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2023 Statistics

Median age

The median age is the age that divides the population into two equal halves — half of the population is younger, and half is older. Future projections are based on the UN's medium scenario.

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Europe
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EU-27
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USA
2023
38.02
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India
2023
28.06
🇨🇳
China
2023
39.07

Historical Data

Year 🇩🇪 Germany 🇫🇷 France 🇮🇹 Italy 🇪🇸 Spain 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇦🇹 Austria 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇬🇷 Greece 🇫🇮 Finland 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇲🇹 Malta 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇵🇱 Poland 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇨🇿 Czechia 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇷🇴 Romania 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇳🇴 Norway 🇬🇧 UK 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 🇲🇨 Monaco 🇦🇩 Andorra 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇻🇦 Vatican 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇷🇺 Russia 🇦🇱 Albania 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇽🇰 Kosovo 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇦🇲 Armenia 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇹🇷 Turkey 🇪🇺 Europe 🇪🇺 EU-27 🇪🇺 Core EU 💶 Eurozone (Agg) 🇪🇺 Non-€ EU (Agg) 🌍 Non-EU Eur (Agg) 🇺🇸 USA 🇨🇳 China 🇮🇳 India
2023 45.1 41.8 47.5 44.9 41.4 41.4 43.1 38.4 46.2 45.7 42.8 41.3 43.9 41.9 43.1 42.1 38.9 40.3 37.8 44.8 41.3 39.9 41.2 42.7 43.3 42.6 44.3 42.3 39.5 39.8 35.8 44.2 54.4 43.2 47.4 59.6 42.0 40.5 37.8 39.5 36.3 44.9 43.9 39.3 40.3 31.4 36.8 35.8 32.6 32.5 — — — — — — 38.0 39.1 28.1
2022 45.0 41.6 47.1 44.4 41.5 41.2 42.8 38.0 45.8 45.4 42.5 40.9 43.5 41.6 42.9 42.6 38.7 39.7 37.3 44.6 40.9 39.7 41.2 42.6 43.0 42.4 44.2 42.0 39.4 39.5 35.7 44.0 55.0 42.8 46.8 59.9 41.5 40.2 37.5 39.1 35.9 44.6 43.7 39.1 39.9 30.8 36.6 35.8 32.1 32.1 — — — — — — 37.7 38.5 27.7
2021 44.9 41.4 46.8 43.9 41.6 40.9 42.7 37.6 45.4 44.9 42.3 40.5 43.1 41.5 42.9 43.1 38.7 39.2 36.9 44.4 40.5 39.6 41.2 42.6 42.7 42.2 44.0 41.7 39.3 39.3 35.7 43.8 55.3 42.5 46.3 60.2 41.1 39.9 37.2 38.9 35.5 44.2 43.5 38.9 39.6 30.2 36.6 35.5 31.6 31.7 — — — — — — 37.5 38.0 27.3
2020 44.9 41.3 46.4 43.5 41.5 40.8 42.6 37.3 45.0 44.3 42.2 40.2 43.0 41.4 42.8 43.2 38.6 38.9 36.5 44.2 40.1 39.6 41.1 42.3 42.5 42.0 43.9 41.7 39.0 39.2 35.6 43.6 54.8 42.1 45.8 60.3 40.8 39.6 36.8 38.7 35.1 43.8 43.4 38.7 39.3 29.7 36.5 35.1 31.1 31.2 — — — — — — 37.2 37.5 27.0
2019 44.9 41.1 46.0 43.1 41.5 40.7 42.4 36.9 44.6 44.0 42.0 39.8 43.0 41.2 42.6 43.1 38.5 38.9 36.1 44.0 39.7 39.5 41.0 42.0 42.1 41.6 43.6 41.6 38.8 39.1 35.5 43.4 54.6 41.7 45.3 60.3 40.5 39.3 36.5 38.4 34.7 43.3 43.2 38.3 38.9 29.3 36.3 34.5 30.7 30.8 — — — — — — 37.0 37.0 26.7
2018 44.9 40.9 45.6 42.8 41.5 40.7 42.3 36.5 44.2 43.7 41.8 39.4 42.8 41.0 42.4 43.0 38.5 39.2 35.7 43.6 39.4 39.6 40.9 41.6 41.8 41.3 43.3 41.5 38.6 39.0 35.4 43.2 54.5 41.3 44.8 60.4 40.2 39.0 36.1 38.2 34.3 42.8 42.9 38.0 38.3 28.7 36.2 33.9 30.3 30.5 — — — — — — 36.8 36.6 26.3
2017 44.9 40.7 45.2 42.4 41.4 40.6 42.1 36.1 43.7 43.4 41.6 39.0 42.6 40.9 42.3 42.7 38.4 39.5 35.3 43.2 39.0 39.7 40.7 41.2 41.4 41.0 43.0 41.4 38.4 38.9 35.3 42.9 54.0 40.8 44.3 60.6 39.8 38.8 35.8 38.0 33.9 42.2 42.7 37.6 37.8 28.2 36.1 33.4 30.1 30.2 — — — — — — 36.7 36.3 26.0
