B BullDozer

Median Age

Median age of the population. Gapminder, 2019–2026.

Source: Gapminder (open data, ddf) Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: years Parsed: 2026-08-03 Open source ↗

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Avg (2026)
32.3
+0.30pp vs 2025
Improving
12
of 236 tracked
Declining
2
period over period
Stable
222
±0.5pp band

Median age

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2019–2026.

18.825.131.537.844.2 20192020202120222023202420252026
AmericasAsiaAfricaEurope

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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇲🇫 St. Martin (French part) 43.9 +1.4pp
🇨🇰 Cook Is 38.1 +1.0pp
🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 38.8 +0.80pp
🇲🇴 Macao, China 40.3 +0.70pp
🇲🇻 Maldives 33.4 +0.70pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇻🇦 Holy See 56.2 -1.2pp
🇳🇺 Niue 35.1 -0.60pp
🇲🇨 Monaco 53.1 -0.50pp
🇬🇫 French Guiana 24.9 -0.10pp
🇶🇦 Qatar 33.4 -0.10pp

By group

Change by group, latest period.

Americas +0.40pp
Europe +0.30pp
Asia +0.30pp
Africa +0.20pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Europe 56 42.4 +0.30pp
Americas 53 35.7 +0.40pp
Asia 69 30.2 +0.30pp
Africa 58 21.8 +0.20pp

Median Age — full ranking

Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.

