Sparsely populated countries Compared by People > Median age > Total
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DEFINITION:
This entry is derived from People > Median age, which is the age that divides a population into two numerically equal groups; that is, half the people are younger than this age and half are older. It is a single index that summarizes the age distribution of a population. Currently, the median age ranges from a low of about 15 in Uganda and Gaza Strip to 40 or more in several European countries and Japan. See the entry for "Age structure" for the importance of a young versus an older age structure and, by implication, a low versus a higher median age.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Finland | 43 years | 2013 | ||
2 | Canada | 41.5 years | 2013 | ||
3 | Norway | 40.6 years | 2013 | ||
4 | Russia | 38.8 years | 2013 | ||
5 | Australia | 38.1 years | 2013 | ||
6 | New Zealand | 37.4 years | 2013 | ||
7 | Iceland | 36.2 years | 2013 | ||
8 | Uruguay | 34.1 years | 2013 | ||
9 | Greenland | 33.6 years | 2013 | ||
10 | Argentina | 31 years | 2013 | ||
11 | New Caledonia | 30.7 years | 2013 | ||
12 | Kazakhstan | 29.5 years | 2013 | ||
13 | Suriname | 28.2 years | 2013 | ||
14 | Libya | 27.1 years | 2013 | ||
15 | Algeria | 27 years | 2013 | ||
16 | Mongolia | 26.9 years | 2013 | ||
17 | Paraguay | 26.3 years | 2013 | ||
18 | Turkmenistan | 26.2 years | 2013 | ||
19 | Saudi Arabia | 26 years | 2013 | ||
20 | Bhutan | 25.7 years | 2013 | ||
21 | Oman | 24.7 years | 2013 | ||
22 | Guyana | 24.5 years | 2013 | ||
23 | Bolivia | 23.1 years | 2013 | ||
24 | Botswana | 22.7 years | 2013 | ||
25 | Namibia | 22.4 years | 2013 | ||
26 | Papua New Guinea | 22.2 years | 2013 | ||
27 | Belize | 21.5 years | 2013 | ||
28 | Solomon Islands | 21.3 years | 2013 | ||
29 | Western Sahara | 20.6 years | 2013 | ||
30 | Mauritania | 19.8 years | 2013 | ||
31 | Central African Republic | 19.3 years | 2013 | ||
32 | Sudan | 18.9 years | 2013 | ||
33 | Gabon | 18.6 years | 2013 | ||
=34 | Somalia | 17.7 years | 2013 | ||
=34 | Angola | 17.7 years | 2013 | ||
36 | Chad | 17 years | 2013 | ||
37 | Zambia | 16.7 years | 2013 | ||
38 | South Sudan | 16.6 years | 2013 | ||
39 | Mali | 16 years | 2013 | ||
40 | Niger | 15 years | 2013 |