What is the median age in United Arab Emirates?

31.6 years in 2024, by the UN World Population Prospects 2024. Half of the people in United Arab Emirates are younger than 31.6 and half are older. The median is not the average age; it is the midpoint, so a handful of very old people do not move it.

Is United Arab Emirates's population young or old?

Older than most. United Arab Emirates is 1.0 years above the world median of 30.6, and ranks 89th oldest of the 193 countries here. The youngest country, Central African Republic, has a median of 14.4; the oldest, Japan, 49.4.

How does United Arab Emirates compare to Guam?

Guam has a median age of 31.3, 0.3 years younger than United Arab Emirates. The two sit next to each other in the ranking, at 105th and 104th youngest.

Median age in United Arab Emirates

The median age in United Arab Emirates is 31.6 years (2024): half the population is older, half younger. That is 1.0 years older than the world median of 30.6, and makes United Arab Emirates the 89th oldest of 193 countries.

Key numbers

Median age

31.6 yrs

2024

vs world

+1.0 yrs

world 30.6

Oldest rank

89 of 193

1 = oldest

Youngest rank

105 of 193

1 = youngest

Life expectancy

82.9 yrs

at birth, 2023

United Arab Emirates among its neighbours

Ranking neighbours (three on each side) plus every Asia country in our data, youngest first
#	Country	Median age	vs world	Region
11	Afghanistan	17.1	-13.5	Asia
25	Yemen	18.3	-12.3	Asia
40	Palestine	19.9	-10.7	Asia
42	Pakistan	20.4	-10.2	Asia
45	Iraq	20.6	-10.0	Asia
50	Timor-Leste	21.3	-9.3	Asia
53	Tajikistan	22.1	-8.5	Asia
57	Syria	22.8	-7.8	Asia
64	Jordan	24.5	-6.1	Asia
65	Laos	24.6	-6.0	Asia
68	Nepal	25.0	-5.6	Asia
69	Kyrgyzstan	25.3	-5.3	Asia
71	Bangladesh	25.7	-4.9	Asia
72	Philippines	25.7	-4.9	Asia
74	Cambodia	26.0	-4.6	Asia
77	Turkmenistan	26.6	-4.0	Asia
78	Mongolia	26.9	-3.7	Asia
79	Uzbekistan	27.0	-3.6	Asia
86	India	28.4	-2.2	Asia
89	Lebanon	28.6	-2.0	Asia
91	Israel	29.2	-1.4	Asia
95	Oman	29.5	-1.1	Asia
96	Kazakhstan	29.6	-1.0	Asia
97	Saudi Arabia	29.6	-1.0	Asia
98	Myanmar	29.8	-0.8	Asia
100	Bhutan	29.9	-0.7	Asia
102	Indonesia	30.1	-0.5	Asia
103	Malaysia	30.5	-0.1	Asia
104	Guam	31.3	+0.7	Oceania
105	United Arab Emirates	31.6	+1.0	Asia
106	Maldives	31.9	+1.3	Asia
107	Colombia	32.0	+1.4	Americas
108	Kosovo	32.0	+1.4	Europe
109	Brunei	32.2	+1.6	Asia
113	Vietnam	32.9	+2.3	Asia
115	Azerbaijan	33.1	+2.5	Asia
116	Sri Lanka	33.1	+2.5	Asia
117	Bahrain	33.2	+2.6	Asia
118	Iran	33.4	+2.8	Asia
119	Qatar	33.5	+2.9	Asia
127	Kuwait	34.8	+4.2	Asia
130	Singapore	35.6	+5.0	Asia
132	Armenia	36.1	+5.5	Asia
134	North Korea	36.3	+5.7	Asia
137	Georgia	37.0	+6.4	Asia
147	Macao	38.9	+8.3	Asia
150	China	39.6	+9.0	Asia
156	Thailand	40.1	+9.5	Asia
180	Taiwan	44.2	+13.6	Asia
184	South Korea	45.0	+14.4	Asia
191	Hong Kong	46.8	+16.2	Asia
193	Japan	49.4	+18.8	Asia

In plain language

Line up everyone in United Arab Emirates by age. The person in the middle is 31.6. That is the median: it says nothing about how old the oldest are or how many babies were born last year, only where the midpoint falls.

A median of 31.6 is older than the world's 30.6. For scale, the youngest country here, Central African Republic, has a median of 14.4 and the oldest, Japan, 49.4. Life expectancy at birth in United Arab Emirates is 82.9 years, so a person at the median age has, on a rough reckoning, about 51.3 years ahead of them.

The 2024figure is the UN's medium-variant number; its estimates end in 2023. For a year this close the projection barely differs from an estimate, since everyone counted has already been born.

Questions

What is the median age in United Arab Emirates?: 31.6 years in 2024, by the UN World Population Prospects 2024. Half of the people in United Arab Emirates are younger than 31.6 and half are older. The median is not the average age; it is the midpoint, so a handful of very old people do not move it.
Is United Arab Emirates's population young or old?: Older than most. United Arab Emirates is 1.0 years above the world median of 30.6, and ranks 89th oldest of the 193 countries here. The youngest country, Central African Republic, has a median of 14.4; the oldest, Japan, 49.4.
How does United Arab Emirates compare to Guam?: Guam has a median age of 31.3, 0.3 years younger than United Arab Emirates. The two sit next to each other in the ranking, at 105th and 104th youngest.

Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024, median age in 2024 (medium variant), via Our World in Data (fetched 2026-10-26).

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Median age in United Arab Emirates