Median age vs births per woman by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
59.62
Vatican
Lowest
14.32
Central African Republic
Median
32.12
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Median age vs births per woman is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 59.62 in Vatican; the lowest is 14.32 in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 32.12, and the mean is 31.49.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 225 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Martin (French Part) (up 25.7%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 4.2%).
Median age vs births per woman: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vatican | 59.62 | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 2 | Monaco | 54.36 | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 3 | Saint Helena | 50.45 | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 4 | Japan | 48.96 | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 5 | Martinique | 48.79 | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 6 | Italy | 47.46 | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 7 | San Marino | 47.39 | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 8 | Guadeloupe | 46.57 | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 9 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 46.4 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 10 | Portugal | 46.2 | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 46.16 | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 12 | Greece | 45.75 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 13 | Isle of Man | 45.68 | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 14 | Puerto Rico | 45.31 | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 45.15 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 16 | Bermuda | 45.14 | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44.91 | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 18 | Spain | 44.9 | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 19 | Croatia | 44.76 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 20 | United States Virgin Islands | 44.67 | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 21 | South Korea | 44.49 | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 44.31 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 23 | Liechtenstein | 44.2 | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 24 | Guernsey | 43.98 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 25 | Slovenia | 43.89 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 26 | Serbia | 43.87 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 27 | Taiwan | 43.54 | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 28 | Hungary | 43.32 | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 29 | Andorra | 43.16 | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 30 | Jersey | 43.1 | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 31 | Austria | 43.09 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 32 | Latvia | 43.08 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 33 | Finland | 42.79 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 34 | Czechia | 42.72 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 42.62 | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 36 | Switzerland | 42.33 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 37 | Lithuania | 42.12 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 38 | Ukraine | 41.98 | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 39 | Estonia | 41.89 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 40 | France | 41.82 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 41 | Cuba | 41.71 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 42 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 41.59 | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 43 | Montserrat | 41.55 | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 44 | Falkland Islands | 41.53 | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 45 | Belgium | 41.44 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 46 | Netherlands | 41.4 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 47 | Poland | 41.31 | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 48 | Slovakia | 41.3 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 49 | Denmark | 41.25 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 50 | Aruba | 41.02 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 51 | Belarus | 40.53 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 52 | Canada | 40.34 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 53 | Malta | 40.28 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 54 | North Macedonia | 40.26 | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 55 | Sweden | 39.91 | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 56 | United Kingdom | 39.78 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 57 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 39.66 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 58 | Thailand | 39.66 | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 59 | Norway | 39.54 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 60 | Russia | 39.45 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 61 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 39.36 | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 62 | Montenegro | 39.29 | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 63 | China | 39.07 | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 64 | Barbados | 38.91 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 65 | Luxembourg | 38.89 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 66 | Gibraltar | 38.88 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 67 | Saint Barthelemy | 38.81 | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 68 | Ireland | 38.42 | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 69 | Macao | 38.31 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 70 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 38.3 | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 71 | Curacao | 38.23 | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 72 | United States | 38.02 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 73 | Anguilla | 38.01 | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 74 | Cayman Islands | 37.88 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 75 | Palau | 37.84 | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 76 | Cyprus | 37.76 | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 77 | Moldova | 37.75 | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 78 | Australia | 37.75 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 79 | British Virgin Islands | 37.55 | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 80 | Reunion | 37.43 | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 81 | New Zealand | 37.28 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 82 | Faroe Islands | 37.26 | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 83 | Wallis and Futuna | 37.17 | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 84 | Mauritius | 36.93 | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 85 | Georgia | 36.8 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 36.72 | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 87 | Niue | 36.55 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 88 | Albania | 36.28 | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 89 | Northern Mariana Islands | 36.14 | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 90 | North Korea | 36.05 | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 91 | Chile | 35.97 | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 92 | Armenia | 35.83 | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 93 | Iceland | 35.81 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 94 | Uruguay | 35.78 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 95 | Dominica | 35.62 | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 96 | Antigua and Barbuda | 35.49 | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 97 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 35.35 | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 98 | Singapore | 35.1 | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 99 | Cook Islands | 35.08 | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 100 | French Polynesia | 34.79 | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 101 | Bahamas | 34.6 | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 102 | Kuwait | 34.5 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 103 | Greenland | 34.23 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 104 | Costa Rica | 34.07 | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 105 | Brazil | 33.94 | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 106 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33.9 | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 107 | New Caledonia | 33.89 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 108 | Saint Lucia | 33.74 | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 109 | Seychelles | 33.65 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 110 | Grenada | 33.38 | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 111 | Qatar | 33.19 | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 112 | Bahrain | 32.88 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 113 | Iran | 32.87 | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 32.81 | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 32.6 | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 116 | Turkey | 32.52 | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 117 | Vietnam | 32.43 | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 118 | Tunisia | 32.13 | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 119 | Argentina | 32.12 | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 120 | Western Sahara | 32.04 | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 121 | Brunei | 31.76 | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 122 | Jamaica | 31.67 | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 123 | Colombia | 31.61 | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 124 | United Arab Emirates | 31.23 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 125 | Maldives | 31.12 | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 126 | Guam | 31.12 | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 127 | Malaysia | 30.06 | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 128 | Indonesia | 29.83 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 129 | Panama | 29.6 | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 130 | Myanmar | 29.53 | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 29.46 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 132 | Peru | 29.45 | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 133 | Bhutan | 29.39 | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 134 | Oman | 29.27 | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 135 | Saudi Arabia | 29.25 | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 136 | Morocco | 29.19 | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 137 | Israel | 29.15 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 138 | Venezuela | 29.02 | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 139 | Mexico | 28.89 | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 140 | American Samoa | 28.43 | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 141 | Ecuador | 28.41 | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 142 | Lebanon | 28.32 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 143 | South Africa | 28.21 | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 144 | Algeria | 28.19 | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 145 | Suriname | 28.1 | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 146 | India | 28.06 | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 147 | Cape Verde | 27.87 | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 148 | Fiji | 27.67 | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 149 | Dominican Republic | 27.65 | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 150 | Libya | 27.2 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 151 | El Salvador | 26.96 | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 152 | Uzbekistan | 26.91 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 153 | Mongolia | 26.75 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 154 | Tokelau | 26.65 | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 155 | Paraguay | 26.34 | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 156 | Turkmenistan | 26.23 | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 157 | Belize | 25.95 | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 158 | Cambodia | 25.84 | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 159 | Guyana | 25.61 | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 160 | Bangladesh | 25.32 | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 161 | Philippines | 25.29 | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 162 | Nicaragua | 25.27 | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 163 | French Guiana | 25.22 | 2023 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 164 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.13 | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 165 | Nepal | 24.68 | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 166 | Bolivia | 24.66 | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 167 | Djibouti | 24.39 | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 168 | Tuvalu | 24.29 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 169 | Laos | 24.28 | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 170 | Jordan | 24.28 | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 171 | Egypt | 24.03 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 172 | Honduras | 23.55 | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 173 | Haiti | 23.51 | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 174 | Botswana | 22.88 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 175 | Micronesia (country) | 22.85 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 176 | Kiribati | 22.69 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 177 | Guatemala | 22.63 | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 22.34 | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 179 | Syria | 22.25 | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 180 | Eswatini | 22 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 181 | Tajikistan | 21.93 | 2023 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 182 | Gabon | 21.5 | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 183 | Lesotho | 21.43 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 184 | Equatorial Guinea | 20.98 | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 185 | East Timor | 20.97 | 2023 | up 14.7% | flat |
| 186 | Namibia | 20.96 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 187 | Ghana | 20.93 | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 188 | Marshall Islands | 20.7 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 189 | Tonga | 20.7 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 190 | Nauru | 20.43 | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 191 | Iraq | 20.34 | 2023 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 192 | Comoros | 20.33 | 2023 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 193 | Pakistan | 20.29 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 194 | Solomon Islands | 20.25 | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 195 | Vanuatu | 20.14 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 196 | Samoa | 19.9 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 197 | Palestine | 19.76 | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 198 | Kenya | 19.53 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 199 | Rwanda | 19.44 | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 200 | Sierra Leone | 19.27 | 2023 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 201 | Senegal | 19.13 | 2023 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 202 | Sao Tome and Principe | 19.05 | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 203 | Guinea-Bissau | 18.94 | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 204 | Madagascar | 18.88 | 2023 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 205 | Ethiopia | 18.73 | 2023 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 206 | Eritrea | 18.65 | 2023 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 207 | Liberia | 18.36 | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 208 | Congo | 18.31 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 209 | Sudan | 18.28 | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 210 | Yemen | 18.18 | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 211 | Gambia | 18.17 | 2023 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 212 | Togo | 18.14 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 213 | Cote d'Ivoire | 18.1 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 214 | Guinea | 17.98 | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 215 | South Sudan | 17.97 | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 216 | Zimbabwe | 17.81 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 217 | Benin | 17.77 | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 218 | Nigeria | 17.75 | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 219 | Cameroon | 17.75 | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 220 | Malawi | 17.58 | 2023 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 221 | Zambia | 17.49 | 2023 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 222 | Burkina Faso | 17.25 | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 223 | Tanzania | 17.24 | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 224 | Mauritania | 17.12 | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 225 | Afghanistan | 16.94 | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 226 | Mayotte | 16.79 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 227 | Uganda | 16.51 | 2023 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 228 | Angola | 16.45 | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 229 | Mozambique | 16.32 | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 230 | Burundi | 15.9 | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 231 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 15.77 | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 232 | Mali | 15.47 | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 233 | Somalia | 15.45 | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 234 | Chad | 15.4 | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 235 | Niger | 15.25 | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 236 | Central African Republic | 14.32 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |