Average age, total by country

Countries reporting

110

Highest

47.03

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lowest

18.62

Mali

Median

35.2

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,653

What the numbers show

Average age, total is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 47.03 in Bosnia and Herzegovina; the lowest is 18.62 in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 35.2, and the mean is 34.23.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 116.4%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 28.0%).

Average age, total: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.03	2019	up 19.1%	rising
2	South Korea	46.13	2017	up 8.0%	rising
3	Australia	45.26	2015	up 24.0%	rising
4	Italy	44.69	2016	up 5.2%	rising
5	Greece	43.97	2016	up 5.8%	rising
6	Portugal	43.81	2016	up 7.3%	rising
7	Bulgaria	43.77	2016	up 5.7%	rising
8	Germany	43.53	2011	up 4.9%	flat
9	Niger	43.21	2018	up 116.4%	rising
10	Latvia	42.85	2016	up 7.6%	rising
11	Croatia	42.83	2016	down 1.4%	flat
12	Serbia	42.67	2018	down 0.6%	flat
13	Spain	42.66	2016	up 5.0%	rising
14	Hungary	42.64	2016	up 7.5%	rising
15	Lithuania	42.63	2016	up 8.9%	rising
16	Finland	42.45	2016	up 4.4%	rising
17	Austria	42.39	2016	up 4.2%	rising
18	Czechia	42.04	2016	up 4.9%	rising
19	Estonia	41.99	2016	up 4.5%	rising
20	Slovenia	41.86	2016	up 2.5%	rising
21	Turkey	41.82	2019	up 48.1%	rising
22	Belarus	41.76	2020	up 8.1%	rising
23	Malta	41.69	2016	up 4.4%	flat
24	Belgium	41.6	2016	up 3.6%	rising
25	France	41.55	2016	up 3.9%	rising
26	Netherlands	41.52	2016	up 6.7%	rising
27	Romania	41.51	2018	up 4.8%	rising
28	Denmark	41.51	2016	up 3.8%	rising
29	Sweden	41.43	2016	up 5.8%	flat
30	Norway	40.72	2016	up 3.3%	rising
31	Slovakia	40.59	2016	up 4.3%	rising
32	Moldova	40.5	2021	up 5.5%	rising
33	Georgia	40.29	2020	up 4.5%	rising
34	United Kingdom	40.06	2016	up 2.5%	rising
35	Russia	39.72	2019	up 8.5%	rising
36	Indonesia	39.71	2019	up 15.2%	rising
37	Ukraine	39.53	2014	down 1.5%	flat
38	North Macedonia	39.31	2020	up 6.7%	rising
39	Poland	39.22	2019	down 0.7%	rising
40	Armenia	39.2	2020	up 10.0%	rising
41	United States	39.1	2018	up 4.9%	rising
42	Thailand	38.95	2021	up 12.5%	rising
43	Luxembourg	38.74	2016	down 0.0%	rising
44	Cyprus	38.64	2016	up 4.3%	flat
45	Albania	38.35	2019	down 4.4%	rising
46	Montenegro	38.23	2013	up 11.1%	rising
47	China	37.97	2013	up 9.2%	rising
48	Iceland	37.74	2015	up 5.6%	rising
49	Puerto Rico	37.4	2005	up 46.1%	rising
50	Uruguay	37.4	2021	up 2.8%	flat
51	Ireland	37.2	2016	up 4.8%	rising
52	Chile	37.18	2017	up 12.8%	rising
53	Mauritius	37.16	2017	up 13.1%	rising
54	Costa Rica	36.88	2021	up 14.0%	rising
55	Sri Lanka	35.59	2019	up 8.6%	rising
56	Brazil	34.8	2021	up 6.5%	rising
57	Argentina	34.47	2021	up 3.5%	rising
58	Azerbaijan	34.39	2015	up 7.3%	rising
59	Trinidad and Tobago	34.23	2011	up 12.0%	rising
60	Peru	33.87	2021	up 7.4%	rising
61	Panama	33.7	2021	up 8.4%	rising
62	Tunisia	33.58	2015	up 8.8%	rising
63	Kazakhstan	33.24	2018	down 1.1%	flat
64	Mexico	32.9	2020	up 10.8%	rising
65	Colombia	32.62	2021	up 8.3%	rising
66	El Salvador	32.51	2019	up 14.1%	rising
67	Senegal	31.1	2018	up 39.7%	rising
68	Ecuador	31.01	2021	down 3.2%	rising
69	India	30.57	2019	up 10.5%	rising
70	Morocco	30.2	2013	up 3.6%	rising
71	Kyrgyzstan	30.1	2020	up 4.1%	flat
72	Bolivia	30.09	2021	up 10.1%	rising
73	Dominican Republic	29.98	2013	up 9.1%	rising
74	South Africa	29.93	2020	up 8.8%	rising
75	Mongolia	29.71	2021	up 4.6%	rising
76	Paraguay	29.7	2021	up 1.5%	rising
77	Honduras	29.26	2019	up 12.9%	rising
78	Jamaica	28.91	2002	up 8.5%	rising
79	Guatemala	28.71	2019	up 13.6%	rising
80	Laos	28.59	2018	up 11.3%	rising
81	Philippines	28.45	2019	up 7.3%	rising
82	Cambodia	28.01	2012	up 13.0%	rising
83	Venezuela	27.99	2006	up 11.4%	rising
84	Bangladesh	27.67	2016	up 10.0%	rising
85	Nicaragua	27.44	2014	up 7.3%	rising
86	Nepal	27.33	2014	up 10.0%	rising
87	Egypt	26.31	2019	down 4.7%	rising
88	Tajikistan	26.28	2013	up 10.2%	rising
89	Jordan	25.81	2016	up 5.9%	rising
90	Ghana	25.18	2016	up 4.0%	rising
91	Namibia	25.1	2015	up 11.6%	rising
92	Mozambique	25.01	2014	up 17.4%	rising
93	Kenya	24.95	2019	up 11.7%	rising
94	Rwanda	24.69	2021	up 10.8%	rising
95	Zambia	24.24	2015	down 0.8%	falling
96	Belize	24.22	1999	up 5.6%	rising
97	Palestine	24.09	2017	down 28.0%	falling
98	Nigeria	23.8	2018	down 4.4%	rising
99	Pakistan	23.78	2020	up 3.5%	rising
100	Togo	23.38	2018	up 0.3%	flat
101	Ethiopia	23.07	2021	up 7.0%	rising
102	Tanzania	22.66	2020	up 0.9%	rising
103	Malawi	22.34	2019	up 5.5%	flat
104	Madagascar	21.95	2012	down 1.5%	flat
105	Gambia	21.94	2020	up 2.4%	flat
106	Guinea	21.87	2018	down 5.1%	flat
107	Burkina Faso	21.26	2009	down 2.3%	flat
108	Benin	20.91	2018	up 0.2%	flat
109	Uganda	20.48	2016	up 4.2%	flat
110	Mali	18.62	2018	down 11.9%	falling

Regions and income groups

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

Kosovo 33.28

About this data

Indicator: Average age, total
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 112 places, 1,653 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026