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World Median age Ranking

Compare median age by country, including the top and bottom results, Japan's position and country details.

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01Population growthCompare population growth by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.02Total fertility rateCompare total fertility rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.03Birth rateCompare birth rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.04Death rateCompare death rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.05Median ageCompare median age by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.06Population aged 65+Compare population aged 65+ by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.07Population aged 0–14Compare population aged 0–14 by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.08Urban populationCompare urban population by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.09Net migrationCompare net migration by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.10Net migration rateCompare net migration rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.11International migrant shareCompare international migrant share by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.

01 / RANKING MAP

Compare median age across the world.

Compare median age by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.

Japan49 years
Fiji: 27.7 yearsTanzania: 17.2 yearsWestern Sahara: 32 yearsCanada: 40.3 yearsUnited States: 38 yearsKazakhstan: 29.5 yearsUzbekistan: 26.9 yearsPapua New Guinea: 22.3 yearsIndonesia: 29.8 yearsArgentina: 32.1 yearsChile: 36 yearsCongo, Dem. Rep.: 15.8 yearsSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 15.4 yearsKenya: 19.5 yearsSudan: 18.3 yearsChad: 15.4 yearsHaiti: 23.5 yearsDominican Republic: 27.7 yearsRussian Federation: 39.5 yearsBahamas, The: 34.6 yearsFalkland Islands: 41.5 yearsNorway: 39.5 yearsGreenland: 34.2 yearsFr. S. Antarctic Lands: No dataTimor-Leste: 21 yearsSouth Africa: 28.2 yearsLesotho: 21.4 yearsMexico: 28.9 yearsUruguay: 35.8 yearsBrazil: 33.9 yearsBolivia: 24.7 yearsPeru: 29.5 yearsColombia: 31.6 yearsPanama: 29.6 yearsCosta Rica: 34.1 yearsNicaragua: 25.3 yearsHonduras: 23.5 yearsEl Salvador: 27 yearsGuatemala: 22.6 yearsBelize: 25.9 yearsVenezuela, RB: 29 yearsGuyana: 25.6 yearsSuriname: 28.1 yearsFrance: 41.8 yearsEcuador: 28.4 yearsPuerto Rico (US): 45.3 yearsJamaica: 31.7 yearsCuba: 41.7 yearsZimbabwe: 17.8 yearsBotswana: 22.9 yearsNamibia: 21 yearsSenegal: 19.1 yearsMali: 15.5 yearsMauritania: 17.1 yearsBenin: 17.8 yearsNiger: 15.3 yearsNigeria: 17.8 yearsCameroon: 17.8 yearsTogo: 18.1 yearsGhana: 20.9 yearsCote d'Ivoire: 18.1 yearsGuinea: 18 yearsGuinea-Bissau: 18.9 yearsLiberia: 18.4 yearsSierra Leone: 19.3 yearsBurkina Faso: 17.3 yearsCentral African Republic: 14.3 yearsCongo, Rep.: 18.3 yearsGabon: 21.5 yearsEquatorial Guinea: 21 yearsZambia: 17.5 yearsMalawi: 17.6 yearsMozambique: 16.3 yearsEswatini: 22 yearsAngola: 16.5 yearsBurundi: 15.9 yearsIsrael: 29.2 yearsLebanon: 28.3 yearsMadagascar: 18.9 yearsWest Bank and Gaza: 19.8 yearsGambia, The: 18.2 yearsTunisia: 32.1 yearsAlgeria: 28.2 yearsJordan: 24.3 yearsUnited Arab Emirates: 31.2 yearsQatar: 33.2 yearsKuwait: 34.5 yearsIraq: 20.3 yearsOman: 29.3 yearsVanuatu: 20.1 yearsCambodia: 25.8 yearsThailand: 39.7 yearsLao PDR: 24.3 yearsMyanmar: 29.5 yearsViet Nam: 32.4 yearsKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 36 yearsKorea, Rep.: 44.5 yearsMongolia: 26.8 yearsIndia: 28.1 yearsBangladesh: 25.3 yearsBhutan: 29.4 yearsNepal: 24.7 yearsPakistan: 20.3 yearsAfghanistan: 16.9 yearsTajikistan: 21.9 yearsKyrgyz Republic: 25.1 yearsTurkmenistan: 26.2 yearsIran, Islamic Rep.: 32.9 yearsSyrian Arab Republic: 22.2 yearsArmenia: 35.8 yearsSweden: 39.9 yearsBelarus: 40.5 yearsUkraine: 42 yearsPoland: 41.3 yearsAustria: 43.1 yearsHungary: 43.3 yearsMoldova: 37.8 yearsRomania: 42.6 yearsLithuania: 42.1 yearsLatvia: 43.1 yearsEstonia: 41.9 yearsGermany: 45.1 yearsBulgaria: 44.3 yearsGreece: 45.7 yearsTurkiye: 32.5 yearsAlbania: 36.3 yearsCroatia: 44.8 yearsSwitzerland: 42.3 yearsLuxembourg: 38.9 yearsBelgium: 41.4 yearsNetherlands: 41.4 yearsPortugal: 46.2 yearsSpain: 44.9 yearsIreland: 38.4 yearsNew Caledonia: 33.9 yearsSolomon Islands: 20.3 yearsNew Zealand: 37.3 yearsAustralia: 37.8 yearsSri Lanka: 32.8 yearsChina: 39.1 yearsTaiwan: 43.5 yearsItaly: 47.5 yearsDenmark: 41.2 yearsUnited Kingdom: 39.8 yearsIceland: 35.8 yearsAzerbaijan: 32.6 yearsGeorgia: 36.8 yearsPhilippines: 25.3 yearsMalaysia: 30.1 yearsBrunei Darussalam: 31.8 yearsSlovenia: 43.9 yearsFinland: 42.8 yearsSlovak Republic: 41.3 yearsCzechia: 42.7 yearsEritrea: 18.7 yearsJapan: 49 yearsParaguay: 26.3 yearsYemen, Rep.: 18.2 yearsSaudi Arabia: 29.2 yearsAntarctica: No dataN. Cyprus: No dataCyprus: 37.8 yearsMorocco: 29.2 yearsEgypt, Arab Rep.: 24 yearsLibya: 27.2 yearsEthiopia: 18.7 yearsDjibouti: 24.4 yearsSomaliland: No dataUganda: 16.5 yearsRwanda: 19.4 yearsBosnia and Herzegovina: 44.9 yearsNorth Macedonia: 40.3 yearsSerbia: 43.9 yearsMontenegro: 39.3 yearsKosovo: No dataTrinidad and Tobago: 36.7 yearsSouth Sudan: 18 years
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02 / ABOUT THIS DATA

How to read the World Median age Ranking

Compare median age by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 236 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.

Top 3
#1 Vatican (59.6 years), #2 Monaco (54.4 years), #3 Saint Helena (50.5 years)
Japan’s position
World #4 (49 years)
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