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Countries with the Oldest Median Age

Name the twenty countries whose citizens have the highest median age.
Source: CIA World Factbook. 2023 estimates.
Data does not exist for the Vatican
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First submittedJanuary 29, 2013
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Median Age
Country
56.2
Monaco
49.5
Japan
48.1
Italy
48.1
Andorra
46.7
Germany
46.3
Spain
46.2
Greece
Median Age
Country
46.0
Portugal
45.9
San Marino
45.9
Slovenia
45.3
Ukraine
45.2
Latvia
45.1
Romania
45.0
South Korea
Median Age
Country
45.0
Lithuania
44.8
Austria
44.8
Croatia
44.7
Bulgaria
44.7
Estonia
44.5
Hungary
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69 Comments
almightyjosh
+20
Level 74
Jul 26, 2017
Nothing surprising really, but my first 5 guesses were still wrong. Huh.
Revolution
+4
Level 26
Nov 10, 2017
same...
Algernon
+24
Level 73
Jul 27, 2017
I tried every country in Europe bar 5, needless to say all five are on the list.
Ghostbuster
+55
Level 91
Jul 27, 2017
It's not called the Old Continent for nothing.
cshtthomas
+20
Level 59
Jul 29, 2017
Nice quiz! Japan is the only non-European countries on the list
joeythelemur
+2
Level 83
Jul 5, 2020
Ack, totally forgot the Baltics!
mschiesser
+5
Level 92
Apr 11, 2024
And South Korea
georgekotz
+5
Level 77
Apr 11, 2024
With the current demographic trends, South Korea is going to shoot up the rankings pretty fast, and Taiwan might soon appear as well.
jpcol
+25
Level 57
Oct 23, 2017
Surprised not to see Vatican on this list
alexy
+14
Level 55
Nov 9, 2017
Data for Vatican is missing, that's why it's not there.
CardinalV
+3
Level 61
Nov 9, 2017
I'm pretty sure Vatican is absent from a lot of these quizzes.
Nerd0921
+18
Level 74
Aug 1, 2020
If they were included the median age probably would be something like 70 and 80 I suppose
WalterHall
+4
Level 60
Nov 9, 2017
Surely the Vatican City is the highest by far............or do they not keep statistics?
Natascha
+2
Level 51
Nov 10, 2017
There are no children in the Vatican, so of course the median age will be very high. But it is a fluke, so it would be ridiculous to include the Vatican.
PjotrL
+5
Level 75
Jun 26, 2020
According to the Vatican itself there was one birth inside the Vatican (from a Swiss Guard), so at least at some point there has been a child there.

https://www.vaticanstate.va/it/stato-governo/note-generali/popolazione.html

Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Jun 29, 2020
but does the child live there?
Tempest98936561
+2
Level 37
Nov 9, 2017
How is China not on here
Jorissie
+8
Level 90
Nov 9, 2017
Chinas population has been increasing a lot over the past 40 years which means theres a lot young people being born
kalbahamut
+12
Level 81
Nov 9, 2017
The "great leap forward." During the 1950s under Communist rule forced agricultural reforms and willful ignorance to accept that the failings of Communist policy led to massive starvation and somewhere between 20 and 50 million deaths in the country. The birth rate plummeted, the death rate skyrocketed, but after things stabilized and recovered somewhat there was a huge baby boom starting in the early 60s. As a result, the large bulk of China's population was born after 1962 and the median age is not very high. In about 20 or 30 years China will likely have one of the highest median ages in the world, though.

Jorissie: not so much since they implemented the one child policy in 1979. I'm sure this is what Tempest is referring to.

Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Feb 7, 2019
50.000 babies born every day in China, that's a lot of youngsters.
TomatosRaafatos
+4
Level 74
Aug 1, 2020
Not THAT much relative to the population. That's roughly 4 births a day per 100,000 people.
BlackJohn
+1
Level 76
Sep 25, 2023
Their median age is currently 37-38, on par with the US but their fertility rate is low, especially in the Northeast, therefore it might make the list soon.

