The rating of the average age of the population strongly influences the socio-economic policy of the state. Countries with a high average age are forced to strengthen the health and pension systems. Countries with a low average age should take care of the education sector in advance and provide jobs for young professionals. providing jobs and education for the young population. This is a significant indicator for building a long-term policy aimed at improving the quality of life.
National data on population censuses, birth and death registration data are accumulated on the basis of the United Nations. Assessing the general demographic trend, forecasts of the future social development of countries are made.
Rating of the average age of the population of the states in 2024
Rank | Value years | Population | ||
1 |
Vatican City
|
59.6 | - | |
2 |
Monaco
|
54.4 | 39 thousand | |
3 |
None
St. Helena
|
50.5 | - | |
4 | 49 | 126.5 million | ||
5 |
Martinique
|
48.8 | 376 thousand | |
6 | 47.5 | 60.4 million | ||
7 |
San Marino
|
47.4 | 34 thousand | |
8 |
Guadeloupe
|
46.6 | 396 thousand | |
9 |
St. Pierre & Miquelon
|
46.4 | - | |
10 |
Hong Kong SAR China
|
46.2 | - | |
11 | 46.2 | 10.3 million | ||
12 |
Isle of Man
|
45.7 | - | |
13 | 45.7 | 10.7 million | ||
14 |
Puerto Rico
|
45.3 | 3.2 million | |
15 | 45.1 | 82.9 million | ||
16 |
Bermuda
|
45.1 | 64 thousand | |
17 | 44.9 | 46.8 million | ||
18 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina
|
44.9 | - | |
19 | 44.8 | 4.1 million | ||
20 |
U.S. Virgin Islands
|
44.7 | - | |
21 |
South Korea
|
44.5 | 51.6 million | |
22 | 44.3 | 7.0 million | ||
23 |
Liechtenstein
|
44.2 | 38 thousand | |
24 |
Guernsey
|
44 | - | |
25 | 43.9 | 7.0 million | ||
26 | 43.9 | 2.1 million | ||
27 |
Taiwan
|
43.5 | - | |
28 | 43.3 | 9.8 million | ||
29 |
Andorra
|
43.2 | 77 thousand | |
30 |
Jersey
|
43.1 | - | |
31 |
Latvia
|
43.1 | 1.9 million | |
32 | 43.1 | 8.8 million | ||
33 | 42.8 | 5.5 million | ||
34 | 42.7 | 10.7 million | ||
35 | 42.6 | 19.5 million | ||
36 | 42.3 | 8.5 million | ||
37 |
Lithuania
|
42.1 | 2.8 million | |
38 |
Ukraine
|
42 | 44.6 million | |
39 |
Estonia
|
41.9 | 1.3 million | |
40 | 41.8 | 67.0 million | ||
41 |
Cuba
|
41.7 | 11.3 million | |
42 |
Sint Maarten
|
41.6 | - | |
43 |
Montserrat
|
41.5 | 6 thousand | |
44 |
Falkland Islands
|
41.5 | 3 thousand | |
45 | 41.4 | 11.4 million | ||
46 |
Netherlands
|
41.4 | 17.2 million | |
47 | 41.3 | 5.4 million | ||
48 | 41.3 | 38.0 million | ||
49 | 41.2 | 5.8 million | ||
50 |
Aruba
|
41 | 106 thousand | |
51 |
Belarus
|
40.5 | 9.5 million | |
52 | 40.3 | 37.1 million | ||
53 |
Malta
|
40.3 | 485 thousand | |
54 |
North Macedonia
|
40.3 | 2.1 million | |
55 | 39.9 | 10.2 million | ||
56 | 39.8 | 66.5 million | ||
57 |
None
Caribbean Netherlands
|
39.7 | - | |
58 | 39.7 | 69.4 million | ||
59 |
Norway
|
39.5 | 5.3 million | |
60 |
Russia
|
39.5 | - | |
61 |
St. Martin
|
39.4 | - | |
62 | 39.3 | 631 thousand | ||
63 | 39.1 | 1.4 billion | ||
64 |
Barbados
|
38.9 | 287 thousand | |
65 |
Gibraltar
|
38.9 | 34 thousand | |
66 |
Luxembourg
|
38.9 | 608 thousand | |
67 |
St. Barthélemy
|
38.8 | - | |
68 |
Ireland
|
38.4 | 4.9 million | |
69 |
Turks & Caicos Islands
|
38.3 | - | |
70 |
Macao SAR China
|
38.3 | - | |
71 |
