32.84
Armenia	20.31	27.15	30.59	31.78	32.87	33.82	35.37
Azerbaijan	18.20	24.14	25.64	27.09	28.68	30.32	32.33
Bahrain	17.49	25.37	26.60	27.85	30.07	31.16	32.46
Cyprus	25.97	29.87	31.79	32.92	33.93	34.95	37.25
Georgia	28.18	31.02	34.65	35.87	36.99	37.69	38.27
Iraq	17.46	16.80	18.20	18.69	18.80	19.98	21.04
Israel	23.50	25.90	27.98	28.71	30.11	30.24	30.48
Jordan	17.11	16.76	19.59	20.60	21.28	22.13	23.77
Kuwait	18.88	23.53	27.79	28.20	29.51	33.52	36.78
Lebanon	18.69	20.66	25.07	25.59	27.81	27.63	29.56
Oman	16.85	17.86	20.95	22.89	26.18	29.00	30.60
Qatar	21.97	28.73	30.52	31.03	31.61	31.46	32.26
Saudi Arabia	17.95	19.48	21.29	23.67	26.00	29.98	31.80
State of Palestine	15.30	15.68	16.04	17.00	18.19	19.45	20.77
Syrian Arab Republic	15.86	16.28	18.75	19.61	21.10	23.61	25.62
Turkey	19.04	22.08	24.90	26.58	28.32	29.87	31.55
United Arab Emirates	22.80	26.58	28.00	29.71	31.79	32.62	32.62
Yemen	17.63	14.40	15.48	16.62	17.93	19.14	20.22
Kazakhstan	21.77	26.05	27.81	28.62	28.92	29.39	30.68
Kyrgyzstan	19.35	21.77	22.53	23.83	24.00	25.07	26.03
Tajikistan	17.06	18.08	18.31	19.75	21.29	22.04	22.42
Turkmenistan	17.66	19.64	21.65	23.00	24.44	25.64	26.94
Uzbekistan	17.54	19.59	21.03	22.83	24.45	26.16	27.81
Afghanistan	17.86	15.80	15.52	15.99	15.86	17.17	18.44
Bangladesh	17.79	18.63	21.01	22.46	23.98	25.73	27.57
Bhutan	18.88	18.13	19.52	21.41	23.30	25.74	28.14
India	19.32	21.09	22.71	23.79	25.10	26.77	28.43
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	17.73	17.20	21.16	24.13	26.96	29.69	31.97
Maldives	17.35	16.21	18.73	22.15	24.92	28.59	29.91
Nepal	19.17	18.70	19.30	20.19	21.66	22.23	24.63
Pakistan	19.28	18.51	18.83	19.57	20.65	21.78	22.78
Sri Lanka	19.63	24.20	27.59	28.96	30.44	32.28	33.95
China	19.26	24.86	29.98	32.57	35.03	36.70	38.42
China, Hong Kong SAR	21.68	31.00	36.24	39.08	41.22	43.20	44.79
China, Macao SAR	18.76	28.88	33.36	34.42	36.33	37.55	39.27
China, Taiwan Province of China	18.95	27.51	31.98	34.55	37.20	39.73	42.46
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	20.98	24.96	29.39	31.46	33.04	34.12	35.34
Japan	28.78	37.28	41.20	43.00	44.65	46.35	48.36
Mongolia	18.26	19.27	22.00	24.03	25.66	27.08	28.18
Republic of Korea	18.98	26.95	31.87	34.80	37.96	40.78	43.73
Brunei Darussalam	18.42	23.15	25.47	26.76	27.53	29.89	32.31
Cambodia	16.97	17.86	18.15	20.37	22.71	23.95	25.63
Indonesia	18.55	21.29	24.43	25.59	27.17	28.53	29.74
Lao People's Democratic Republic	18.69	17.64	18.04	19.05	20.67	22.80	24.37
Malaysia	17.60	21.55	23.83	25.03	25.95	28.18	30.26
Myanmar	18.58	20.72	23.29	24.52	26.09	27.46	28.98
Philippines	16.72	19.24	20.53	21.28	23.07	24.08	25.69
Singapore	19.73	29.34	34.80	36.43	37.86	39.71	42.23
Thailand	18.01	24.31	30.17	32.77	35.52	37.86	40.10
Timor-Leste	19.90	20.59	17.61	17.56	18.21	19.59	20.80
Viet Nam	18.16	21.06	24.22	26.44	28.54	30.50	32.49
Antigua and Barbuda	17.40	25.23	28.08	29.48	31.08	32.56	33.98
Bahamas	19.08	23.57	27.02	28.12	29.40	30.86	32.25
Barbados	21.19	28.37	33.66	35.47	37.27	39.01	40.49
Cuba	22.25	27.68	32.81	35.59	38.39	40.78	42.21
Dominican Republic	16.01	20.29	22.54	23.74	24.98	26.46	28.00
Grenada	15.36	20.42	23.87	26.05	29.21	30.56	31.98
Haiti	19.14	18.51	19.14	20.26	21.48	22.72	24.01
Jamaica	17.17	22.22	24.92	26.18	27.51	29.03	30.73
Puerto Rico	21.70	28.55	32.34	33.41	34.70	38.02	44.47
Saint Lucia	14.95	21.42	24.25	26.11	30.27	32.39	34.50
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15.14	20.38	24.16	26.29	29.20	31.60	32.89
Trinidad and Tobago	18.80	24.08	27.75	29.84	31.94	33.85	36.18
Belize	16.33	17.92	19.20	20.28	21.94	23.66	25.48
Costa Rica	17.82	22.99	25.30	27.16	29.13	31.25	33.46
El Salvador	17.06	19.64	21.97	23.01	24.20	25.69	27.55
Guatemala	16.92	16.88	17.74	18.51	19.68	21.25	22.88
