Mapped: The 10 Hottest and Coldest Countries in the World

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Mapped: The 10 Hottest and Coldest Countries in the World

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This visualization shows the world’s hottest and coldest countries (and some territories) by their average temperature in 2022. Data for both the graphic and article has been sourced from the World Bank, accessed via Trading Economics.

Ranked: Average Temperature in 2022, by Country or Territory

Burkina Faso’s average annual temperature stands just past 29 °C (84.7 °F), making it the hottest country by this metric.

RankCountryAverage Temperature
(2022, °C)Average Temperature
(2022, °F) 1🇧🇫 Burkina Faso29.384.7 2🇲🇱 Mali29.284.6 3🇶🇦 Qatar29.184.4 4🇸🇳 Senegal29.084.2 5🇦🇪 UAE28.984.0 6🇲🇷 Mauritania28.984.0 7🇧🇭 Bahrain28.883.8 8🇦🇼 Aruba28.883.8 9🇩🇯 Djibouti28.683.5 10🇬🇲 Gambia28.583.3 11🇧🇯 Benin28.182.6 12🇲🇻 Maldives28.182.6 13🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau28.182.6 14🇰🇾 Cayman Islands28.082.4 15🇴🇲 Oman27.982.2 16🇲🇭 Marshall Islands27.982.2 17🇰🇮 Kiribati27.882.0 18🇬🇭 Ghana27.781.9 19🇸🇬 Singapore27.781.9 20🇳🇪 Niger27.681.7 21🇰🇼 Kuwait27.681.7 22🇸🇩 Sudan27.681.7 23🇬🇺 Guam27.581.5 24🇵🇼 Palau27.581.5 25🇼🇸 Samoa27.581.5 26🇹🇬 Togo27.581.5 27🇫🇲 Micronesia27.581.5 28🇰🇳 St Kitts & Nevis27.381.1 29🇦🇸 American Samoa27.381.1 30🇹🇩 Chad27.381.1 31🇰🇭 Cambodia27.381.1 32🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands27.381.1 33🇱🇰 Sri Lanka27.281.0 34🇳🇬 Nigeria27.281.0 35🇸🇨 Seychelles27.180.8 36🇸🇴 Somalia27.180.8 37🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda27.180.8 38🇨🇮 Ivory Coast26.880.2 39🇻🇮 Virgin Islands26.880.2 40🇱🇨 St Lucia26.880.2 41🇹🇭 Thailand26.880.2 42🇩🇲 Dominica26.780.1 43🇸🇱 Sierra Leone26.679.9 44🇵🇭 Philippines26.679.9 45🇸🇷 Suriname26.579.7 46🇪🇷 Eritrea26.579.7 47🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia26.579.7 48🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago26.579.7 49🇧🇧 Barbados26.579.7 50🇲🇾 Malaysia26.479.5 51🇬🇩 Grenada26.379.3 52🇬🇾 Guyana26.279.2 53🇨🇺 Cuba26.179.0 54🇧🇸 Bahamas26.179.0 55🇯🇲 Jamaica26.078.8 56🇻🇨 St Vincent & the Grenadines26.078.8 57🇮🇩 Indonesia26.078.8 58🇬🇳

Map: The World’s Oldest and Youngest Countries, by Median Age

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Mapped: The World’s Oldest and Youngest Countries

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We visualize the world’s oldest and youngest countries by median age, based on 2024 estimates from the CIA World Factbook.

ℹ️ 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.

Ranked: Countries by Median Age in 2024

Monaco and Japan—two countries with high life expectancies and low birth rates—have some of the highest median ages (50+) in the world.

A high median age is indicative of an aging population. Without policy support, this can lead to economic ramifications.

Here are the median ages of 200+ countries and territories in the world.

RankCountry/TerritoryMedian Age 1🇲🇨 Monaco57 2🇵🇲 Saint Pierre & Miquelon51 3🇯🇵 Japan50 4🇦🇩 Andorra49 5🇮🇹 Italy48 6🇧🇱 Saint Barthelemy47 7🇭🇰 Hong Kong47 8🇪🇸 Spain47 9🇩🇪 Germany47 10🇬🇷 Greece47 11🇵🇹 Portugal46 12🇸🇮 Slovenia46 13🇵🇷 Puerto Rico46 14🇸🇲 San Marino46 15🇰🇷 South Korea46 16🇷🇴 Romania46 17🇱🇻 Latvia46 18🇱🇹 Lithuania45 19🇧🇬 Bulgaria45 20🇭🇷 Croatia45 21🇸🇭 Saint Helena45 22🇪🇪 Estonia45 23🇬🇬 Guernsey45 24🇦🇹 Austria45 25🇺🇦 Ukraine45 26🇮🇲 Isle of Man45 27🇭🇺 Hungary45 28🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina45 29🇹🇼 Taiwan45 30🇱🇮 Liechtenstein44 31🇨🇿 Czechia44 32🇨🇭 Switzerland44 33🇷🇸 Serbia44 34🇧🇲 Bermuda44 35🇲🇹 Malta44 36🇫🇮 Finland43 37🇻🇮 Virgin Islands43 38🇵🇱 Poland43 39🇸🇰 Slovakia43 40🇨🇦 Canada43 41🇫🇷 France43 42🇨🇺 Cuba43 43🇲🇴 Macau43 44🇳🇱 Netherlands42 45🇩🇰 Denmark42 46🇧🇾

Which Countries Have the Highest Infant Mortality Rates?

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Which Countries Have the Highest Infant Mortality Rates?

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We visualized the top 15 countries with the highest infant mortality rates, according to 2023 estimates from the CIA World Factbook. It is measured as the number of infant deaths under the age of one, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

ℹ️ Comoros has been excluded from the map for visibility reasons.

Infant mortality rates are generally regarded as the barometer of an overall population’s health. A higher rate indicates unmet needs of a population, especially with regards to food availability and sanitation.

Ranked: Countries With the Highest Infant Mortality Rates

Afghanistan currently has the highest infant mortality rate in the world at 103 deaths per 1,000 babies born. Decades of conflict have pushed the country to the brink and a prolonged drought since 2021 has made food more scarce.

RankCountryRegionInfant Mortality Rate (2023) 1🇦🇫 AfghanistanAsia103.1 2🇸🇴 SomaliaAfrica85.1 3🇨🇫 Central African RepublicAfrica81.7 4🇬🇶 Equatorial GuineaAfrica77.9 5🇸🇱 Sierra LeoneAfrica72.3 6🇳🇪 NigerAfrica65.5 7🇹🇩 ChadAfrica64.0 8🇸🇸 South SudanAfrica61.6 9🇲🇿 MozambiqueAfrica59.8 10🇨🇩 DRCAfrica59.1 11🇲🇱 MaliAfrica59.0 12🇦🇴 AngolaAfrica57.2 13🇱🇷 LiberiaAfrica56.1 14🇰🇲 ComorosAfrica56.0 15🇳🇬 NigeriaAfrica55.2 N/A🌐 WorldWorld28.0

Meanwhile, the other 14 countries on this list are all from Sub-Saharan Africa. Some of them are also experiencing civil unrest, a breakdown of state machinery, and high undernourishment rates.

While this is concerning, Africa’s infant mortality rate as a whole has improved tremendously in the last seven decades. Between 1950–2024, the continent’s average fell 73% to 41 deaths per 1,000 births.

Expansion of healthcare, improving nutrition, access to clean drinking water, and mass immunization programs are some of the reasons behind this massive decline.

Estimates assume Africa’s infant mortality rate will improve further to 25 per 1,000 live births by 2050—which is roughly the same as Asia today.