ATLAS · MEDIAN AGE

Median Age by Country

The whole world, recoloured by median age. Median Age worldwide (world figure): 30.4 yrs (2023). On the map below, paler countries sit at the low end and the deepest green at the high end. Tap any nation to open its full profile. The age that splits a country in half — half the people are younger, half older, UN World Population Prospects. Higher means an older population.

HIGHEST

54.4 yrs

LOWEST

14.3 yrs

WORLD

30.4 yrs

215 countries with a figure

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, via Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0), 2023 · geometry: Natural Earth (public domain)

How the map is coloured

18.3 yrs42.4 yrs

No figure — the source has no value for this country (shown in words, never as zero).

The top 25

215 countries and territories have a median age figure. Here are the highest:

#	Country	Median Age
1	Monaco	54.4 yrs
2	Japan	49.0 yrs
3	Italy	47.5 yrs
4	San Marino	47.4 yrs
5	Hong Kong SAR, China	46.2 yrs
6	Portugal	46.2 yrs
7	Greece	45.7 yrs
8	Isle of Man	45.7 yrs
9	Puerto Rico (US)	45.3 yrs
10	Bermuda	45.1 yrs
11	Germany	45.1 yrs
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	44.9 yrs
13	Spain	44.9 yrs
14	Croatia	44.8 yrs
15	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	44.7 yrs
16	Korea, Rep.	44.5 yrs
17	Bulgaria	44.3 yrs
18	Liechtenstein	44.2 yrs
19	Serbia	43.9 yrs
20	Slovenia	43.9 yrs
21	Hungary	43.3 yrs
22	Andorra	43.2 yrs
23	Austria	43.1 yrs
24	Latvia	43.1 yrs
25	Finland	42.8 yrs

Monaco ranks 1st of 215.Every country’s full standing is on its profile.

Understand the number

ATLAS · FIELD GUIDE

Median Age: The Single Number That Shows How Young or Old a Country Is

The median age map recolours every country by the age that splits its population in half. A plain-language guide to what median age means, why it differs so sharply between regions, and how to read the world map of it — from the youngest countries in the mid-teens to the oldest approaching fifty.

THE WORLD, BY THE NUMBERS

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