2016 44.8 40.5 44.8 42.0 41.3 40.5 42.0 35.7 43.3 43.1 41.5 38.6 42.3 40.7 42.0 42.3 38.3 39.6 34.9 42.7 38.7 39.9 40.6 40.8 41.1 40.6 42.8 41.3 38.3 38.8 35.2 42.5 53.5 40.4 43.9 60.6 39.5 38.7 35.4 37.8 33.6 41.7 42.5 37.2 37.3 27.7 36.1 33.1 29.9 29.9 — — — — — — 36.5 36.0 25.6
2015 44.8 40.3 44.4 41.6 41.2 40.4 42.0 35.4 42.8 42.7 41.5 38.2 41.9 40.6 41.8 41.9 38.3 39.5 34.6 42.3 38.3 39.9 40.5 40.4 40.7 40.3 42.5 41.3 38.2 38.8 34.9 42.1 52.8 39.9 43.5 60.8 39.2 38.5 35.0 37.7 33.3 41.2 42.2 36.8 36.8 27.2 36.1 32.7 29.6 29.6 — — — — — — 36.4 35.7 25.3
2014 44.7 40.0 44.0 41.2 41.0 40.4 41.9 35.0 42.3 42.2 41.4 37.8 41.6 40.4 41.6 41.6 38.2 39.5 34.2 42.0 38.0 39.9 40.4 40.0 40.5 39.9 42.3 41.2 38.1 38.7 34.7 41.8 51.9 39.5 43.1 61.4 39.0 38.4 34.7 37.5 33.0 40.7 42.0 36.4 36.3 26.8 36.0 32.4 29.3 29.4 — — — — — — 36.3 35.4 24.9
2013 44.5 39.8 43.6 40.6 40.7 40.2 41.8 34.6 41.8 41.7 41.4 37.3 41.3 40.1 41.3 41.2 38.1 39.4 33.8 41.7 37.6 39.9 40.2 39.6 40.2 39.5 42.1 41.0 38.0 38.6 34.5 41.4 51.0 39.1 42.7 61.4 38.8 38.3 34.4 37.4 32.7 40.1 41.8 36.1 35.9 26.3 35.9 32.1 29.0 29.1 — — — — — — 36.2 35.1 24.6
2012 44.1 39.5 43.2 40.1 40.4 40.1 41.5 34.2 41.4 41.2 41.3 36.9 41.1 39.8 40.9 40.9 38.1 39.2 33.5 41.5 37.3 39.9 39.9 39.2 39.9 39.2 41.8 40.9 37.9 38.5 34.4 40.9 50.1 38.8 42.3 62.4 38.8 38.2 34.1 37.2 32.4 39.5 41.6 35.8 35.4 25.9 35.6 31.8 28.7 28.8 — — — — — — 36.1 34.9 24.3
2011 43.6 39.3 42.9 39.6 40.0 39.9 41.2 33.8 40.9 40.8 41.2 36.5 40.8 39.5 40.6 40.4 38.1 38.9 33.2 41.3 37.1 39.8 39.7 38.9 39.4 38.8 41.4 40.7 37.8 38.3 34.1 40.5 49.1 38.6 41.8 61.9 38.7 38.1 33.9 37.1 32.0 38.8 41.4 35.6 34.9 25.6 35.3 31.6 28.5 28.5 — — — — — — 36.0 34.5 23.9
2010 43.3 39.0 42.5 39.2 39.7 39.8 40.8 33.3 40.5 40.3 41.1 36.1 40.5 39.3 40.1 39.7 38.0 38.6 32.9 41.0 36.9 39.7 39.6 38.7 38.9 38.3 41.1 40.5 37.7 38.2 33.9 40.1 48.2 38.5 41.4 61.0 38.6 37.9 33.6 37.0 31.6 38.1 41.2 35.3 34.5 25.2 35.1 31.3 28.2 28.1 — — — — — — 35.9 34.1 23.6
2009 42.9 38.8 42.2 38.8 39.3 39.8 40.5 32.8 40.0 39.9 40.9 35.8 40.3 39.0 39.5 39.1 37.8 38.3 32.6 40.8 36.7 39.7 39.4 38.5 38.6 37.9 40.9 40.3 37.6 38.1 33.6 39.6 47.3 38.1 41.0 60.3 38.4 37.8 33.2 36.8 31.0 37.4 41.0 35.0 34.1 24.8 35.0 31.0 27.8 27.7 — — — — — — 35.8 33.7 23.3
* = Incomplete data (<70% population coverage) - some countries using forward-filled values from previous years
Showing latest 15 years. Total data spans 24 years (2000 – 2023)

Visual Comparison

🇺🇸 USA 38.02
97.3%
🇮🇳 India 28.06
71.8%
🇨🇳 China 39.07
100.0%

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HOW EUROPE
IS DEFINED

Transparent, population-weighted calculations for fair comparisons

01

Europe

Includes all 50 European countries:

  • — 27 EU member states: Germany, France, Italy, etc.
  • — Other European: UK, Switzerland, Norway, etc.
02

Simple Sum

Used for absolute totals across all countries:

  • — Step 1: Collect metric for each country
  • — Step 2: Add all values together
  • — Examples: Total population, total GDP
03

Population-Weighted

Used for per-capita metrics to reflect population size:

  • — Step 1: Metric × population per country
  • — Step 2: Sum all weighted values
  • — Step 3: Divide by total population
Example: GDP/Capita PPP
$48,942
2024
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