Median Age by Country in 2038

In the year 2038, the world is projected to have a median age of 33.63 years.

The country with the highest median age is projected to be ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR where the median is 53.40 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena with a median age of 52.92 years, and ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan with 52.86.

The country with the lowest median age for the year is projected to be ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger where the median is 15.78 years. Followed by ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic with a median age of 16.70, and ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo with 17.10 years.

The geographic region with the highest median age is projected to be Europe with a median of 46.38 years. Closely followed by Northern America with a median age of 41.48 years, and Asia with 36.69 years of median age.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Europe had the highest median age of 50.30 years. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a median age of 47.37 years, and Western Europe with 46.15 years of median age.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that High-income countries has the highest median age of 44.74 years. While the lowest median age is recorded by Low-income countries with a median age of only 20.45.

Countries with the Highest Median Age in 2038

Rank Country Median Age (Years)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR 53.3999
2 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena 52.925
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan 52.8591
4 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea 52.3739
5 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino 52.2493
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly 52.077
7 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda 51.7022
8 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain 50.768
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra 50.6385
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece 49.8987
11 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผChina, Taiwan Province of China 49.8069
12 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal 49.754
13 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore 49.5416
14 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria 49.0936
15 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy 48.7375
16 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia 48.7058
17 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine 48.6791
18 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒSaint Pierre and Miquelon 48.5032
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait 48.2704
20 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia 48.0284
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎLiechtenstein 47.7862
22 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbia 47.6946
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 47.6011
24 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia 47.5967
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta 47.4868
26 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico 47.3725
27 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland 47.2736
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania 47.2656
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria 47.0469
30 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina 47.0272
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒIsle of Man 46.9462
32 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina 46.9242
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎAnguilla 46.8134
34 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia 46.8006
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco 46.7261
36 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand 46.5426
37 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 46.5308
38 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See 46.4694
39 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia 46.4254
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผAruba 46.3906
41 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland 46.2801
42 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuba 46.2327
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR 46.0822
44 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พBelarus 46.029
45 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถMartinique 45.7359
46 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus 45.6881
47 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland 45.6654
48 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania 45.5761
49 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary 45.5744
50 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พCayman Islands 45.4698
51 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar 45.4542
52 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia 44.9391
53 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance 44.8721
54 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Federation 44.7914
55 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzechia 44.6404
56 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 44.6161
57 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌBritish Virgin Islands 44.5247
58 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium 44.4575
59 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands 44.3218
60 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania 44.2747
61 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands 44.2512
62 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg 44.0997
63 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey 44.0655
64 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat 43.8681
65 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ชJersey 43.6799
66 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada 43.5567
67 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom 43.3991
68 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡งBarbados 43.2877
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปMaldives 43.2365
70 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway 43.0169
71 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden 42.9421
72 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile 42.81
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซSaint Martin (French part) 42.8051
74 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จTurks and Caicos Islands 42.6842
75 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บMauritius 42.4286
76 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago 42.4175
77 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia 42.3848
78 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro 42.379
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark 42.3277
80 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland 42.2827
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua and Barbuda 41.7005
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia 41.6983
83 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zealand 41.5151
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland 41.4546
85 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States of America 41.2135
86 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia 41.0941
87 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ทCosta Rica 40.6638
88 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguay 40.6226
89 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea 40.5273
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ตGuadeloupe 40.5145
91 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia 40.4216
92 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผCuraรงao 40.3517
93 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) 40.1732
94 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉRepublic of Moldova 40.1131
95 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica 40.0665
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran (Islamic Republic of) 39.9788
97 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia 39.8673
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ตNorthern Mariana Islands 39.8582
99 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณSaint Kitts and Nevis 39.7485
100 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil 39.6308
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland 39.3231
102 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒDominica 39.0677
103 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas 39.0373
104 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombia 38.7222
105 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijan 38.6014
106 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณBrunei Darussalam 38.5599
107 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณViet Nam 38.1342
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 38.0257
109 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye 37.8697
110 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia 37.7926
111 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 37.7526
112 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles 37.6237
113 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutan 37.3457
114 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซWallis and Futuna Islands 37.1885
115 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka 36.7283
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia 36.7102
117 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia 36.6221
118 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ชRรฉunion 36.6074
119 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina 36.4857
120 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands 36.343
121 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉGrenada 36.1931
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico 36.0238
123 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผPalau 35.7586
124 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia 35.6008
125 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates 35.0589
126 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐCook Islands 34.8818
127 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญBahrain 34.8031
128 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 34.7931
129 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar 34.3176
130 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuador 34.2641
131 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปEl Salvador 34.2259
132 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCabo Verde 34.1719
133 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia 33.8949
134 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar 33.6735
135 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia 33.6039
136 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama 33.521
137 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh 33.4991
138 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeru 33.3999
139 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco 33.2707
140 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บGuam 32.9346
141 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanon 32.6682
142 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Republic 32.6267
143 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerican Samoa 32.3292
144 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize 32.1821
145 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSuriname 31.9429
146 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya 31.8118
147 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 31.7377
148 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒOman 31.5386
149 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria 30.8605
150 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บNiue 30.838
151 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael 30.8253
152 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญCambodia 30.7448
153 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal 30.5315
154 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaragua 30.4763
155 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguay 30.3918
156 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa 30.2036
157 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana 30.055
158 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐTokelau 29.9772
159 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduras 29.9073
160 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏFiji 29.7272
161 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Democratic Republic 29.2294
162 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan 29.071
163 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Republic 29.0386
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan 28.8159
165 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines 28.7962
166 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmenistan 28.7827
167 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolia 28.758
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti 28.6507
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemala 28.6338
170 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivia (Plurinational State of) 28.4673
171 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan 28.3774
172 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒMicronesia (Fed. States of) 28.3523
173 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญMarshall Islands 28.0552
174 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana 27.5896
175 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti 27.2866
176 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt 26.9623
177 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Guiana 26.7528
178 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyzstan 25.9942
179 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea 25.8118
180 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste 25.7936
181 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini 25.4686
182 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ปTuvalu 25.4453
183 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ดTonga 24.8298
184 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajikistan 24.5502
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho 24.5332
186 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎKiribati 24.4787
187 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan 24.3452
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon 24.3413
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhana 24.0906
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq 24.0516
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒComoros 23.9289
192 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธState of Palestine 23.7467
193 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia 23.6954
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya 23.5265
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea 23.3928
196 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone 23.2318
197 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen 23.0853
198 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda 22.7954
199 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea 22.698
200 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บVanuatu 22.5652
201 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธSamoa 22.555
202 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผGuinea-Bissau 22.4659
203 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMadagascar 22.3051
204 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSao Tome and Principe 22.173
205 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopia 22.1205
206 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡งSolomon Islands 22.0884
207 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ทNauru 22.0816
208 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe 22.0448
209 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan 21.9829
210 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia 21.8009
211 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo 21.61
212 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogo 21.3985
213 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinea 21.2905
214 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania 21.1793
215 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudan 21.1365
216 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambia 21.1165
217 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegal 20.9949
218 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawi 20.8357
219 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡นMayotte 20.6357
220 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎCรดte d'Ivoire 20.5458
221 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambia 20.4669
222 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroon 20.4028
223 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundi 20.3242
224 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan 20.2859
225 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso 20.2325
226 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBenin 19.8204
227 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda 19.7896
228 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria 19.6894
229 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique 19.6334
230 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟUnited Republic of Tanzania 19.4825
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola 18.7141
232 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali 17.389
233 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia 17.3515
234 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad 17.1501
235 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo 17.0967
236 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic 16.6986
237 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger 15.7765

