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These Are The World’s Oldest And Youngest Countries, By Median Age

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These Are The World’s Oldest And Youngest Countries, By Median Age

TheĀ median ageĀ is a single indicator of the age distribution of a population – where half the population is older and half is younger than the listed age.

It can help government and private companies plan for age-specific demand for goods and services from the resident population.

In the chart below, Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao visualizes the worldā€™s oldest and youngest countries by median age, based on 2024 estimates from theĀ CIA World Factbook.

Ranked: Countries by Median Age in 2024

MonacoĀ andĀ Japan – two countries with highĀ life expectanciesĀ and low birth rates -`have some of the highest median ages (50+) in the world.

A high median age is indicative of an aging population. Without policy support, this can lead to economic ramifications.

Here are the median ages of 200+ countries and territories in the world.

Rank Country/Territory Median Age
1 šŸ‡²šŸ‡Ø Monaco 57
2 šŸ‡µšŸ‡² Saint Pierre & Miquelon 51
3 šŸ‡ÆšŸ‡µ Japan 50
4 šŸ‡¦šŸ‡© Andorra 49
5 šŸ‡®šŸ‡¹ Italy 48
6 šŸ‡§šŸ‡± Saint Barthelemy 47
7 šŸ‡­šŸ‡° Hong Kong 47
8 šŸ‡ŖšŸ‡ø Spain 47
9 šŸ‡©šŸ‡Ŗ Germany 47
10 šŸ‡¬šŸ‡· Greece 47
11 šŸ‡µšŸ‡¹ Portugal 46
12 šŸ‡øšŸ‡® Slovenia 46
13 šŸ‡µšŸ‡· Puerto Rico 46
14 šŸ‡øšŸ‡² San Marino 46
15 šŸ‡°šŸ‡· South Korea 46
16 šŸ‡·šŸ‡“ Romania 46
17 šŸ‡±šŸ‡» Latvia 46
18 šŸ‡±šŸ‡¹ Lithuania 45
19 šŸ‡§šŸ‡¬ Bulgaria 45
20 šŸ‡­šŸ‡· Croatia 45
21 šŸ‡øšŸ‡­ Saint Helena 45
22 šŸ‡ŖšŸ‡Ŗ Estonia 45
23 šŸ‡¬šŸ‡¬ Guernsey 45
24 šŸ‡¦šŸ‡¹ Austria 45
25 šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦ Ukraine 45
26 šŸ‡®šŸ‡² Isle of Man 45
27 šŸ‡­šŸ‡ŗ Hungary 45
28 šŸ‡§šŸ‡¦ Bosnia & Herzegovina 45
29 šŸ‡¹šŸ‡¼ Taiwan 45
30 šŸ‡±šŸ‡® Liechtenstein 44
31 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡æ Czechia 44
32 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡­ Switzerland 44
33 šŸ‡·šŸ‡ø Serbia 44
34 šŸ‡§šŸ‡² Bermuda 44
35 šŸ‡²šŸ‡¹ Malta 44
36 šŸ‡«šŸ‡® Finland 43
37 šŸ‡»šŸ‡® Virgin Islands 43
38 šŸ‡µšŸ‡± Poland 43
39 šŸ‡øšŸ‡° Slovakia 43
