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Average age, aged 25-64 by country

Countries reporting
106
Highest
48
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lowest
38.42
Ethiopia
Median
43.39
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,543

What the numbers show

Average age, aged 25-64 is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 48 in Bosnia and Herzegovina; the lowest is 38.42 in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 43.39, and the mean is 42.68.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 17.8%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 4.0%).

Average age, aged 25-64: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48 2019 up 7.7% rising
2 Moldova 46.67 2021 up 2.8% rising
3 Belarus 46.62 2020 up 5.2% rising
4 Hungary 45.62 2016 up 4.2% rising
5 Italy 45.28 2016 up 3.3% flat
6 Germany 45.17 2011 up 1.5% flat
7 Netherlands 45.12 2016 up 1.9% rising
8 Portugal 45.11 2016 up 4.1% flat
9 France 45.06 2016 up 1.7% flat
10 Croatia 45.05 2016 down 2.7% flat
11 Serbia 45.05 2018 down 0.7% flat
12 Lithuania 45.01 2016 up 3.4% flat
13 Greece 45 2016 up 3.7% flat
14 Finland 44.9 2016 down 0.1% flat
15 Ireland 44.88 2016 up 2.0% rising
16 Montenegro 44.84 2013 up 4.3% rising
17 South Korea 44.81 2017 up 5.6% rising
18 Slovenia 44.75 2016 up 2.2% flat
19 Spain 44.75 2016 up 4.8% flat
20 Russia 44.73 2019 up 1.6% flat
21 Ukraine 44.72 2014 up 1.4% flat
22 Georgia 44.69 2020 up 1.8% flat
23 Denmark 44.64 2016 down 0.0% rising
24 Norway 44.61 2016 up 1.2% flat
25 Bulgaria 44.55 2016 up 0.6% flat
26 Romania 44.54 2018 up 2.4% flat
27 Thailand 44.48 2021 up 4.4% rising
28 Latvia 44.48 2016 up 1.8% flat
29 Albania 44.4 2019 up 5.0% flat
30 United States 44.39 2018 up 0.4% rising
31 Puerto Rico 44.34 2005 up 17.8% rising
32 Poland 44.32 2019 up 1.2% flat
33 Armenia 44.28 2020 up 2.6% flat
34 Malta 44.27 2016 down 1.3% flat
35 Czechia 44.27 2016 up 0.9% flat
36 China 44.2 2013 up 2.7% flat
37 Sweden 44.19 2016 down 0.8% flat
38 Mauritius 44.15 2017 up 4.2% rising
39 Luxembourg 44.11 2016 up 1.4% flat
40 Iceland 44.1 2015 up 2.0% flat
41 Slovakia 44.08 2016 up 0.9% flat
42 Estonia 44.07 2016 up 1.0% flat
43 Panama 44.03 2021 up 5.1% rising
44 United Kingdom 43.98 2016 up 0.1% flat
45 North Macedonia 43.8 2020 up 1.3% flat
46 Sri Lanka 43.78 2019 up 2.2% rising
47 Uruguay 43.74 2021 up 1.2% flat
48 Chile 43.63 2017 up 2.8% rising
49 Kyrgyzstan 43.59 2020 up 2.2% rising
50 Austria 43.53 2003 up 3.2% flat
51 Kazakhstan 43.52 2018 up 0.6% flat
52 Belgium 43.52 2003 up 1.6% flat
53 Costa Rica 43.49 2021 up 3.5% rising
54 Peru 43.29 2021 up 1.8% rising
55 Tunisia 43.16 2015 up 4.1% rising
56 Cyprus 42.9 2016 down 0.2% flat
57 Mongolia 42.72 2021 up 5.7% rising
58 Mexico 42.6 2020 up 2.8% flat
59 Argentina 42.59 2021 up 1.2% flat
60 Turkey 42.51 2019 up 8.8% rising
61 Ecuador 42.47 2021 down 0.8% rising
62 Brazil 42.4 2021 up 1.3% rising
63 Trinidad and Tobago 42.33 2011 up 2.8% flat
64 Indonesia 42.03 2019 up 4.2% rising
65 Colombia 42.02 2021 up 0.9% rising
66 Morocco 41.83 2013 up 1.8% rising
67 El Salvador 41.79 2019 up 2.6% flat
68 Dominican Republic 41.64 2013 up 2.9% flat
69 Honduras 41.61 2019 up 1.7% flat
70 Bolivia 41.54 2021 up 1.2% flat
71 India 41.26 2019 up 2.7% flat
72 Laos 41.14 2018 down 0.1% flat
73 Paraguay 41.11 2021 down 1.8% flat
74 Guatemala 41.09 2019 up 2.1% flat
75 Philippines 41.01 2019 up 1.7% flat
76 Mali 40.94 2018 up 2.7% flat
77 Egypt 40.82 2019 down 1.9% flat
78 Venezuela 40.74 2006 up 3.3% flat
79 Jamaica 40.67 2002 up 2.0% flat
80 South Africa 40.64 2020 up 1.7% flat
81 Senegal 40.44 2018 up 3.9% rising
82 Cambodia 40.43 2012 down 0.6% flat
83 Bangladesh 40.31 2016 up 1.3% flat
84 Tajikistan 40.26 2013 up 2.1% flat
85 Palestine 40.24 2017 up 4.2% rising
86 Madagascar 40.19 2012 up 0.9% flat
87 Jordan 40.18 2016 up 1.2% flat
88 Ghana 40.12 2016 up 0.7% flat
89 Nicaragua 40.02 2014 down 0.9% flat
90 Togo 40.01 2018 up 2.8% rising
91 Nigeria 39.95 2018 up 1.3% flat
92 Tanzania 39.94 2020 up 1.2% flat
93 Rwanda 39.88 2021 up 2.2% flat
94 Niger 39.78 2018 up 3.8% flat
95 Pakistan 39.76 2020 down 0.0% flat
96 Kenya 39.75 2019 up 2.0% flat
97 Nepal 39.74 2014 down 2.7% flat
98 Belize 39.7 1999 up 2.0% flat
99 Mozambique 39.63 2014 up 1.1% flat
100 Namibia 39.6 2015 up 1.6% flat
101 Guinea 39.11 2018 down 4.0% flat
102 Malawi 39.03 2019 up 2.3% flat
103 Gambia 38.74 2020 up 2.6% flat
104 Zambia 38.48 2015 up 0.4% flat
105 Uganda 38.46 2016 up 1.1% flat
106 Ethiopia 38.42 2021 down 0.9% flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Average age, aged 25-64
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 1,543 data points, 1970–2021
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