How old is the typical person?
Median age, 213 countries & territories. Half the population is older than this, half is younger (UN World Population Prospects).
lowest≥ 18.8 years≥ 22.9 years≥ 28.3 years≥ 33.2 years≥ 37.9 years≥ 42.3 years no data
Source: UN, World Population Prospects via Our World in Data· 2023
Dots sit on a scale from the lowest (14.3 years) to the highest value (59.6 years).
The ranking
- 1
Vatican City 59.6 years 2023 - 2
Monaco 54.4 years 2023 - 3
Japan 49 years 2023 - 4
Italy 47.5 years 2023 - 5
San Marino 47.4 years 2023 - 6
Portugal 46.2 years 2023 - 7
Hong Kong (China) 46.2 years 2023 - 8
Greece 45.7 years 2023 - 9
Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 45.7 years 2023 - 10
Puerto Rico (United States) 45.3 years 2023 - 11
Germany 45.1 years 2023 - 12
Bermuda (United Kingdom) 45.1 years 2023 - 13
Bosnia and Herzegovina 44.9 years 2023 - 14
Spain 44.9 years 2023 - 15
Croatia 44.8 years 2023 - 16
United States Virgin Islands (United States) 44.7 years 2023 - 17
South Korea 44.5 years 2023 - 18
Bulgaria 44.3 years 2023 - 19
Liechtenstein 44.2 years 2023 - 20
Slovenia 43.9 years 2023 - 21
Serbia 43.9 years 2023 - 22
Taiwan 43.5 years 2023 - 23
Hungary 43.3 years 2023 - 24
Andorra 43.2 years 2023 - 25
Jersey (United Kingdom) 43.1 years 2023 - 26
Austria 43.1 years 2023 - 27
Latvia 43.1 years 2023 - 28
Finland 42.8 years 2023 - 29
Czechia 42.7 years 2023 - 30
Romania 42.6 years 2023 - 31
Switzerland 42.3 years 2023 - 32
Lithuania 42.1 years 2023 - 33
Ukraine 42 years 2023 - 34
Estonia 41.9 years 2023 - 35
France 41.8 years 2023 - 36
Cuba 41.7 years 2023 - 37
Belgium 41.4 years 2023 - 38
Netherlands 41.4 years 2023 - 39
Poland 41.3 years 2023 - 40
Slovakia 41.3 years 2023 - 41
Denmark 41.2 years 2023 - 42
Aruba (Netherlands) 41 years 2023 - 43
Belarus 40.5 years 2023 - 44
Canada 40.3 years 2023 - 45
Malta 40.3 years 2023 - 46
North Macedonia 40.3 years 2023 - 47
Sweden 39.9 years 2023 - 48
United Kingdom 39.8 years 2023 - 49
Thailand 39.7 years 2023 - 50
Norway 39.5 years 2023