--- title: "As Trump turns 80, who are the oldest – and youngest – current world leaders?" description: "As Trump turns 80, only 16 of 186 national leaders are older. The median leader age is 63, while Nepal's 36-year-old PM is the youngest." date: "2026-06-09" authors: - name: "Jenn Hatfield" job_title: "Writer/Editor" link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/jenn-hatfield/" - name: "Sofia Hernandez Ramones" job_title: "Research Assistant" link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/sofia-hernandez-ramones/" - name: "Laura Silver" job_title: "Associate Director, Global Attitudes Research" link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/laura-silver/" - name: "Anna Jackson" job_title: "Editorial Specialist" link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/anna-jackson/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/06/09/as-trump-turns-80-who-are-the-oldest-and-youngest-current-world-leaders/" categories: - "Age & Generations" - "Donald Trump" - "Generations, Age & Politics" - "World Leaders" --- # As Trump turns 80, who are the oldest – and youngest – current world leaders? ![Pew Research Center illustration showing (from left) Nepal Prime Minister Balen Shah, Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Argentina President Javier Milei, Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum, Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine, U.S. President Donald Trump and Cameroon President Paul Biya. (Getty Images; AFP and Andalou via Getty Images)](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2026/06/SR_26.06.09_world-leader-age_featured.png?w=640) As U.S. President Donald Trump approaches his 80th birthday on June 14, he is among the oldest national leaders in the world, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of current leaders in 186 United Nations member states. **Just 16 of the 186 current national leaders are older than Trump.** The oldest leaders are Cameroon President [Paul Biya](https://www.prc.cm/en/the-president/biography), who is 93, and Saudi Arabia King [Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud](https://www.cnn.com/world/middleeast/king-salman-bin-abdulaziz-al-saud-fast-facts), who is 90. Biya has held the presidency for nearly 44 years – longer than 13 current national leaders have been alive – and Al Saud has been king since 2015. **Many of the world’s oldest leaders are in African countries.** In addition to Biya, the leaders of Malawi, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Zimbabwe, the Republic of the Congo and Uganda are all among the 10 oldest leaders. ### Donald Trump is among the world’s 20 oldest national leaders *Country leader’s age* | Country | Leader | Age, as of June 14 | | --- | --- | --- | | Cameroon | Paul Biya | 93.336 | | Saudi Arabia | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | 90.456 | | Malawi | Peter Mutharika | 85.906 | | Kuwait | Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | 85.714 | | Ivory Coast | Alassane Ouattara | 84.453 | | Equatorial Guinea | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | 84.025 | | Zimbabwe | Emmerson Mnangagwa | 83.747 | | Peru | José María Balcázar | 83.408 | | Congo, Republic | Denis Sassou Nguesso | 82.558 | | Uganda | Yoweri Museveni | 81.747 | | Liberia | Joseph Boakai | 81.539 | | Liechtenstein | Hans-Adam II | 81.333 | | Brazil | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 80.631 | | Laos | Thongloun Sisoulith | 80.594 | | Algeria | Abdelmadjid Tebboune | 80.575 | | Eritrea | Isaias Afwerki | 80.367 | | United States | Donald Trump | 80 | | Brunei | Hassanal Bolkiah | 79.914 | | Mauritius | Navin Ramgoolam | 78.917 | | Malaysia | Anwar Ibrahim | 78.844 | | Djibouti | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh | 78.547 | | Fiji | Sitiveni Rabuka | 77.753 | | Israel | Benjamin Netanyahu | 76.647 | | East Timor | José Ramos-Horta | 76.467 | | Bahrain | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | 76.378 | | India | Narendra Modi | 75.742 | | Marshall Islands | Hilda Heine | 75.189 | | Bahamas | Philip Davis | 75.019 | | Nicaragua | Rosario Murillo, Daniel Ortega | 74.978 | | South Sudan | Salva Kiir Mayardit | 74.753 | | Pakistan | Shehbaz Sharif | 74.725 | | Indonesia | Prabowo Subianto | 74.658 | | Nigeria | Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu | 74.208 | | Trinidad and Tobago | Kamla Persad-Bissessar | 74.144 | | Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon | 73.692 | | Russia | Vladimir Putin | 73.686 | | Namibia | Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah | 73.625 | | South Africa | Cyril Ramaphosa | 73.575 | | Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 73.075 | | China | Xi Jinping | 72.997 | | Suriname | Jennifer Geerlings-Simons | 72.775 | | Lebanon | Nawaf Salam | 72.497 | | Yemen | Rashad al-Alimi | 72.414 | | Turkey | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 72.3 | | Angola | João Lourenço | 72.275 | | Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 71.789 | | Czech Republic | Andrej BabiÅ¡ | 71.783 | | St. Lucia | Philip J. Pierre | 71.739 | | Egypt | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | 71.569 | | Oman | Haitham bin Tariq | 70.675 | | Germany | Friedrich Merz | 70.592 | | Myanmar | Min Aung Hlaing | 69.947 | | Mauritania | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani | 69.533 | | Central African Republic | Faustin-Archange Touadéra | 69.147 | | Poland | Donald Tusk | 69.144 | | Vietnam | Tô Lâm | 68.928 | | Uzbekistan | Shavkat Mirziyoyev | 68.889 | | Philippines | Bongbong Marcos | 68.753 | | Rwanda | Paul Kagame | 68.642 | | Tunisia | Kais Saied | 68.311 | | Monaco | Albert II | 68.25 | | Lesotho | Sam Matekane | 68.247 | | Honduras | Nasry Asfura | 68.017 | | Slovenia | Janez JanÅ¡a | 67.742 | | Guatemala | Bernardo Arévalo | 67.686 | | Ghana | John Mahama | 67.542 | | Comoros | Azali Assoumani | 67.453 | | Libya | Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh | 67.336 | | Panama | José Raúl Mulino | 67.003 | | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Godwin Friday | 66.711 | | Switzerland | Guy Parmelin | 66.597 | | Tanzania | Samia Suluhu Hassan | 66.381 | | Austria | Christian Stocker | 66.233 | | Colombia | Gustavo Petro | 66.153 | | Cuba | Miguel Díaz-Canel | 66.15 | | Sudan | Abdel Fattah al-Burhan | 65.925 | | Belize | Johnny Briceño | 65.908 | | Ireland | Micheál Martin | 65.869 | | Norway | Jonas Gahr Støre | 65.803 | | Kiribati | Taneti Maamau | 65.744 | | Japan | Sanae Takaichi | 65.269 | | United Arab Emirates | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 65.258 | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Borjana KriÅ¡to | 64.836 | | Micronesia, Federated States | Wesley Simina | 64.761 | | Azerbaijan | Ilham Aliyev | 64.472 | | Jordan | Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein | 64.372 | | Cape Verde | Ulisses Correia e Silva | 64.028 | | Zambia | Hakainde Hichilema | 64.028 | | Mexico | Claudia Sheinbaum | 63.972 | | United Kingdom | Keir Starmer | 63.783 | | Tuvalu | Feleti Teo | 63.681 | | Australia | Anthony Albanese | 63.283 | | Congo, Democratic Republic | Félix Tshisekedi | 63.003 | | Bulgaria | Rumen Radev | 62.989 | | Morocco | Mohammed VI | 62.814 | | Luxembourg | Luc Frieden | 62.744 | | Seychelles | Patrick Herminie | 62.728 | | Serbia | Djuro Macut | 62.561 | | Sweden | Ulf Kristersson | 62.458 | | Moldova | Alexandru Munteanu | 62.4 | | Sierra Leone | Julius Maada Bio | 62.089 | | Lithuania | Gitanas Nausėda | 62.069 | | Albania | Edi Rama | 61.944 | | Slovakia | Robert Fico | 61.747 | | South Korea | Lee Jae Myung | 61.478 | | Gambia | Adama Barrow | 61.331 | | Canada | Mark Carney | 61.244 | | Bhutan | Tshering Tobgay | 60.736 | | Barbados | Mia Mottley | 60.703 | | Bangladesh | Tarique Rahman | 60.567 | | Chile | José Antonio Kast Rist | 60.406 | | Samoa | LaÊ»auli Leuatea Schmidt | 60.167 | | Togo | Faure Gnassingbe | 60.022 | | Thailand | Anutin Charnvirakul | 59.753 | | Kenya | William Ruto | 59.481 | | Antigua and Barbuda | Gaston Browne | 59.347 | | Uruguay | Yamandu Orsi | 59.003 | | Dominican Republic | Luis Abinader | 58.922 | | Bolivia | Rodrigo Paz Pereira | 58.728 | | Greece | Kyriakos Mitsotakis | 58.278 | | Eswatini | Mswati III | 58.153 | | Solomon Islands | Matthew Wale | 58.003 | | Burundi | Évariste Ndayishimiye | 57.992 | | Palau | Surangel Whipps Jr. | 57.847 | | Sri Lanka | Anura Kumara Dissanayake | 57.556 | | Kyrgyzstan | Sadyr Japarov | 57.522 | | Romania | Ilie Bolojan | 57.242 | | Venezuela | Delcy Rodríguez | 57.072 | | Iran | Mojtaba Khamenei | 56.767 | | Finland | Petteri Orpo | 56.614 | | Nauru | David Adeang | 56.556 | | Botswana | Duma Boko | 56.456 | | Croatia | Andrej Plenković | 56.183 | | New Zealand | Christopher Luxon | 55.903 | | Argentina | Javier Milei | 55.644 | | Belgium | Bart De Wever | 55.481 | | Papua New Guinea | James Marape | 55.139 | | Haiti | Alix Didier Fils-Aimé | 54.583 | | Spain | Pedro Sánchez | 54.289 | | Dominica | Roosevelt Skerrit | 54.017 | | Jamaica | Andrew Holness | 53.894 | | Vanuatu | Jotham Napat | 53.853 | | Singapore | Lawrence Wong | 53.489 | | Portugal | Luis Montenegro | 53.328 | | Cyprus | Nikos Christodoulides | 52.522 | | Gabon | Brice Oligui Nguema | 51.281 | | Armenia | Nikol Pashinyan | 51.036 | | Estonia | Kristen Michal | 50.922 | | Benin | Romuald Wadagni | 49.983 | | Ethiopia | Abiy Ahmed | 49.831 | | St. Kitts and Nevis | Terrance Drew | 49.561 | | Mozambique | Daniel Chapo | 49.439 | | Italy | Giorgia Meloni | 49.414 | | North Macedonia | Hristijan Mickoski | 48.708 | | Grenada | Dickon Mitchell | 48.683 | | Cambodia | Hun Manet | 48.65 | | Denmark | Mette Frederiksen | 48.569 | | Malta | Robert Abela | 48.519 | | France | Emmanuel Macron | 48.481 | | Ukraine | Volodymyr Zelenskyy | 48.386 | | Maldives | Mohamed Muizzu | 47.997 | | Georgia | Irakli Kobakhidze | 47.719 | | Paraguay | Santiago Peña | 47.578 | | Latvia | Andris Kulbergs | 47.05 | | Andorra | Xavier Espot Zamora | 46.622 | | Senegal | Bassirou Diomaye Faye | 46.219 | | Guyana | Irfaan Ali | 46.136 | | Qatar | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | 46.031 | | Hungary | Péter Magyar | 45.244 | | El Salvador | Nayib Bukele | 44.889 | | Turkmenistan | Serdar Berdimuhamedow | 44.728 | | North Korea | Kim Jong-un | 44.433 | | Syria | Ahmed al-Sharaa | 43.625 | | Mali | Assimi Goïta | 42.597 | | Chad | Mahamat Déby | 42.194 | | Guinea | Mamady Doumbouya | 41.525 | | Tonga | Fatafehi Fakafānua | 41.233 | | Iraq | Ali al-Zaidi | 40.119 | | Costa Rica | Laura Fernández Delgado | 39.944 | | Mongolia | Nyam-Osoryn Uchral | 39.45 | | Netherlands | Rob Jetten | 39.219 | | Montenegro | Milojko Spajić | 38.722 | | Ecuador | Daniel Noboa | 38.539 | | Burkina Faso | Ibrahim Traoré | 38.25 | | Iceland | Kristrún Frostadóttir | 38.089 | | Nepal | Balendra Shah | 36.131 | Note: Ages are as of June 14, 2026. Data is available for 186 of 193 UN member states. Source: Pew Research Center analysis of government biographies and regional news articles. **About this research** Pew Research Center analyzed the ages of national leaders around the world ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday on June 14. #### **Why did we do this?** Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers understand important topics. This research builds on our previous work about [political leadership](https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/international-affairs/world-leaders/) around the world, including a look at the [oldest and youngest national leaders](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/05/01/as-biden-and-trump-seek-reelection-who-are-the-oldest-and-youngest-current-world-leaders/) ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. #### How did we do this? We identified the birthdates of the current heads of government in 186 countries that are member states of the United Nations using government biographies and regional news articles. This analysis is based on their ages as of June 14, 