40 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦ Canada 43
41 šŸ‡«šŸ‡· France 43
42 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡ŗ Cuba 43
43 šŸ‡²šŸ‡“ Macau 43
44 šŸ‡³šŸ‡± Netherlands 42
45 šŸ‡©šŸ‡° Denmark 42
46 šŸ‡§šŸ‡¾ Belarus 42
47 šŸ‡§šŸ‡Ŗ Belgium 42
48 šŸ‡·šŸ‡ŗ Russia 42
49 šŸ‡¹šŸ‡­ Thailand 42
50 šŸ‡§šŸ‡§ Barbados 41
51 šŸ‡°šŸ‡¾ Cayman Islands 41
52 šŸ‡øšŸ‡Ŗ Sweden 41
53 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡° Cook Islands 41
54 šŸ‡²šŸ‡Ŗ Montenegro 41
55 šŸ‡øšŸ‡½ Sint Maarten 41
56 šŸ‡¦šŸ‡¼ Aruba 41
57 šŸ‡³šŸ‡“ Norway 41
58 šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§ UK 41
59 šŸ‡²šŸ‡° North Macedonia 41
60 šŸ‡®šŸ‡Ŗ Ireland 40
61 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡³ China 40
62 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡Ø Cocos (Keeling) Islands 40
63 šŸ‡²šŸ‡© Moldova 40
64 šŸ‡±šŸ‡ŗ Luxembourg 40
65 šŸ‡±šŸ‡Ø Saint Lucia 40
66 šŸ‡²šŸ‡ŗ Mauritius 40
67 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¾ Cyprus 40
68 šŸ‡øšŸ‡¬ Singapore 39
69 šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø U.S. 39
70 šŸ‡¦šŸ‡² Armenia 39
71 šŸ‡øšŸ‡Ø Seychelles 39
72 šŸ‡°šŸ‡³ Saint Kitts & Nevis 39
73 šŸ‡¹šŸ‡¹ Trinidad & Tobago 39
74 šŸ‡»šŸ‡¬ British Virgin Islands 39
75 šŸ‡¬šŸ‡Ŗ Georgia 38
76 šŸ‡ÆšŸ‡Ŗ Jersey 38
77 šŸ‡¦šŸ‡ŗ Australia 38
78 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡½ Christmas Island 38
79 šŸ‡®šŸ‡ø Iceland 38
80 šŸ‡³šŸ‡æ New Zealand 38
81 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¼ Curacao 38
82 šŸ‡»šŸ‡Ø Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 38
83 šŸ‡¦šŸ‡® Anguilla 37
84 šŸ‡©šŸ‡² Dominica 37
85 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡± Chile 37
86 šŸ‡«šŸ‡“ Faroe Islands 37
87 šŸ‡²šŸ‡ø Montserrat 37
88 šŸ‡¬šŸ‡® Gibraltar 37
89 šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¾ Uruguay 37
90 šŸ‡±šŸ‡§ Lebanon 36
91 šŸ‡¦šŸ‡± Albania 36
92 šŸ‡¼šŸ‡« Wallis and Futuna 36
93 šŸ‡¹šŸ‡Ø Turks and Caicos Islands 36
94 šŸ‡°šŸ‡µ North Korea 36
95 šŸ‡¦šŸ‡Ŗ United Arab Emirates 36
96 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡· Costa Rica 36
97 šŸ‡¬šŸ‡© Grenada 35
98 šŸ‡µšŸ‡« French Polynesia 35
99 šŸ‡µšŸ‡¼ Palau 35
100 šŸ‡¬šŸ‡± Greenland 35
101 šŸ‡§šŸ‡· Brazil 35
102 šŸ‡¹šŸ‡³ Tunisia 34