Regions with the Highest Median Age in 2038

Rank Region Median Age (years)
1 Europe 46.3815
2 Northern America 41.4845
3 Asia 36.686
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 36.5128
5 Oceania 36.189
6 Africa 21.4415

Sub-regions with the Highest Median Age in 2038

Rank Sub-region Median Age (years)
1 Southern Europe 50.295
2 Eastern Asia 47.3727
3 Western Europe 46.1523
4 Eastern Europe 45.8923
5 Northern Europe 43.4836
6 Australia/New Zealand 41.6703
7 South America 37.4703
8 Caribbean 35.9425
9 South-Eastern Asia 34.5387
10 Central America 34.4697
11 Southern Asia 32.2492
12 Western Asia 30.7406
13 Polynesia 30.3051
14 Southern Africa 29.5073
15 Micronesia 29.1652
16 Central Asia 27.8859
17 Northern Africa 27.4043
18 Melanesia 25.9061
19 Eastern Africa 21.109
20 Western Africa 19.8878
21 Middle Africa 18.028

Income Groups with the Highest Median Age in 2038

Rank Income Group Median Age (years)
1 High-income countries 44.7427
2 Upper-middle-income countries 42.576
3 Middle-income countries 34.2604
4 No income group available 31.8137
5 Lower-middle-income countries 29.8792
6 Low-income countries 20.4466

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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