Taiwan, on the other hand, is not far off this list, their median age being at 41-42

Maldives
+3
Level 58
Nov 9, 2017
They are all European countries! Except for Japan.
emmaafinke
+1
Level 65
Apr 12, 2024
And South Korea
priamos
+5
Level 63
Nov 9, 2017
Funny quiz. Actually, the European continent has not aged THAT much. A number of post-communist countries in the east have a high median age because young people have emigrated in the search of better jobs in the west. In the west they are not (yet) counted as part of the population because they don't have citizenship.
relessness
+12
Level 47
Nov 9, 2017
They are counted as part of the population of the new country
Djilas
+1
Level 83
Jun 26, 2020
It's not only citizens
MarcusStone
+4
Level 20
Nov 9, 2017
Europe is dying
Maladroit
+22
Level 51
Nov 9, 2017
Apparently not. That's why, of the 20 countries where people live longest from median average, 19 are European. See this quiz.
kalbahamut
+14
Level 81
Nov 9, 2017
right because old people live forever. ::face palm::
carlonian
+6
Level 68
Jun 27, 2022
I wonder how many times a day you facepalm due to the ignorance of people
Stursi
+2
Level 40
Nov 9, 2017
I got all except Japan, and seems that Japan is most guessed one with only 4% not getting it XD
mahble
+2
Level 78
Nov 9, 2017
I did it. 100%. Wow.
ddddan
+3
Level 81
Nov 9, 2017
So any of these would be a "country for old men"?
idontlikeit2
+2
Level 75
Nov 10, 2017
So the secret to living to an old age is to either eat lots of Mediterranean food or drink a lot of alcohol. Oh, and not have wars or immigrants. That's also important.
joeythelemur
+7
Level 83
Apr 11, 2018
More like "don't have many babies" vs. "living to an old age". They just don't have nearly as many young people in these countries today.
GeoDude
+2
Level 47
Mar 18, 2019
It seems like "not having Republicans" also helps
ChipOtley
+2
Level 74
Nov 11, 2017
So what are the factors involved? High life expectancy, emigration of young adults, possibly low population?
relessness
+8
Level 47
Nov 21, 2017
High life expectancy, fertility rate below the country's replacement level, net emigration, or high immigration of old people, poor economic opportunities, being rich for a long period of time (i.e. enough for low fertility rates to have lasted a couple generations). The European countries here tend to be Eastern Europe which have low fertility rates, relatively poor economic opportunities compared to other EU countries, Japan has, much like South Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore etc. very low fertility rates, however is probably the only non-European country not to make the list as the other countries haven't been rich long enough for the fertility rate to make a big enough impact. I'm sure soon there will be many more Asian countries on this list. I'm sure cultural pressures in these countries are making fertility rates so much lower than in Europe as well.
DarthSoto
+1
Level 60
Jun 27, 2022
I think China's population at some point is expected to plateau while India's population will continue to grow and pass China as the world's most populated country
fitheach
+4
Level 58
Aug 3, 2020
Monaco, being a tax haven, is also the playground of the mega-rich, who tend to be older, so it attracts plenty of very rich people who settle there. I suspect that might be a factor with Liechtenstein as well.
Clarkie96
+2
Level 70
Jun 27, 2022
Good point (although their second or third wives probably bring the average age down!!)
antivist
+1
Level 23
Jan 25, 2019
100% at the first try, wow. I figured it would only be Europe and Japan on that list.
FFFantasia
+1
Level 48
Dec 11, 2019
Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia all surprised me, I didn't get them until the very end. I didn't expect them to have a very high age (Especially former Yugoslav countries). Slovenia was expected but Serbia & Croatia surprised me!
Anchi
+5
Level 46
Aug 2, 2020
It's partly to do with low fertility rates and partly with high emigration of younger people due to low economic opportunities but good educational systems.
Malbaby
+2
Level 70
Jun 27, 2020
The secret is to have enough food, good access to medical care, hospitalisation, aged care, minimal opportunity for parasites and diseases to flourish, e.g. malaria, cholera, aids, ebola etc etc. temperate climate, smaller families, no religious fanatics or factions, comfortable living quarters, enough clothes, and good hygiene including toilet habits, bathing and food preparation being most important, honest police, army and government to minimise corruption and a free press......... that's all.
Timman
+1
Level 42
Aug 1, 2020
I’m surprised South Korea, Australia, and the Scandinavian countries weren’t on there. But I did notice if a country was there, the closest neighbor was often there as well, such as Spain and Portugal.
sumokitty
+1
Level 83
Apr 18, 2024
Birth rates are lower in developed countries with higher inequality between the sexes because women have to work outside the home in addition to doing all the housework and childcare (hence South Korea now being on the list).

