The median age is a single indicator of the age distribution of a population - where half the population is older and half is younger than the listed age.
It can help government and private companies plan for age-specific demand for goods and services from the resident population.
In the chart below, Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao visualizes the world’s oldest and youngest countries by median age, based on 2024 estimates from the CIA World Factbook.
It can help government and private companies plan for age-specific demand for goods and services from the resident population.
In the chart below, Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao visualizes the world’s oldest and youngest countries by median age, based on 2024 estimates from the CIA World Factbook.