236 entities, 2026, change vs 2025. Highest first.
#EntityMedian ageChange
1🇻🇦 Holy See56.2-1.2pp
2🇲🇨 Monaco53.1-0.50pp
3🇸🇭 St. Helena51+0.10pp
4🇯🇵 Japan50.2+0.40pp
5🇲🇶 Martinique50.2+0.50pp
6🇸🇲 San Marino49.1+0.50pp
7🇮🇹 Italy48.6+0.40pp
8🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China47.9+0.50pp
9🇵🇲 St.-Pierre-et-Miquelon47.6+0.40pp
10🇬🇵 Guadeloupe47.4+0.20pp
11🇵🇹 Portugal47.2+0.30pp
12🇬🇷 Greece47.1+0.30pp
13🇧🇲 Bermuda46.4+0.40pp
14🇪🇸 Spain46.3+0.40pp
15🇮🇲 Isle of Man46.3+0.20pp
16🇰🇷 South Korea46.2+0.60pp
17🇵🇷 Puerto Rico46.2+0.40pp
18🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina46.1+0.40pp
19🇩🇪 Germany45.7+0.20pp
20🇭🇷 Croatia45.5+0.20pp
21🇹🇼 Taiwan45.4+0.60pp
22🇧🇬 Bulgaria45+0.20pp
23🇸🇮 Slovenia45+0.30pp
24🇻🇮 Virgin Islands (U.S.)44.9+0.10pp
25🇱🇮 Liechtenstein44.7+0.20pp
26🇷🇸 Serbia44.7+0.30pp
27🇬🇬 Guernsey44.5+0.20pp
28🇨🇿 Czech Republic44.3+0.50pp
29🇦🇩 Andorra44.2+0.30pp
30🇭🇺 Hungary44.2+0.30pp
31🇦🇹 Austria43.9+0.30pp
32🇯🇪 Jersey43.9+0.30pp
33🇲🇫 St. Martin (French part)43.9+1.4pp
34🇱🇻 Latvia43.8+0.20pp
35🇷🇴 Romania43.5+0.30pp
36🇫🇮 Finland43.4+0.20pp
37🇫🇰 Falkland Is (Malvinas)43.4+0.60pp
38🇨🇭 Switzerland43.2+0.30pp
39🇪🇪 Estonia43.2+0.40pp
40🇵🇱 Poland43+0.50pp
41🇸🇰 Slovak Republic42.8+0.50pp
42🇱🇹 Lithuania42.6+0.30pp
43🇨🇺 Cuba42.5+0.30pp
44🇫🇷 France42.5+0.20pp
45🇧🇪 Belgium42.1+0.20pp
46🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part)42+0.20pp
47🇧🇾 Belarus41.8+0.50pp
48🇲🇸 Montserrat41.8+0.20pp
49🇺🇦 Ukraine41.80.00pp
50🇦🇼 Aruba41.7+0.20pp
51🇲🇹 Malta41.5+0.40pp
52🇳🇱 Netherlands41.50.00pp
53🇲🇰 North Macedonia41.4+0.40pp
54🇩🇰 Denmark41.30.00pp
55🇹🇭 Thailand41+0.40pp
56🇨🇦 Canada40.8+0.20pp
57🇷🇺 Russia40.7+0.40pp
58🇨🇳 China40.6+0.50pp
59🇲🇪 Montenegro40.4+0.40pp
60🇸🇪 Sweden40.4+0.10pp
61🇲🇴 Macao, China40.3+0.70pp
62🇬🇧 UK40.2+0.10pp
63🇳🇴 Norway40.1+0.30pp
64🇧🇧 Barbados39.7+0.30pp
65🇱🇺 Luxembourg39.7+0.20pp
66🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands39.6+0.40pp
67🇮🇪 Ireland39.2+0.20pp
68🇦🇮 Anguilla39.1+0.40pp
69🇰🇾 Cayman Islands39.1+0.40pp
70🇨🇾 Cyprus39.1+0.50pp
71🇲🇩 Moldova39.1+0.50pp
72🇧🇱 St. Barthélemy39.1+0.10pp
73🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands39.1+0.50pp
74🇨🇼 Curaçao39+0.30pp
75🇵🇼 Palau38.9+0.40pp
76🇬🇮 Gibraltar38.80.00pp
77🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands38.8+0.80pp
78🇺🇸 USA38.7+0.20pp
79🇼🇫 Wallis et Futuna38.6+0.40pp
80🇦🇺 Australia38.5+0.20pp
81🇷🇪 Reunion38.4+0.30pp
82🇲🇺 Mauritius38.3+0.50pp
83🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago38.2+0.50pp
84🇨🇰 Cook Is38.1+1.0pp
85🇳🇿 New Zealand38+0.30pp
86🇦🇱 Albania37.8+0.50pp
87🇬🇪 Georgia37.6+0.30pp
88🇨🇱 Chile37.4+0.50pp
89🇦🇲 Armenia37.2+0.60pp
90🇫🇴 Faeroe Islands37.10.00pp
91🇰🇵 North Korea36.8+0.30pp
92🇸🇬 Singapore36.8+0.60pp
93🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda36.7+0.40pp
94🇵🇫 French Polynesia36.7+0.60pp
95🇺🇾 Uruguay36.7+0.30pp
96🇩🇲 Dominica36.6+0.30pp
97🇮🇸 Iceland36.6+0.40pp
98🇰🇳 St. Kitts and Nevis36.5+0.30pp
99🇧🇸 Bahamas35.7+0.40pp
100🇨🇷 Costa Rica35.7+0.50pp
101🇬🇱 Greenland35.5+0.40pp
102🇧🇷 Brazil35.3+0.50pp
103🇱🇨 St. Lucia35.1+0.50pp
104🇳🇺 Niue35.1-0.60pp
105🇬🇩 Grenada34.9+0.50pp
106🇰🇼 Kuwait34.80.00pp
107🇳🇨 New Caledonia34.8+0.30pp
108🇻🇨 St. Vincent and the Grenadines34.7+0.30pp
109🇸🇨 Seychelles34.6+0.30pp
110🇮🇷 Iran34.5+0.50pp
111🇦🇿 Azerbaijan34.1+0.50pp
112🇹🇷 Turkey33.9+0.40pp
113🇻🇳 Vietnam33.9+0.50pp
114🇱🇰 Sri Lanka33.6+0.30pp
115🇧🇭 Bahrain33.40.00pp
116🇲🇻 Maldives33.4+0.70pp