103 šŸ‡³šŸ‡Ø New Caledonia 34
104 šŸ‡¦šŸ‡æ Azerbaijan 34
105 šŸ‡¶šŸ‡¦ Qatar 34
106 šŸ‡²šŸ‡« Saint Martin 34
107 šŸ‡±šŸ‡° Sri Lanka 34
108 šŸ‡¹šŸ‡· TĆ¼rkiye 34
109 šŸ‡¦šŸ‡¬ Antigua and Barbuda 34
110 šŸ‡®šŸ‡· Iran 34
111 šŸ‡§šŸ‡­ Bahrain 33
112 šŸ‡¦šŸ‡· Argentina 33
113 šŸ‡»šŸ‡³ Vietnam 33
114 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡“ Colombia 33
115 šŸ‡øšŸ‡¦ Saudi Arabia 32
116 šŸ‡²šŸ‡µ Northern Mariana Islands 32
117 šŸ‡§šŸ‡³ Brunei 32
118 šŸ‡øšŸ‡· Suriname 32
119 šŸ‡½šŸ‡° Kosovo 32
120 šŸ‡²šŸ‡» Maldives 32
121 šŸ‡°šŸ‡æ Kazakhstan 32
122 šŸ‡²šŸ‡¾ Malaysia 32
123 šŸ‡µšŸ‡¾ Paraguay 32
124 šŸ‡«šŸ‡Æ Fiji 32
125 šŸ‡®šŸ‡© Indonesia 32
126 šŸ‡²šŸ‡³ Mongolia 32
127 šŸ‡µšŸ‡¦ Panama 32
128 šŸ‡¹šŸ‡² Turkmenistan 31
129 šŸ‡»šŸ‡Ŗ Venezuela 31
130 šŸ‡ÆšŸ‡² Jamaica 31
131 šŸ‡²šŸ‡² Burma 31
132 šŸ‡²šŸ‡½ Mexico 31
133 šŸ‡§šŸ‡ø Bahamas 31
134 šŸ‡§šŸ‡¹ Bhutan 31
135 šŸ‡²šŸ‡¦ Morocco 31
136 šŸ‡æšŸ‡¦ South Africa 30
137 šŸ‡¬šŸ‡ŗ Guam 30
138 šŸ‡°šŸ‡¼ Kuwait 30
139 šŸ‡µšŸ‡Ŗ Peru 30
140 šŸ‡®šŸ‡± Israel 30
141 šŸ‡¦šŸ‡ø American Samoa 30
142 šŸ‡®šŸ‡³ India 30
143 šŸ‡øšŸ‡» El Salvador 30
144 šŸ‡§šŸ‡© Bangladesh 30
145 šŸ‡©šŸ‡“ Dominican Republic 29
146 šŸ‡©šŸ‡æ Algeria 29
147 šŸ‡³šŸ‡® Nicaragua 29
148 šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡æ Uzbekistan 29
149 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡» Cabo Verde 29
150 šŸ‡¬šŸ‡¾ Guyana 28
151 šŸ‡°šŸ‡¬ Kyrgyzstan 28
152 šŸ‡«šŸ‡² Micronesia, Federated States of 28
153 šŸ‡ŖšŸ‡Ø Ecuador 28
154 šŸ‡°šŸ‡­ Cambodia 28
155 šŸ‡¹šŸ‡» Tuvalu 28
156 šŸ‡³šŸ‡· Nauru 28
157 šŸ‡³šŸ‡µ Nepal 28
158 šŸ‡¼šŸ‡ø Samoa 27
159 šŸ‡“šŸ‡² Oman 27
160 šŸ‡°šŸ‡® Kiribati 27
161 šŸ‡§šŸ‡¼ Botswana 27
162 šŸ‡§šŸ‡æ Belize 27
163 šŸ‡§šŸ‡“ Bolivia 27
164 šŸ‡©šŸ‡Æ Djibouti 26
165 šŸ‡±šŸ‡¾ Libya 26
166 šŸ‡¹šŸ‡“ Tonga 26
167 šŸ‡µšŸ‡­ Philippines 26
168 šŸ‡­šŸ‡³ Honduras 26
169 šŸ‡²šŸ‡­ Marshall Islands 26
170 šŸ‡±šŸ‡¦ Laos 25
171 šŸ‡øšŸ‡§ Solomon Islands 25
172 šŸ‡ÆšŸ‡“ Jordan 25
173 šŸ‡­šŸ‡¹ Haiti 25
174 šŸ‡¬šŸ‡¹ Guatemala 25
175 šŸ‡øšŸ‡æ Eswatini 25
176 šŸ‡»šŸ‡ŗ Vanuatu 25
177 šŸ‡ŖšŸ‡¬ Egypt 24
178 šŸ‡øšŸ‡¾ Syria 24
179 šŸ‡±šŸ‡ø Lesotho 24
180 šŸ‡µšŸ‡° Pakistan 23
181 šŸ‡¹šŸ‡Æ Tajikistan 23
182 šŸ‡³šŸ‡¦ Namibia 23
183 šŸ‡°šŸ‡² Comoros 23
184 šŸ‡®šŸ‡¶ Iraq 22
185 šŸ‡²šŸ‡· Mauritania 22