Honduras	16.08	16.88	18.21	19.28	20.72	22.52	24.34
Mexico	16.68	19.67	22.93	24.66	26.18	27.67	29.17
Nicaragua	15.79	16.89	19.32	21.09	22.88	24.63	26.46
Panama	17.83	21.65	24.47	25.87	27.18	28.41	29.68
Argentina	27.14	27.04	27.65	28.53	29.61	30.51	31.53
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	19.34	19.99	21.12	21.91	22.91	24.12	25.56
Brazil	18.65	22.58	25.27	27.09	29.15	31.37	33.48
Chile	20.59	25.67	28.67	30.45	32.19	33.84	35.34
Colombia	16.72	21.89	24.13	25.65	27.53	29.48	31.31
Ecuador	17.65	20.47	22.62	23.73	25.04	26.50	27.93
Guyana	16.27	21.11	22.73	23.09	24.49	24.98	26.69
Paraguay	16.71	19.30	20.31	21.73	23.12	24.69	26.31
Peru	17.61	20.07	22.69	24.08	25.47	27.49	30.98
Suriname	15.92	22.63	24.81	25.51	26.69	27.86	28.99
Uruguay	29.65	30.74	31.58	32.70	33.89	35.01	35.76
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	17.14	20.91	23.18	24.47	25.84	27.34	29.59
Australia	27.36	32.07	35.39	36.55	36.82	37.22	37.88
New Zealand	25.63	31.15	34.34	35.54	36.57	37.27	37.97
Fiji	17.70	20.86	22.11	25.31	26.46	26.95	27.93
Papua New Guinea	17.98	18.68	19.77	20.35	20.91	21.54	22.42
Solomon Islands	18.19	16.95	18.70	19.13	19.48	19.59	19.89
Vanuatu	17.29	18.06	18.84	19.81	21.20	20.75	21.11
Kiribati	17.35	20.40	19.74	20.75	21.64	22.32	23.04
Micronesia (Fed. States of)	16.74	17.55	18.85	19.46	21.46	22.83	24.36
Samoa	14.67	18.73	19.52	20.29	20.79	20.94	21.84
Tonga	15.93	19.69	19.89	21.03	21.20	21.92	22.42
Belarus	30.26	33.12	36.52	38.06	38.87	39.52	40.34
Bulgaria	33.15	36.53	39.68	41.15	42.26	43.38	44.60
Czechia	33.59	35.29	37.46	38.74	39.61	41.43	43.20
Hungary	34.20	36.41	38.52	39.06	40.08	41.68	43.34
Poland	28.08	32.21	35.00	36.56	38.06	39.73	41.68
Republic of Moldova	26.29	29.87	31.25	32.39	34.16	35.60	37.60
Romania	30.59	32.57	34.90	37.07	39.40	41.26	43.17
Russian Federation	30.76	33.36	36.50	37.31	37.99	38.65	39.59
Slovakia	28.31	31.20	33.91	35.40	37.31	39.17	41.25
Ukraine	32.04	35.29	37.85	39.06	39.52	40.01	41.18
Denmark	32.53	37.14	38.42	39.62	40.60	41.60	42.30
Estonia	33.79	34.40	37.98	39.36	40.23	41.57	42.42
Finland	29.65	36.45	39.39	40.94	41.98	42.45	43.13
Iceland	24.48	29.98	32.85	34.34	34.82	36.00	37.49
Ireland	26.41	28.36	31.82	33.22	34.42	36.50	38.25
Latvia	34.23	34.66	37.94	39.48	40.85	42.64	43.94
Lithuania	30.79	32.66	35.94	38.47	40.57	42.67	45.05
Norway	32.93	35.41	36.91	37.96	38.68	39.15	39.84
Sweden	35.39	38.35	39.42	40.26	40.67	40.87	41.08
United Kingdom	34.20	35.78	37.60	38.72	39.55	40.01	40.47
Albania	19.61	24.03	26.98	29.11	32.22	34.90	36.40
Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.17	29.79	34.95	36.95	38.89	40.68	43.11
Croatia	32.13	35.77	38.95	40.53	41.67	43.10	44.29
Greece	32.27	35.11	37.97	39.45	41.07	43.35	45.55
Italy	32.81	37.02	40.32	41.91	43.50	45.36	47.29
Malta	26.86	33.14	36.47	38.42	40.21	41.06	42.60
Montenegro	24.05	29.76	34.41	35.02	36.42	37.66	38.80
North Macedonia	22.51	29.21	32.27	34.04	35.68	37.44	39.14
Portugal	29.58	34.24	37.84	39.44	41.57	43.90	46.16
Serbia	30.06	33.21	36.13	37.16	38.70	40.55	41.58
Slovenia	31.05	34.15	38.08	40.07	41.58	43.02	44.54
Spain	29.82	33.41	37.62	39.05	39.97	42.49	44.86
Austria	33.64	36.45	38.25	39.98	41.88	43.22	43.48
Belgium	34.64	36.48	39.02	40.28	40.90	41.34	41.93
France	32.37	34.82	37.66	38.89	40.07	41.25	42.34
Germany	34.17	37.63	40.07	42.12	44.33	45.90	45.74
Luxembourg	35.37	36.41	37.29	38.52	38.91	39.27	39.73
Netherlands	28.55	34.56	37.53	39.05	40.80	42.07	43.31
Switzerland	31.79	36.88	38.56	40.04	41.55	42.21	43.05
Canada	26.06	32.92	36.79	38.56	39.62	40.40	41.12
United States of America	28.41	32.85	35.19	36.10	36.88	37.57	38.31

Median age of the total population (years)

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