Curaçao
|
38.2 | - | |
72 |
Anguilla
|
38 | 15 thousand | |
73 | 38 | 326.7 million | ||
74 |
Cayman Islands
|
37.9 | 64 thousand | |
75 | 37.8 | 1.2 million | ||
76 |
Australia
|
37.8 | 25.0 million | |
77 | 37.8 | 2.7 million | ||
78 |
Palau
|
37.8 | 18 thousand | |
79 |
British Virgin Islands
|
37.5 | - | |
80 |
Réunion
|
37.4 | - | |
81 |
New Zealand
|
37.3 | 4.8 million | |
82 |
Faroe Islands
|
37.3 | 48 thousand | |
83 |
None
Wallis & Futuna
|
37.2 | - | |
84 |
Mauritius
|
36.9 | 1.3 million | |
85 | 36.8 | 3.7 million | ||
86 |
Trinidad & Tobago
|
36.7 | - | |
87 |
Niue
|
36.6 | 2 thousand | |
88 | 36.3 | 2.9 million | ||
89 |
Northern Mariana Islands
|
36.1 | 57 thousand | |
90 |
North Korea
|
36 | 25.5 million | |
91 | 36 | 18.7 million | ||
92 |
Iceland
|
35.8 | 353 thousand | |
93 |
Armenia
|
35.8 | 3.0 million | |
94 |
Uruguay
|
35.8 | 3.4 million | |
95 | 35.6 | 72 thousand | ||
96 | 35.5 | - | ||
97 | 35.3 | - | ||
98 |
Cook Islands
|
35.1 | 17 thousand | |
99 |
Singapore
|
35.1 | 5.6 million | |
100 |
French Polynesia
|
34.8 | 278 thousand | |
101 |
Bahamas
|
34.6 | 386 thousand | |
102 |
Kuwait
|
34.5 | 4.1 million | |
103 |
Greenland
|
34.2 | 56 thousand | |
104 |
Costa Rica
|
34.1 | 5.0 million | |
105 |
St. Vincent & Grenadines
|
33.9 | - | |
106 |
New Caledonia
|
33.9 | 284 thousand | |
107 | 33.9 | 209.5 million | ||
108 | 33.7 | - | ||
109 |
Seychelles
|
33.7 | 97 thousand | |
110 | 33.4 | 111 thousand | ||
111 |
Qatar
|
33.2 | 2.8 million | |
112 |
Iran
|
32.9 | 81.8 million | |
113 | 32.9 | 1.6 million | ||
114 |
Sri Lanka
|
32.8 | 21.7 million | |
115 |
Azerbaijan
|
32.6 | 9.9 million | |
116 | 32.5 | 82.3 million | ||
117 |
Vietnam
|
32.4 | 95.5 million | |
118 | 32.1 | 44.5 million | ||
119 |
Tunisia
|
32.1 | 11.6 million | |
120 |
Western Sahara
|
32 | 652 thousand | |
121 |
Brunei
|
31.8 | 429 thousand | |
122 |
Jamaica
|
31.7 | 2.9 million | |
123 |
Colombia
|
31.6 | 49.6 million | |
124 |
None
Kosovo (Disputed Territory)
|
31.4 | - | |
125 |
United Arab Emirates
|
31.2 | 9.6 million | |
126 |
Maldives
|
31.1 | 516 thousand | |
127 |
Guam
|
31.1 | 166 thousand | |
128 |
Malaysia
|
30.1 | 31.5 million | |
129 |
Indonesia
|
29.8 | 267.7 million | |
130 |
Panama
|
29.6 | 4.2 million | |
131 |
Myanmar (Burma}
|
29.5 | - | |
132 | 29.5 | 18.3 million | ||
133 |
Peru
|
29.5 | 32.0 million | |
134 |
Bhutan
|
29.4 | 754 thousand | |
135 |
Oman
|
29.3 | 4.8 million | |
136 |
Israel
|
29.2 | 8.9 million | |
137 |
Saudi Arabia
|
29.2 | 33.7 million | |
138 |
Morocco
|
29.2 | 36.0 million | |
139 |
Venezuela
|
29 | 28.9 million | |
140 | 28.9 | 126.2 million | ||
141 |
Ecuador
|
28.4 | 17.1 million | |
142 |
American Samoa
|
28.4 | 55 thousand | |
143 |
Lebanon
|
28.3 | 6.8 million | |
144 |
South Africa
|
28.2 | 57.8 million | |
145 |
Algeria
|
28.2 | 42.2 million | |
146 |
India
|
28.1 | 1.4 billion | |
147 |
Suriname
|
28.1 | 576 thousand | |
148 |
Cape Verde
|
27.9 | 544 thousand | |
149 |
Fiji
|
27.7 | - | |
150 |
Dominican Republic
|
27.7 | 10.6 million | |
151 |
Libya
|
27.2 | - | |
152 |
El Salvador
|
27 | 6.4 million | |
153 |
Uzbekistan
|
26.9 | 33.0 million | |
154 |
Mongolia
|
26.8 | 3.2 million | |
155 |
Tokelau
|
26.7 | 1 thousand | |
156 |
Paraguay
|
26.3 | 7.0 million | |
157 |
Turkmenistan
|
