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Median age
Age that splits the population in half.
Darker = larger, by rank · 196 countries · UN World Population Prospects · tap a country to pin it here
Darker = larger, by rank · 51 states · US Census ACS (B01002)
Countries
196 · UN World Population Prospects- 1stVatican City58.7
- 2ndMonaco54
- 3rdJapan49.4
- 4thSan Marino48
- 5thItaly47.8
- 6thPortugal46.6
- 7thGreece46.3
- 8thSpain45.4
- 9thBosnia and Herzegovina45.3
- 10thGermany45.3
- 11thSouth Korea45.1
- 12thCroatia45
- 13thBulgaria44.5
- 14thLiechtenstein44.4
- 15thSlovenia44.3
- 16thTaiwan44.2
- 17thSerbia44.1
- 18thHungary43.6
- 19thAndorra43.5
- 20thAustria43.4
- 21stLatvia43.3
- 22ndCzechia43.2
- 23rdFinland43
- 24thRomania42.9
- 25thSwitzerland42.7
- 26thEstonia42.3
- 27thUkraine42.1
- 28thFrance42.1
- 29thLithuania42
- 30thCuba41.9
- 31stPoland41.8
- 32ndSlovakia41.8
- 33rdBelgium41.7
- 34thNetherlands41.4
- 35thDenmark41.3
- 36thBelarus40.9
- 37thMalta40.7
- 38thNorth Macedonia40.6
- 39thCanada40.5
- 40thSweden40.1
- 41stThailand40.1
- 42ndUnited Kingdom40
- 43rdRussia39.9
- 44thNorway39.7
- 45thChina39.6
- 46thMontenegro39.6
- 47thLuxembourg39.2
- 48thBarbados39.2
- 49thIreland38.7
- 50thUnited States38.3
- 51stPalau38.2
- 52ndCyprus38.2
- 53rdMoldova38.1
- 54thAustralia38
- 55thNew Zealand37.5
- 56thMauritius37.4
- 57thTrinidad and Tobago37.2
- 58thGeorgia37
- 59thAlbania36.7
- 60thChile36.4
- 61stNorth Korea36.3
- 62ndUruguay36.1
- 63rdArmenia36.1
- 64thIceland36
- 65thDominica35.9
- 66thAntigua and Barbuda35.9
- 67thSaint Kitts and Nevis35.8
- 68thSingapore35.7
- 69thBahamas34.9
- 70thKuwait34.8
- 71stCosta Rica34.6
- 72ndBrazil34.4
- 73rdSaint Lucia34.2
- 74thSaint Vincent and the Grenadines34.2
- 75thSeychelles34
- 76thGrenada33.9
- 77thQatar33.6
- 78thIran33.4
- 79thBahrain33.2
- 80thAzerbaijan33.1
- 81stSri Lanka33.1
- 82ndTürkiye33
- 83rdVietnam32.9
- 84thTunisia32.5
- 85thArgentina32.5
- 86thBrunei32.2
- 87thJamaica32.2
- 88thKosovo32.1
- 89thColombia32
- 90thMaldives31.9
- 91stUnited Arab Emirates31.6
- 92ndMalaysia30.5
- 93rdIndonesia30.1
- 94thBhutan29.9
- 95thPanama29.9
- 96thMyanmar29.8
- 97thPeru29.8
- 98thKazakhstan29.6
- 99thSaudi Arabia29.6
- 100thMorocco29.5
- 101stOman29.5
- 102ndMexico29.3
- 103rdVenezuela29.2
- 104thIsrael29.2
- 105thEcuador28.8
- 106thLebanon28.6
- 107thSouth Africa28.5
- 108thIndia28.4
- 109thCape Verde28.4
- 110thAlgeria28.4
- 111thSuriname28.4
- 112thDominican Republic28
- 113thFiji27.9
- 114thLibya27.5
- 115thEl Salvador27.4
- 116thUzbekistan27
- 117thMongolia26.9
- 118thParaguay26.6
- 119thTurkmenistan26.6
- 120thBelize26.4
- 121stCambodia26
- 122ndGuyana25.9
- 123rdPhilippines25.7
- 124thBangladesh25.7
- 125thNicaragua25.6
- 126thKyrgyzstan25.3
- 127thNepal25
- 128thBolivia24.9
- 129thDjibouti24.7
- 130thLaos24.6
- 131stJordan24.5
- 132ndTuvalu24.3
