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People Statistics > Median age > Female (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Monaco: 47.5 years  2008 Time series
# 2   Japan: 45.7 years  2008 Time series
# 3   Germany: 44.7 years  2008 Time series
# 4   Italy: 44.4 years  2008 Time series
= 5   Bulgaria: 43.4 years  2008 Time series
= 5   Finland: 43.4 years  2008 Time series
# 7   Estonia: 43.2 years  2008 Time series
# 8   Jersey: 43.1 years  2008 Time series
= 9   Guernsey: 43 years  2008 Time series
= 9   Latvia: 43 years  2008 Time series
# 11   Slovenia: 42.9 years  2008 Time series
# 12   Austria: 42.8 years  2008 Time series
# 13   Belgium: 42.7 years  2008 Time series
= 14   Croatia: 42.6 years  2008 Time series
= 14   Greece: 42.6 years  2008 Time series
# 16   Ukraine: 42.5 years  2008 Time series
# 17   Sweden: 42.4 years  2008 Time series
# 18   Spain: 42.1 years  2008 Time series
# 19   Hong Kong: 42 years  2008 Time series
= 20   Bermuda: 41.8 years  2008 Time series
= 20   Hungary: 41.8 years  2008 Time series
# 22   Switzerland: 41.7 years  2008 Time series
= 23   Czech Republic: 41.6 years  2008 Time series
= 23   Lithuania: 41.6 years  2008 Time series
= 23   San Marino: 41.6 years  2008 Time series
# 26   Russia: 41.4 years  2008 Time series
= 27   Belarus: 41.3 years  2008 Time series
= 27   Portugal: 41.3 years  2008 Time series
= 27   Man, Isle of: 41.3 years  2008 Time series
= 30   Canada: 41.2 years  2008 Time series
= 30   Denmark: 41.2 years  2008 Time series
= 32   Liechtenstein: 41 years  2008 Time series
= 32   United Kingdom: 41 years  2008 Time series
# 34   Netherlands: 40.9 years  2008 Time series
= 35   Gibraltar: 40.7 years  2008 Time series
= 35   Georgia: 40.7 years  2008 Time series
= 35   France: 40.7 years  2008 Time series
# 38   Malta: 40.6 years  2008 Time series
# 39   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 40.5 years  2008 Time series
# 40   Luxembourg: 40 years  2008 Time series
# 41   Norway: 39.9 years  2008 Time series
# 42   Poland: 39.5 years  2008 Time series
# 43   Aruba: 39.3 years  2008 Time series
= 44   Virgin Islands: 39 years  2008 Time series
= 44   Serbia and Montenegro: 39 years  2008 Time series
# 46   Singapore: 38.8 years  2008 Time series
# 47   Romania: 38.7 years  2008 Time series
# 48   Andorra: 38.6 years  2008 Time series
= 49   Slovakia: 38.2 years  2008 Time series
= 49   Cayman Islands: 38.2 years  2008 Time series
# 51   United States: 38.1 years  2008 Time series
= 52   Australia: 37.9 years  2008 Time series
= 52   Korea, South: 37.9 years  2008 Time series
= 54   Cuba: 37.5 years  2008 Time series
= 54   Faroe Islands: 37.5 years  2008 Time series
# 56   Puerto Rico: 37.3 years  2008 Time series
# 57   New Zealand: 37.1 years  2008 Time series
# 58   Saint Helena: 37 years  2008 Time series
# 59   Taiwan: 36.6 years  2008 Time series
= 60   Barbados: 36.4 years  2008 Time series
= 60   Cyprus: 36.4 years  2008 Time series
= 60   Moldova: 36.4 years  2008 Time series
# 63   Macedonia, Republic of: 35.8 years  2008 Time series
# 64   Ireland: 35.4 years  2008 Time series
= 65   Iceland: 35.3 years  2008 Time series
= 65   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 35.3 years  2008 Time series
# 67   Netherlands Antilles: 35.2 years  2008 Time series
# 68   Martinique: 34.8 years  2006 Time series
# 69   Uruguay: 34.6 years  2008 Time series
# 70   Macau: 34.5 years  2008 Time series
= 71   China: 34.2 years  2008 Time series
= 71   Korea, North: 34.2 years  2008 Time series
