Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Median age > Female

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.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Mauritius	34.4 years	2013
2	Seychelles	34 years	2013
3	South Africa	25.8 years	2013
4	Cape Verde	24.4 years	2013
5	Djibouti	23.7 years	2013
6	Lesotho	23.4 years	2013
7	Botswana	22.7 years	2013
8	Namibia	22.4 years	2013
9	Ghana	21.2 years	2013
10	Swaziland	21.1 years	2013
11	Mauritania	20.7 years	2013
=12	Guinea-Bissau	20.2 years	2013
=12	The Gambia	20.2 years	2013
14	Zimbabwe	20 years	2013
15	Cote d'Ivoire	19.9 years	2013
=16	Equatorial Guinea	19.8 years	2013
=16	Cameroon	19.8 years	2013
=18	Togo	19.7 years	2013
=18	Central African Republic	19.7 years	2013
=20	Comoros	19.6 years	2013
=20	Sierra Leone	19.6 years	2013
22	Eritrea	19.3 years	2013
23	Madagascar	19.2 years	2013
=24	Senegal	19.1 years	2013
=24	Sudan	19.1 years	2013
=26	Kenya	19 years	2013
=26	Rwanda	19 years	2013
=28	Gabon	18.8 years	2013
=28	Guinea	18.8 years	2013
30	Nigeria	18.4 years	2013
=31	Chad	18.1 years	2013
=31	Sao Tome and Principe	18.1 years	2013
=31	Liberia	18.1 years	2013
34	Benin	18 years	2013
=35	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17.9 years	2013
=35	Angola	17.9 years	2013
=37	Somalia	17.6 years	2013
=37	Tanzania	17.6 years	2013
=37	Ethiopia	17.6 years	2013
40	Mozambique	17.5 years	2013
41	Malawi	17.4 years	2013
42	Burundi	17.2 years	2013
43	Burkina Faso	17.1 years	2013
=44	South Sudan	16.8 years	2013
=44	Zambia	16.8 years	2013
46	Mali	16.6 years	2013
47	Uganda	15.5 years	2013
48	Niger	15.1 years	2013

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