117🇶🇦 Qatar33.4-0.10pp
118🇹🇳 Tunisia33.4+0.50pp
119🇦🇷 Argentina33.3+0.40pp
120🇯🇲 Jamaica33.3+0.50pp
121🇧🇳 Brunei33.2+0.50pp
122Kosovo33.2+0.60pp
123🇨🇴 Colombia33+0.50pp
124🇪🇭 Western Sahara32.8+0.20pp
125🇦🇪 UAE31.60.00pp
126🇬🇺 Guam31.6+0.10pp
127🇲🇾 Malaysia31.4+0.40pp
128🇧🇹 Bhutan31+0.50pp
129🇮🇩 Indonesia30.7+0.30pp
130🇵🇦 Panama30.6+0.30pp
131🇵🇪 Peru30.6+0.40pp
132🇲🇲 Myanmar30.4+0.30pp
133🇲🇦 Morocco30.1+0.30pp
134🇲🇽 Mexico30+0.40pp
135🇴🇲 Oman29.8+0.10pp
136🇪🇨 Ecuador29.7+0.40pp
137🇰🇿 Kazakhstan29.70.00pp
138🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia29.7+0.10pp
139🇨🇻 Cape Verde29.5+0.50pp
140🇻🇪 Venezuela29.5+0.10pp
141🇮🇱 Israel29.3+0.10pp
142🇮🇳 India29.2+0.40pp
143🇦🇸 American Samoa29.1+0.10pp
144🇱🇧 Lebanon29+0.20pp
145🇸🇷 Suriname28.9+0.30pp
146🇿🇦 South Africa28.9+0.20pp
147🇩🇿 Algeria28.8+0.20pp
148🇩🇴 Dominican Republic28.7+0.40pp
149🇸🇻 El Salvador28.4+0.50pp
150🇫🇯 Fiji28.3+0.20pp
151🇱🇾 Libya28+0.30pp
152🇹🇰 Tokelau27.6+0.30pp
153🇧🇿 Belize27.3+0.40pp
154🇵🇾 Paraguay27.3+0.30pp
155🇹🇲 Turkmenistan27.3+0.40pp
156🇲🇳 Mongolia27+0.10pp
157🇺🇿 Uzbekistan270.00pp
158🇵🇭 Philippines26.6+0.50pp
159🇬🇾 Guyana26.5+0.30pp
160🇰🇭 Cambodia26.4+0.20pp
161🇧🇩 Bangladesh26.3+0.30pp
162🇳🇮 Nicaragua26.3+0.30pp
163🇳🇵 Nepal25.7+0.40pp
164🇧🇴 Bolivia25.5+0.30pp
165🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic25.5+0.10pp
166🇱🇦 Lao25.3+0.40pp
167🇩🇯 Djibouti25.2+0.30pp
168🇬🇫 French Guiana24.9-0.10pp
169🇯🇴 Jordan24.9+0.20pp
170🇪🇬 Egypt24.7+0.20pp
171🇭🇳 Honduras24.6+0.40pp
172🇭🇹 Haiti24.3+0.20pp
173🇹🇻 Tuvalu24.1-0.10pp
174🇬🇹 Guatemala23.8+0.40pp
175🇸🇾 Syria23.8+0.50pp
176🇧🇼 Botswana23.7+0.30pp
177🇫🇲 Micronesia, Fed. Sts.23.5+0.20pp
178🇰🇮 Kiribati23+0.10pp
179🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea23+0.20pp
180🇸🇿 Eswatini22.7+0.20pp
181🇹🇯 Tajikistan22.4+0.20pp
182🇱🇸 Lesotho22.1+0.30pp
183🇹🇱 Timor-Leste22.1+0.40pp
184🇬🇦 Gabon21.6+0.10pp
185🇬🇭 Ghana21.6+0.30pp
186🇳🇦 Namibia21.5+0.20pp
187🇮🇶 Iraq21.1+0.30pp
188🇹🇴 Tonga21+0.20pp
189🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea20.90.00pp
190🇸🇧 Solomon Islands20.9+0.20pp
191🇵🇰 Pakistan20.8+0.20pp
192🇰🇲 Comoros20.7+0.10pp
193🇲🇭 Marshall Islands20.5+0.10pp
194🇰🇪 Kenya20.3+0.30pp
195🇵🇸 Palestine20.3+0.20pp
196🇻🇺 Vanuatu20.30.00pp
197🇳🇷 Nauru20.20.00pp
198🇷🇼 Rwanda20.2+0.30pp
199🇸🇱 Sierra Leone19.9+0.20pp
200🇸🇳 Senegal19.8+0.20pp
201🇼🇸 Samoa19.80.00pp
202🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe19.7+0.20pp
203🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau19.6+0.20pp
204🇪🇷 Eritrea19.5+0.30pp
205🇲🇬 Madagascar19.4+0.20pp
206🇪🇹 Ethiopia19.3+0.20pp
207🇹🇬 Togo19.2+0.10pp
208🇱🇷 Liberia19+0.20pp
209🇸🇸 South Sudan19+0.30pp
210🇬🇲 Gambia18.8+0.20pp
211🇸🇩 Sudan18.8+0.30pp
212🇨🇬 Congo, Rep.18.7+0.10pp
213🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire18.5+0.20pp
214🇬🇳 Guinea18.5+0.20pp
215🇾🇪 Yemen18.5+0.10pp
216🇲🇼 Malawi18.4+0.30pp
217🇳🇬 Nigeria18.3+0.20pp
218🇿🇼 Zimbabwe18.3+0.20pp
219🇧🇯 Benin18.2+0.20pp
220🇨🇲 Cameroon18.2+0.20pp
221🇿🇲 Zambia18.2+0.30pp
222🇧🇫 Burkina Faso18+0.30pp
223🇹🇿 Tanzania17.6+0.10pp
224🇲🇷 Mauritania17.5+0.10pp
225🇦🇫 Afghanistan17.4+0.10pp
226🇾🇹 Mayotte17.3+0.20pp
227🇺🇬 Uganda17.1+0.20pp
228🇦🇴 Angola16.7+0.10pp
229🇧🇮 Burundi16.6+0.20pp
230🇲🇿 Mozambique16.6+0.10pp
231🇨🇩 Congo, Dem. Rep.15.9+0.10pp
232🇲🇱 Mali15.9+0.20pp
233🇳🇪 Niger15.7+0.10pp
234🇹🇩 Chad15.7-0.10pp
235🇸🇴 Somalia15.60.00pp
236🇨🇫 Central African Republic14.6+0.10pp

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