# 73   Armenia: 34 years  2008 Time series
# 74   Thailand: 33.7 years  2008 Time series
# 75   Anguilla: 33.4 years  2008 Time series
# 76   Guadeloupe: 33.2 years  2006 Time series
# 77   Trinidad and Tobago: 32.8 years  2008 Time series
# 78   Mauritius: 32.3 years  2008 Time series
# 79   Chile: 32.1 years  2008 Time series
# 80   British Virgin Islands: 31.9 years  2008 Time series
# 81   Greenland: 31.8 years  2008 Time series
# 82   Sri Lanka: 31.4 years  2008 Time series
# 83   Palau: 31.3 years  2008 Time series
# 84   Kazakhstan: 31.1 years  2008 Time series
= 85   Argentina: 30.8 years  2008 Time series
= 85   Antigua and Barbuda: 30.8 years  2008 Time series
= 87   Saint Lucia: 30.2 years  2008 Time series
= 87   Albania: 30.2 years  2008 Time series
# 89   Lebanon: 30 years  2008 Time series
= 90   Dominica: 29.8 years  2008 Time series
= 90   Seychelles: 29.8 years  2008 Time series
= 92   Azerbaijan: 29.7 years  2008 Time series
= 92   Israel: 29.7 years  2008 Time series
# 94   Tunisia: 29.3 years  2008 Time series
= 95   Bahamas, The: 29.2 years  2008 Time series
= 95   Guam: 29.2 years  2008 Time series
= 95   Turkey: 29.2 years  2008 Time series
# 98   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 29.1 years  2008 Time series
# 99   Brazil: 29 years  2008 Time series
# 100   Northern Mariana Islands: 28.9 years  2008 Time series
# 101   New Caledonia: 28.8 years  2008 Time series
# 102   Guyana: 28.7 years  2008 Time series
= 103   Burma: 28.4 years  2008 Time series
= 103   French Polynesia: 28.4 years  2008 Time series
= 105   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 28.1 years  2008 Time series
= 105   Réunion: 28.1 years  2006 Time series
= 105   Montserrat: 28.1 years  2008 Time series
# 108   Vietnam: 28 years  2008 Time series
# 109   Suriname: 27.9 years  2008 Time series
# 110   Colombia: 27.8 years  2008 Time series
# 111   Indonesia: 27.7 years  2008 Time series
# 112   Costa Rica: 27.6 years  2008 Time series
# 113   Brunei: 27.5 years  2008 Time series
# 114   French Guiana: 27.4 years  2006 Time series
# 115   Panama: 27.1 years  2008 Time series
= 116   Turks and Caicos Islands: 27 years  2008 Time series
= 116   Mexico: 27 years  2008 Time series
# 118   Iran: 26.7 years  2008 Time series
= 119   Tuvalu: 26.4 years  2008 Time series
= 119   Bahrain: 26.4 years  2008 Time series
# 121   Algeria: 26.2 years  2008 Time series
# 122   Peru: 26.1 years  2008 Time series
# 123   Venezuela: 25.8 years  2008 Time series
# 124   Fiji: 25.7 years  2008 Time series
# 125   India: 25.5 years  2008 Time series
# 126   Qatar: 25.4 years  2008 Time series
= 127   Mongolia: 25.3 years  2008 Time series
= 127   Malaysia: 25.3 years  2008 Time series
# 129   Morocco: 25.2 years  2008 Time series
# 130   Kyrgyzstan: 25 years  2008 Time series
# 131   Egypt: 24.9 years  2008 Time series
= 132   Dominican Republic: 24.8 years  2008 Time series
= 132   Uzbekistan: 24.8 years  2008 Time series
# 134   Ecuador: 24.7 years  2008 Time series
= 135   South Africa: 24.6 years  2008 Time series
= 135   United Arab Emirates: 24.6 years  2008 Time series
# 137   Jamaica: 24 years  2008 Time series
# 138   Vanuatu: 23.8 years  2008 Time series
# 139   Maldives: 23.7 years  2008 Time series
# 140   Libya: 23.5 years  2008 Time series
# 141   El Salvador: 23.4 years  2008 Time series
# 142   Bolivia: 23.3 years  2008 Time series
# 143   Jordan: 23.2 years  2008 Time series
# 144   Turkmenistan: 23.1 years  2008 Time series
# 145   American Samoa: 23 years  2008 Time series
# 146   Bangladesh: 22.9 years  2008 Time series
= 147   Philippines: 22.8 years  2008 Time series
= 147   Bhutan: 22.8 years  2008 Time series
# 149   Kuwait: 22.6 years  2008 Time series
# 150   Cambodia: 22.5 years  2008 Time series
# 151   Tonga: 22.3 years  2008 Time series
= 152   Micronesia, Federated States of: 22.1 years  2008 Time series
