Median Age by Country in 2084

In the year 2084, the world is projected to have a median age of 40.42 years.

The country with the highest median age is projected to be ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea where the median is 61.36 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico with a median age of 61.05 years, and ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy with 59.78.

The country with the lowest median age for the year is projected to be ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger where the median is 26.11 years. Followed by ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad with a median age of 27.88, and ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo with 28.10 years.

The geographic region with the highest median age is projected to be Europe with a median of 48.69 years. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a median age of 47.46 years, and Northern America with 46.63 years of median age.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest median age of 56.42 years. Closely followed by Southern Europe with a median age of 53.51 years, and Western Europe with 49.19 years of median age.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Upper-middle-income countries has the highest median age of 50.04 years. While the lowest median age is recorded by Low-income countries with a median age of only 31.26.

Countries with the Highest Median Age in 2084

Rank Country Median Age (Years)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea 61.3644
2 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico 61.0527
3 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy 59.7825
4 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania 59.7814
5 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR 59.3405
6 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina 56.902
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 55.541
8 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica 55.5165
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta 55.3024
10 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand 54.7937
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan 53.989
12 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain 53.9836
13 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผChina, Taiwan Province of China 53.9103
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra 53.893
15 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See 53.8537
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly 53.7077
17 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore 53.6542
18 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎAnguilla 53.564
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผAruba 53.3841
20 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece 52.7814
21 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda 52.6425
22 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia 52.5759
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia 52.558
24 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina 52.5021
25 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbia 52.269
26 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ทCosta Rica 52.202
27 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) 52.1785
28 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino 52.1665
29 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia 51.9497
30 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuba 51.9471
31 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile 51.927
32 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal 51.9036
33 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria 51.7323
34 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguay 51.4863
35 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland 51.4605
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปMaldives 51.4107
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar 51.3056
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey 51.206
39 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia 51.0598
40 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 50.9927
41 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌBritish Virgin Islands 50.9505
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua and Barbuda 50.931
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia 50.5908
44 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutan 50.5206
45 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บMauritius 50.5064
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถMartinique 50.3045
47 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat 50.275
48 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎLiechtenstein 50.2172
49 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒDominica 50.1834
50 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland 50.0301
51 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus 50.0203
52 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombia 49.981
53 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปEl Salvador 49.9687
54 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria 49.9163
55 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine 49.8061
56 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico 49.7084
57 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerican Samoa 49.6966
58 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 49.6557
59 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland 49.5437
60 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro 49.4353
61 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil 49.3318
62 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia 49.3072
63 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia 49.0606
64 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR 49.0308
65 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡งBarbados 49.0182
66 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance 48.9818
67 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia 48.907
68 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands 48.8167
69 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands 48.7882
70 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka 48.7649
71 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago 48.6693
72 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒSaint Pierre and Miquelon 48.6627
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran (Islamic Republic of) 48.5625
74 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland 48.4366
75 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium 48.3738
76 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zealand 48.3334
77 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye 48.3311
78 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia 48.2989
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom 48.2166
80 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania 48.1735
81 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary 48.1507
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg 48.0319
83 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒIsle of Man 47.9929
84 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada 47.7778
85 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCabo Verde 47.737
86 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ตGuadeloupe 47.7332
87 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผCuraรงao 47.7281
88 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway 47.6847
89 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania 47.6481
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijan 47.5706
91 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 47.4316
92 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh 47.3929
93 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland 47.3788
94 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena 47.323
95 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden 47.312
96 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas 47.3075
97 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ชJersey 47.1842
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia 47.1448
99 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณBrunei Darussalam 47.0555
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina 47.0318
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณSaint Kitts and Nevis 47.0268
102 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ตNorthern Mariana Islands 46.968
103 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuador 46.934
104 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia 46.8022
105 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซWallis and Futuna Islands 46.6646
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea 46.6629
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark 46.556
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พCayman Islands 46.5495
109 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พBelarus 46.5435
110 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States of America 46.4738
111 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia 46.4636
112 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait 46.2447
113 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ชRรฉunion 45.9549
114 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 45.8597
115 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณViet Nam 45.7055
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia 45.6618
117 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia 45.5848
118 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉGrenada 45.436
119 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeru 45.3104
120 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia 45.2885
121 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จTurks and Caicos Islands 45.2159
122 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize 45.2056
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanon 45.1767
124 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Republic 44.9942
125 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal 44.9647
126 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia 44.8101
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco 44.6551
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco 44.5754
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland 44.5748
130 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama 44.4843
131 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Federation 44.4715
132 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บGuam 44.1161
133 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐCook Islands 44.0071
134 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaragua 44.003
135 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซSaint Martin (French part) 43.9089
136 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 43.7485
137 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya 43.5202
138 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemala 43.4782
139 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles 43.2799
140 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzechia 43.2444
141 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana 43.0838
142 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉRepublic of Moldova 42.9721
143 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduras 42.6062
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria 42.458
145 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia 42.2926
146 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan 42.1681
147 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญCambodia 42.1664
148 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒMicronesia (Fed. States of) 42.151
149 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 42.1486
150 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguay 41.7663
151 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Democratic Republic 41.6682
152 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Republic 41.6185
153 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar 41.596
154 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSuriname 41.5513
155 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands 41.3743
156 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste 40.9074
157 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐTokelau 40.8612
158 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolia 40.7207
159 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บNiue 40.1439
160 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines 39.4954
161 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael 39.4834
162 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผPalau 39.2071
163 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmenistan 39.1148
164 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏFiji 38.969
165 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivia (Plurinational State of) 38.9551
166 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒOman 38.9474
167 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan 38.7737
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa 38.7009
169 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญBahrain 38.3209
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญMarshall Islands 38.2041
171 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti 37.9951
172 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt 37.964
173 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธState of Palestine 37.8469
174 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti 37.3482
175 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana 37.2186
176 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyzstan 36.9289
177 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ดTonga 35.9951
178 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini 35.9204
179 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan 35.7881
180 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Guiana 35.7665
181 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajikistan 35.664
182 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen 35.5932
183 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates 35.517
184 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea 35.4059
185 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea 35.3767
186 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan 35.2047
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒComoros 35.0556
188 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar 34.9642
189 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone 34.9366
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq 34.8127
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya 34.6616
192 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopia 34.5903
193 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea 34.4271
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎKiribati 34.3142
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon 34.0027
196 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda 33.9911
197 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambia 33.7209
198 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhana 33.5928
199 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia 33.5239
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho 33.4862
201 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan 33.3206
202 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผGuinea-Bissau 33.0654
203 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan 32.9784
204 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe 32.9463
205 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ปTuvalu 32.8907
206 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธSamoa 32.8357
207 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMadagascar 32.7157
208 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda 32.7057
209 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSao Tome and Principe 32.578
210 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawi 32.5556
211 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinea 32.5346
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia 32.0936
213 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บVanuatu 32.0186
214 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania 31.8241
215 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡นMayotte 31.6559
216 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso 31.6234
217 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡งSolomon Islands 31.5871
218 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ทNauru 31.5525
219 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundi 31.3976
220 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria 31.3296
221 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique 31.2744
222 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegal 31.0958
223 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudan 30.7864
224 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟUnited Republic of Tanzania 30.6016
225 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambia 30.3027
226 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo 30.1849
227 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic 30.0463
228 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroon 29.8846
229 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola 29.6541
230 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogo 29.531
231 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎCรดte d'Ivoire 28.9631
232 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali 28.9462
233 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia 28.9228
234 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBenin 28.6184
235 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo 28.0977
236 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad 27.8786
237 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger 26.1109