- 133rdEgypt24.3
- 134thHonduras23.9
- 135thHaiti23.8
- 136thBotswana23.2
- 137thMicronesia23.1
- 138thGuatemala23
- 139thSyria22.8
- 140thKiribati22.8
- 141stPapua New Guinea22.6
- 142ndEswatini22.2
- 143rdTajikistan22.1
- 144thLesotho21.6
- 145thGabon21.5
- 146thTimor-Leste21.3
- 147thNamibia21.1
- 148thGhana21.1
- 149thEquatorial Guinea20.9
- 150thTonga20.7
- 151stIraq20.6
- 152ndMarshall Islands20.5
- 153rdComoros20.5
- 154thSolomon Islands20.5
- 155thPakistan20.4
- 156thNauru20.3
- 157thVanuatu20.2
- 158thSamoa19.8
- 159thKenya19.8
- 160thRwanda19.7
- 161stSierra Leone19.5
- 162ndSenegal19.4
- 163rdSão Tomé and Príncipe19.3
- 164thGuinea-Bissau19.2
- 165thMadagascar19
- 166thTogo18.9
- 167thEthiopia18.9
- 168thEritrea18.9
- 169thLiberia18.5
- 170thRepublic of the Congo18.4
- 171stSudan18.4
- 172ndGambia18.4
- 173rdSouth Sudan18.3
- 174thYemen18.3
- 175thIvory Coast18.2
- 176thGuinea18.1
- 177thZimbabwe18
- 178thNigeria17.9
- 179thBenin17.9
- 180thCameroon17.9
- 181stMalawi17.8
- 182ndZambia17.7
- 183rdBurkina Faso17.5
- 184thTanzania17.4
- 185thMauritania17.3
- 186thAfghanistan17.1
- 187thUganda16.7
- 188thAngola16.5
- 189thMozambique16.4
- 190thBurundi16.1
- 191stDR Congo15.8
- 192ndChad15.7
- 193rdMali15.6
- 194thSomalia15.5
- 195thNiger15.4
- 196thCentral African Republic14.4
US states
51 · US Census ACS (B01002)- 1stMaine44.9
- 2ndVermont43.9
- 3rdNew Hampshire43.6
- 4thWest Virginia42.9
- 5thFlorida42.7
- 6thDelaware42.1
- 7thHawaii41.5
- 8thMontana41.3
- 9thConnecticut41.2
- 9thPennsylvania41.2
- 11thRhode Island41
- 12thOregon40.8
- 13thSouth Carolina40.7
- 13thWisconsin40.7
- 15thMichigan40.4
- 16thWyoming40.2
- 17thMassachusetts40.1
- 17thNew Jersey40.1
- 17thNew York40.1
- 20thNew Mexico39.9
- 21stMaryland39.8
- 21stOhio39.8
- 23rdAlabama39.6
- 24thNevada39.5
- 25thArizona39.4
- 25thIllinois39.4
- 25thMissouri39.4
- 25thNorth Carolina39.4
- 25thVirginia39.4
- 30thKentucky39.3
- 30thMississippi39.3
- 32ndMinnesota39.2
- 33rdArkansas39.1
- 33rdTennessee39.1
- 35thIowa39
- 36thLouisiana38.7
- 36thSouth Dakota38.7
- 36thWashington38.7
- 39thCalifornia38.4
- 40thIndiana38.3
- 41stColorado38
- 41stGeorgia38
- 41stKansas38
- 44thIdaho37.8
- 45thNebraska37.4
- 45thOklahoma37.4
- 47thNorth Dakota36.7
- 48thAlaska36.3
- 49thTexas35.9
- 50thDistrict of Columbia34.9
- 51stUtah32.5
196 countries ranked and 51 US states.
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- Birth rateLive births per 1,000 residents per year.
- Marriage rateMarriages per 1,000 residents per year.
- Divorce rateDivorces per 1,000 residents per year.
- Internet accessShare of people (countries) or households (states) online.
- Fertility rateAverage number of children a woman would have over her lifetime.
Who leads the world
- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
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