= 152   Nicaragua: 22.1 years  2008 Time series
= 152   Tajikistan: 22.1 years  2008 Time series
# 155   Paraguay: 22 years  2008 Time series
= 156   Grenada: 21.9 years  2008 Time series
= 156   Nauru: 21.9 years  2008 Time series
# 158   Lesotho: 21.8 years  2008 Time series
= 159   Cape Verde: 21.5 years  2008 Time series
= 159   Syria: 21.5 years  2008 Time series
= 159   East Timor: 21.5 years  2008 Time series
= 162   Botswana: 21.4 years  2008 Time series
= 162   Papua New Guinea: 21.4 years  2008 Time series
# 164   Kiribati: 21.1 years  2008 Time series
# 165   Marshall Islands: 20.9 years  2008 Time series
= 166   Nepal: 20.8 years  2008 Time series
= 166   Namibia: 20.8 years  2008 Time series
# 168   Ghana: 20.7 years  2008 Time series
# 169   Pakistan: 20.6 years  2008 Time series
= 170   Honduras: 20.4 years  2008 Time series
= 170   West Bank: 20.4 years  2008 Time series
= 170   Samoa: 20.4 years  2008 Time series
# 173   Belize: 20.3 years  2008 Time series
# 174   Iraq: 20.2 years  2008 Time series
= 175   Saudi Arabia: 19.8 years  2008 Time series
= 175   Guinea-Bissau: 19.8 years  2008 Time series
# 177   Guatemala: 19.7 years  2008 Time series
# 178   Solomon Islands: 19.6 years  2008 Time series
= 179   Laos: 19.5 years  2008 Time series
= 179   Equatorial Guinea: 19.5 years  2008 Time series
# 181   Swaziland: 19.4 years  2008 Time series
# 182   Cameroon: 19.2 years  2008 Time series
# 183   Sudan: 19.1 years  2008 Time series
= 184   Nigeria: 19 years  2008 Time series
= 184   Comoros: 19 years  2008 Time series
= 184   Haiti: 19 years  2008 Time series
= 184   Central African Republic: 19 years  2008 Time series
= 184   Senegal: 19 years  2008 Time series
= 184   Togo: 19 years  2008 Time series
= 190   Gabon: 18.9 years  2008 Time series
= 190   Côte d'Ivoire: 18.9 years  2008 Time series
= 190   Rwanda: 18.9 years  2008 Time series
= 193   Kenya: 18.8 years  2008 Time series
= 193   Zimbabwe: 18.8 years  2008 Time series
= 195   Eritrea: 18.7 years  2008 Time series
= 195   Guinea: 18.7 years  2008 Time series
# 197   Liberia: 18.2 years  2008 Time series
= 198   Madagascar: 18.1 years  2008 Time series
= 198   Tanzania: 18.1 years  2008 Time series
= 200   Angola: 18 years  2008 Time series
= 200   Gambia, The: 18 years  2008 Time series
= 202   Mozambique: 17.8 years  2008 Time series
= 202   Sierra Leone: 17.8 years  2008 Time series
# 204   Djibouti: 17.7 years  2008 Time series
= 205   Somalia: 17.6 years  2008 Time series
= 205   Afghanistan: 17.6 years  2008 Time series
= 205   Benin: 17.6 years  2008 Time series
# 208   Chad: 17.5 years  2008 Time series
= 209   Gaza Strip: 17.4 years  2008 Time series
= 209   Mauritania: 17.4 years  2008 Time series
# 211   Ethiopia: 17.2 years  2008 Time series
# 212   Zambia: 17.1 years  2008 Time series
= 213   Burundi: 17 years  2008 Time series
= 213   Congo, Republic of the: 17 years  2008 Time series
= 215   São Tomé and Príncipe: 16.9 years  2008 Time series
= 215   Burkina Faso: 16.9 years  2008 Time series
= 217   Yemen: 16.8 years  2008 Time series
= 217   Malawi: 16.8 years  2008 Time series
# 219   Oman: 16.6 years  2008 Time series
# 220   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 16.5 years  2008 Time series
# 221   Niger: 16.4 years  2008 Time series
= 222   Mayotte: 16.2 years  2008 Time series
= 222   Mali: 16.2 years  2008 Time series
# 224   Uganda: 15.1 years  2008 Time series
Weighted average: 28.7 years  



DEFINITION: This entry 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.

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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