2026. This analysis focuses mostly on heads of government as defined by a country’s political system or constitution. In some cases, we determined the national leader based on which executive has the power to appoint or dismiss the nominal head of government. We included acting or interim leaders in a few cases, but not leaders-elect who have yet to take office as of June 14. We excluded six UN member states because their leader’s exact birth date could not be determined: Afghanistan, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, and Somalia. We also excluded San Marino, which is led by [two captains regent](https://www.sanmarinosite.com/en/institutions/regents/) who share power equally. For Nicaragua, which has been led by [two co-presidents](https://apnews.com/article/nicaragua-daniel-ortega-rosario-murillo-b5f119ea8bee27c48b2fdd70710c70dd) since 2025, we included the birthdate for Rosario Murillo since she was installed most recently. Seven of the world’s 10 oldest leaders are also in countries that [Freedom House](https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2026) categorizes as “not free,” based on the political rights and civil liberties people have there. On the other end of the spectrum, the youngest national leader is 36-year-old [Balen Shah](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/27/nepals-youngest-premier-sworn-in-after-releasing-new-rap-song-about-unity), who became prime minister of Nepal in March after [youth-led protests](https://apnews.com/article/nepal-election-balen-shah-prime-minister-youth-ea32dc4500a26e4f8abf046af7614dda) helped oust the previous government. Shah, who is also a rap artist, [counts TikTok and YouTube](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/nepal-pm-balens-key-income-sources-youtube-tiktok-spotify-itunes/articleshow/130241610.cms) among his primary income sources, and he released a song on social media about national unity the day before he was sworn in. Shah and 38-year-old Iceland Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir are both younger than Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré, who was the youngest national leader [when we last did this analysis](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/05/01/as-biden-and-trump-seek-reelection-who-are-the-oldest-and-youngest-current-world-leaders/) in May 2024. (Traoré, also 38, is two months older than Frostadóttir.) **The median age of all national leaders in our analysis is 63.** About two-thirds are in their 40s, 50s or 60s. (Read “[About this research](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/06/09/as-trump-turns-80-who-are-the-oldest-and-youngest-current-world-leaders/#atr)” to learn how we defined the leader of each country.) ### Globally, a third of national leaders are in their 60s *Number of countries whose leader is in their ...* | Decade | Number of leaders | | --- | --- | | 90s | 2 | | 80s | 15 | | 70s | 34 | | 60s | 62 | | 50s | 35 | | 40s | 30 | | 30s | 8 | Note: Ages are as of June 14, 2026. Data is available for 186 of 193 UN member states. Source: Pew Research Center analysis of government biographies and regional news articles. #### How Americans think about U.S. presidents’ ages In a [2023 Pew Research Center survey](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/07/06/about-half-of-americans-say-the-best-age-for-a-us-president-is-in-their-50s/), the largest share of Americans (49%) said the ideal age for a U.S. president is in their 50s. Another 24% prefer someone in their 60s, and just 3% said it’s best for a president to be in their 70s or older. In addition, a large majority of Americans (79%) support age limits for elected officials in Washington, D.C., according to [another 2023 Center survey](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/04/most-americans-favor-maximum-age-limits-for-federal-elected-officials-supreme-court-justices/). Currently, there is no maximum age for these officials, and changing this would likely require amending the Constitution.