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Which Country Has the Oldest Population?

Median Age (years), 2017
Society | February 23, 2018
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Based on a comparison of 174 countries in 2050, Japan ranked the highest in median age with 47.7 years followed by Germany and Italy. On the other end of the scale was Niger with 15.2 years, Mali with 16.4 years and Chad with 16.4 years.

Average median age reached 40.9 years in 2050 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 0.737 % more than in the previous year and 7.11 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, average median age reached an all time high of 40.9 years in 2050 and an all time low of 21.5 years in 1970. The average annual growth amounted to 0.554 % since 1950.

Data for more countries are available at Median Age indicator page.

Median Age Unit 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Austria years 44.1 44.4 44.7 45.0 45.2
Bulgaria years 44.3 44.6 45.0 45.3 45.6
Croatia years 43.9 44.2 44.5 44.8 45.2
Cuba years 42.8 43.4 44.0 44.6 45.1
Finland years 43.2 43.4 43.5 43.7 43.9
Germany years 47.3 47.6 48.0 48.4 48.7
Greece years 44.6 45.0 45.5 45.9 46.3
Hong Kong years 44.5 45.0 45.5 46.0 46.5
Italy years 46.1 46.5 46.9 47.3 47.8
Japan years 47.7 48.1 48.5 48.9 49.4
Netherlands years 43.4 43.7 44.1 44.4 44.6
Portugal years 44.2 44.7 45.2 45.7 46.2
Slovenia years 44.0 44.3 44.7 45.0 45.4
Spain years 43.5 44.0 44.5 45.0 45.6
Switzerland years 42.9 43.0 43.2 43.4 43.5

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