186 šŸ‡¬šŸ‡¶ Equatorial Guinea 22
187 šŸ‡¬šŸ‡¦ Gabon 22
188 šŸ‡¾šŸ‡Ŗ Yemen 22
189 šŸ‡µšŸ‡ø West Bank 22
190 šŸ‡µšŸ‡¬ Papua New Guinea 22
191 šŸ‡¬šŸ‡­ Ghana 21
192 šŸ‡ŖšŸ‡· Eritrea 21
193 šŸ‡²šŸ‡¬ Madagascar 21
194 šŸ‡æšŸ‡¼ Zimbabwe 21
195 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡® Cote d’Ivoire 21
196 šŸ‡°šŸ‡Ŗ Kenya 21
197 šŸ‡øšŸ‡¹ Sao Tome & Principe 21
198 šŸ‡·šŸ‡¼ Rwanda 21
199 šŸ‡¹šŸ‡¬ Togo 21
200 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¬ Congo 21
201 šŸ‡¹šŸ‡± Timor-Leste 21
202 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡« Central African Republic 20
203 šŸ‡ŖšŸ‡¹ Ethiopia 20
204 šŸ‡²šŸ‡¼ Malawi 20
205 šŸ‡¬šŸ‡² Gambia 20
206 šŸ‡¦šŸ‡« Afghanistan 20
207 šŸ‡±šŸ‡· Liberia 20
208 šŸ‡µšŸ‡ø Gaza 20
209 šŸ‡¬šŸ‡³ Guinea 19
210 šŸ‡øšŸ‡± Sierra Leone 19
211 šŸ‡³šŸ‡¬ Nigeria 19
212 šŸ‡øšŸ‡© Sudan 19
213 šŸ‡øšŸ‡³ Senegal 19
214 šŸ‡¹šŸ‡æ Tanzania 19
215 šŸ‡øšŸ‡“ Somalia 19
216 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡² Cameroon 19
217 šŸ‡øšŸ‡ø South Sudan 19
218 šŸ‡§šŸ‡« Burkina Faso 19
219 šŸ‡æšŸ‡² Zambia 18
220 šŸ‡§šŸ‡® Burundi 18
221 šŸ‡¬šŸ‡¼ Guinea-Bissau 18
222 šŸ‡²šŸ‡æ Mozambique 17
223 šŸ‡§šŸ‡Æ Benin 17
224 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡© DRC 17
225 šŸ‡¹šŸ‡© Chad 17
226 šŸ‡²šŸ‡± Mali 16
227 šŸ‡¦šŸ‡“ Angola 16
228 šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¬ Uganda 16
229 šŸ‡³šŸ‡Ŗ Niger 15

Note: Figures rounded.

Meanwhile, the presence of six European nations on the oldest countries list is a quick insight into the continentā€™s changing demographic. The UN estimates that one in four Europeans are currently aged 60 and over.

Conversely, many countries inĀ AfricaĀ have low life expectancies andĀ high birth rates. This results in the opposite phenomenon: lower median ages.

A low median age also has its own concerns. A higher proportion of children and adolescents can strain the education infrastructure. Without enough job growth, underemployment and unemployment can rise.

However, if managed well, low median ages can lead to aĀ demographic dividend, where the workforce temporarily grows faster than the dependent population, increasing per capita income.

Tyler Durden
Fri, 06/28/2024 – 20:30

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