Africa is old but young, the median age in Africa is 21 years old.

Madagascar's median age is 20.3, the 35th youngest country in the world

The average age of the world's population is 29.6 years with Niger being the youngest in the world at 14.8 years and Monaco on the French Riviera at 55.4 years old.

Niger average age is 14.8, the youngest African country and the youngest country in the world. The African islands of Seychelles is the oldest African country with an average age of 36.8.

Worlds top ten youngest countries	Median Age
Niger	14.8
Uganda	15.7
Angola	15.9
Mali	16
Chad	16.1
Democratic Republic of the Congo	16.7
Malawi	16.8
Zambia	16.8
Mozambique	17
Benin	17

The African land is billions of years old but the population age is young, very young in fact averaging 21 years old with a high average life expectancy median age of 64.5 years. There are 226 countries in the world; Africa has 26 countries in the top 30 youngest countries in the world by population age.

List of African countries by median age.

Youngest Age Rank	African County	Average Age
1	Niger	14.8
2	Uganda	15.7
3	Angola	15.9
4	Mali	16
5	Chad	16.1
6	Democratic Republic of the Congo	16.7
7	Malawi	16.8
8	Zambia	16.8
9	Mozambique	17
10	Benin	17
11	Burundi	17.7
12	Burkina Faso	17.8
13	Liberia	18
14	Guinea Bissau	18
16	Tanzania	18.2
17	Sudan	18.3
18	Somalia	18.5
19	Cameroon	18.5
20	South Sudan	18.6
21	Nigeria	18.6
22	Sierra Leone	19.1
23	Guinea	19.1
24	Sao Tome and Principe	19.3
25	Senegal	19.3
26	Republic of the Congo	19.5
29	Rwanda	19.7
31	Ethiopia	19.8
32	Togo	20
33	Kenya	20
34	Central African Republic	20
35	Madagascar	20.3
36	Eritrea	20.3
37	Equatorial Guinea	20.3
38	Cote d'Ivoire	20.3
39	Zimbabwe	20.5
41	Mauritania	21
42	Gabon	21
44	Ghana	21.4
45	Namibia	21.8
46	Gambia, The	21.8
54	Eswatini	23.7
62	Egypt	24.1
64	Lesotho	24.7
65	Djibouti	24.9
71	Botswana	25.7
72	Libya	25.8
77	Cabo Verde	26.8
86	South Africa	28
89	Algeria	28.9
91	Morocco	29.1
121	Tunisia	32.7
148	Mauritius	36.2
152	Seychelles	36.7
167	United States	38.5
225	Japan	48.6
226	Monaco	55.4

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