Regions with the Highest Median Age in 2084

Rank Region Median Age (years)
1 Europe 48.6887
2 Latin America and the Caribbean 47.4619
3 Northern America 46.6267
4 Asia 45.205
5 Oceania 42.6628
6 Africa 31.8073

Sub-regions with the Highest Median Age in 2084

Rank Sub-region Median Age (years)
1 Eastern Asia 56.4185
2 Southern Europe 53.506
3 Western Europe 49.1912
4 Northern Europe 48.0212
5 Central America 47.8722
6 South America 47.6017
7 Australia/New Zealand 47.3131
8 Eastern Europe 46.3575
9 Caribbean 44.1297
10 Southern Asia 43.1857
11 South-Eastern Asia 42.9975
12 Western Asia 40.1689
13 Polynesia 39.6701
14 Micronesia 39.4515
15 Southern Africa 38.0974
16 Central Asia 37.3561
17 Northern Africa 37.3536
18 Melanesia 35.2609
19 Eastern Africa 32.5757
20 Western Africa 30.4505
21 Middle Africa 28.7183

Income Groups with the Highest Median Age in 2084

Rank Income Group Median Age (years)
1 Upper-middle-income countries 50.0367
2 High-income countries 48.3311
3 No income group available 43.7063
4 Middle-income countries 42.1923
5 Lower-middle-income countries 39.2809
6 Low-income countries 31.2607

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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