26.2 | 5.9 million | |
158 |
Belize
|
25.9 | 383 thousand | |
159 |
Cambodia
|
25.8 | 16.2 million | |
160 |
Guyana
|
25.6 | 779 thousand | |
161 |
Nicaragua
|
25.3 | 6.5 million | |
162 |
Bangladesh
|
25.3 | 161.4 million | |
163 |
Philippines
|
25.3 | 106.7 million | |
164 |
French Guiana
|
25.2 | 291 thousand | |
165 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
25.1 | 6.3 million | |
166 |
Nepal
|
24.7 | 28.1 million | |
167 |
Bolivia
|
24.7 | 11.4 million | |
168 |
Djibouti
|
24.4 | 959 thousand | |
169 |
Tuvalu
|
24.3 | 12 thousand | |
170 |
Laos
|
24.3 | 7.1 million | |
171 |
Jordan
|
24.3 | 10.0 million | |
172 |
Egypt
|
24 | 98.4 million | |
173 |
Honduras
|
23.5 | 9.6 million | |
174 |
Haiti
|
23.5 | 11.1 million | |
175 |
Botswana
|
22.9 | 2.3 million | |
176 |
Micronesia
|
22.9 | - | |
177 |
Kiribati
|
22.7 | 116 thousand | |
178 |
Guatemala
|
22.6 | 17.2 million | |
179 |
Papua New Guinea
|
22.3 | 8.6 million | |
180 |
Syria
|
22.2 | 16.9 million | |
181 |
Eswatini
|
22 | - | |
182 |
Tajikistan
|
21.9 | 9.1 million | |
183 |
Gabon
|
21.5 | 2.1 million | |
184 |
Lesotho
|
21.4 | 2.1 million | |
185 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
21 | 1.3 million | |
186 |
Timor-Leste
|
21 | - | |
187 |
Namibia
|
21 | 2.4 million | |
188 |
Ghana
|
20.9 | 29.8 million | |
189 |
Tonga
|
20.7 | 103 thousand | |
190 |
Marshall Islands
|
20.7 | 58 thousand | |
191 |
Nauru
|
20.4 | 13 thousand | |
192 |
Solomon Islands
|
20.3 | 653 thousand | |
193 |
Iraq
|
20.3 | 38.4 million | |
194 |
Comoros
|
20.3 | 832 thousand | |
195 |
Pakistan
|
20.3 | 212.2 million | |
196 | 20.1 | 293 thousand | ||
197 |
Samoa
|
19.9 | 196 thousand | |
198 |
Palestinian Territories
|
19.8 | - | |
199 |
Kenya
|
19.5 | 51.4 million | |
200 |
Rwanda
|
19.4 | 12.3 million | |
201 |
Sierra Leone
|
19.3 | 7.7 million | |
202 |
Senegal
|
19.1 | 15.9 million | |
203 |
São Tomé & Príncipe
|
19.1 | - | |
204 |
Madagascar
|
18.9 | 26.3 million | |
205 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
18.9 | 1.9 million | |
206 |
Togo
|
18.8 | 7.9 million | |
207 |
Ethiopia
|
18.7 | 109.2 million | |
208 |
Eritrea
|
18.7 | 6.2 million | |
209 |
Liberia
|
18.4 | 4.8 million | |
210 |
Sudan
|
18.3 | 41.8 million | |
211 |
Yemen
|
18.2 | 28.5 million | |
212 |
Gambia
|
18.2 | 2.3 million | |
213 |
Côte d’Ivoire
|
18.1 | - | |
214 |
South Sudan
|
18 | 11.0 million | |
215 |
Guinea
|
18 | 12.4 million | |
216 |
Nigeria
|
17.8 | 195.9 million | |
217 |
Benin
|
17.8 | 11.5 million | |
218 |
Cameroon
|
17.8 | 25.2 million | |
219 |
Zimbabwe
|
17.8 | 14.4 million | |
220 |
Malawi
|
17.6 | 18.1 million | |
221 |
Zambia
|
17.5 | 17.4 million | |
222 |
Burkina Faso
|
17.3 | 19.8 million | |
223 |
Tanzania
|
17.2 | 56.3 million | |
224 |
Mauritania
|
17.1 | 4.4 million | |
225 |
Afghanistan
|
16.9 | 37.2 million | |
226 |
Mayotte
|
16.8 | 270 thousand | |
227 |
Uganda
|
16.5 | 42.7 million | |
228 |
Angola
|
16.5 | 30.8 million | |
229 |
Mozambique
|
16.3 | 29.5 million | |
230 |
Burundi
|
15.9 | 11.2 million | |
231 |
Congo - Kinshasa
|
15.8 | - | |
232 |
Mali
|
15.5 | 19.1 million | |
233 |
Chad
|
15.4 | 15.5 million | |
234 |
Somalia
|
15.4 | 15.0 million | |
235 |
Niger
|
15.3 | 22.4 million | |
236 |
Central African Republic
|
14.3 | 4.7 million | |