The Scandinavian countries are generally more equal and encourage fathers to be involved with generous parental leave for both parents. Other social programs make it easier for people to afford to have kids. Their birth rates aren't that much higher than some of the countries on this list, but combined with high life expectancy, it's enough to keep them off it.

ogamer
+1
Level 64
Aug 1, 2020
Quo vadis, Europa?
JackintheBox
+2
Level 79
Aug 1, 2020
I literally typed every country in Europe EXCEPT Bulgaria!! 🤦‍♂️
AbhishekNS
+1
Level 57
Aug 1, 2020
For me it was Austria.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Jan 6, 2021
Got all this time!
JWatson24
+2
Level 71
Aug 1, 2020
What's particularly interesting to me is that, other than Monaco, all of the top 4 countries are also former Axis countries.
ander217
+1
Level 74
Aug 1, 2020
I've got some kind of mental block on Japan. I forget it on every single quiz. No idea why.
Geopro
+1
Level 60
Aug 2, 2020
100% and I got most of them in the last half.
ImAnIdot
+1
Level 43
Jan 30, 2022
Is there an update needed? Cause the Netherlands went up to 43.3 and Czech Republic dropped to 43.2, but I don't know if its that important

Edit: I see that other countries have changed as well

edwardblaha
+1
Level 51
Apr 12, 2022
It seems like maybe some European countries aren't on here because of immigration.
nojik
+2
Level 67
Jun 27, 2022
this is just sad. we are dying.

yet people support abortions

TheOrca
+8
Level 50
Jun 27, 2022
Tbh the situation in countries that have very low average age is worse
Difluzi
+1
Level 81
Apr 28, 2024
Because forcing people to have children that are quite literally unwanted by their parents will make life that much better
Utilisateur12345
+1
Level 48
Jul 23, 2022
Bosnia and Herzegovina is tied with the Czech Republic (both have a median age of 43.3 years). It should be included.
elcampeador
+3
Level 78
Jun 22, 2023
We should just go into the Vatican and ask everyone how old they are... might take about an hour, and it would make the quiz nicer.
clone2k
+1
Level 54
Aug 23, 2023
Aside from Japan, all of those countries are in Europe.
dirkster42
+1
Level 89
Oct 7, 2023
Would have thought China's one-child policy would have upped the median age more.
guigo
+3
Level 69
Apr 11, 2024
Sorry, I can't resist: quite surprising not seeing Antigua and Barbuda on the list...
theenforcer22
+1
Level 66
Apr 12, 2024
Full marks for The Robbster.
Amin1992
+1
Level 33
May 23, 2024
So I see the Mediterranean and East Asian diets are actually doing something then.
cyceryx
+1
Level 47
May 23, 2024
20/20 :3
priamos
+1
Level 63
May 24, 2024
It may be nit-picking, but I wish they would call the quiz Countries with HIGHEST median age. It makes no sense to say "oldest age" just like it makes no sense to say "cheap price".
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