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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Monaco :
47.5 years
2008
# 2
Japan :
45.7 years
2008
# 3
Germany :
44.7 years
2008
# 4
Italy :
44.4 years
2008
= 5
Bulgaria :
43.4 years
2008
= 5
Finland :
43.4 years
2008
# 7
Estonia :
43.2 years
2008
# 8
Jersey :
43.1 years
2008
= 9
Guernsey :
43 years
2008
= 9
Latvia :
43 years
2008
# 11
Slovenia :
42.9 years
2008
# 12
Austria :
42.8 years
2008
# 13
Belgium :
42.7 years
2008
= 14
Croatia :
42.6 years
2008
= 14
Greece :
42.6 years
2008
# 16
Ukraine :
42.5 years
2008
# 17
Sweden :
42.4 years
2008
# 18
Spain :
42.1 years
2008
# 19
Hong Kong :
42 years
2008
= 20
Bermuda :
41.8 years
2008
= 20
Hungary :
41.8 years
2008
# 22
Switzerland :
41.7 years
2008
= 23
Czech Republic :
41.6 years
2008
= 23
Lithuania :
41.6 years
2008
= 23
San Marino :
41.6 years
2008
# 26
Russia :
41.4 years
2008
= 27
Belarus :
41.3 years
2008
= 27
Portugal :
41.3 years
2008
= 27
Man, Isle of :
41.3 years
2008
= 30
Canada :
41.2 years
2008
= 30
Denmark :
41.2 years
2008
= 32
Liechtenstein :
41 years
2008
= 32
United Kingdom :
41 years
2008
# 34
Netherlands :
40.9 years
2008
= 35
Gibraltar :
40.7 years
2008
= 35
Georgia :
40.7 years
2008
= 35
France :
40.7 years
2008
# 38
Malta :
40.6 years
2008
# 39
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
40.5 years
2008
# 40
Luxembourg :
40 years
2008
# 41
Norway :
39.9 years
2008
# 42
Poland :
39.5 years
2008
# 43
Aruba :
39.3 years
2008
= 44
Virgin Islands :
39 years
2008
= 44
Serbia and Montenegro :
39 years
2008
# 46
Singapore :
38.8 years
2008
# 47
Romania :
38.7 years
2008
# 48
Andorra :
38.6 years
2008
= 49
Slovakia :
38.2 years
2008
= 49
Cayman Islands :
38.2 years
2008
# 51
United States :
38.1 years
2008
= 52
Australia :
37.9 years
2008
= 52
Korea, South :
37.9 years
2008
= 54
Cuba :
37.5 years
2008
= 54
Faroe Islands :
37.5 years
2008
# 56
Puerto Rico :
37.3 years
2008
# 57
New Zealand :
37.1 years
2008
# 58
Saint Helena :
37 years
2008
# 59
Taiwan :
36.6 years
2008
= 60
Barbados :
36.4 years
2008
= 60
Cyprus :
36.4 years
2008
= 60
Moldova :
36.4 years
2008
# 63
Macedonia, Republic of :
35.8 years
2008
# 64
Ireland :
35.4 years
2008
= 65
Iceland :
35.3 years
2008
= 65
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
35.3 years
2008
# 67
Netherlands Antilles :
35.2 years
2008
# 68
Martinique :
34.8 years
2006
# 69
Uruguay :
34.6 years
2008
# 70
Macau :
34.5 years
2008
= 71
China :
34.2 years
2008
= 71
Korea, North :
34.2 years
2008
# 73
Armenia :
34 years
2008
# 74
Thailand :
33.7 years
2008
# 75
Anguilla :
33.4 years
2008
# 76
Guadeloupe :
33.2 years
2006
# 77
Trinidad and Tobago :
32.8 years
2008
# 78
Mauritius :
32.3 years
2008
# 79
Chile :
32.1 years
2008
# 80
British Virgin Islands :
31.9 years
2008
# 81
Greenland :
31.8 years
2008
# 82
Sri Lanka :
31.4 years
2008
# 83
Palau :
31.3 years
2008
# 84
Kazakhstan :
31.1 years
2008
= 85
Argentina :
30.8 years
2008
= 85
Antigua and Barbuda :
30.8 years
2008
= 87
Saint Lucia :
30.2 years
2008
= 87
Albania :
30.2 years
2008
# 89
Lebanon :
30 years
2008
= 90
Dominica :
29.8 years
2008
= 90
Seychelles :
29.8 years
2008
= 92
Azerbaijan :
29.7 years
2008
= 92
Israel :
29.7 years
2008
# 94
Tunisia :
29.3 years
2008
= 95
Bahamas, The :
29.2 years
2008
= 95
Guam :
29.2 years
2008
= 95
Turkey :
29.2 years
2008
# 98
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
29.1 years
2008
# 99
Brazil :
29 years
2008
# 100
Northern Mariana Islands :
28.9 years
2008
# 101
New Caledonia :
28.8 years
2008
# 102
Guyana :
28.7 years
2008
= 103
Burma :
28.4 years
2008
= 103
French Polynesia :
28.4 years
2008
= 105
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
28.1 years
2008
= 105
Réunion :
28.1 years
2006
= 105
Montserrat :
28.1 years
2008
# 108
Vietnam :
28 years
2008
# 109
Suriname :
27.9 years
2008
# 110
Colombia :
27.8 years
2008
# 111
Indonesia :
27.7 years
2008
# 112
Costa Rica :
27.6 years
2008
# 113
Brunei :
27.5 years
2008
# 114
French Guiana :
27.4 years
2006
# 115
Panama :
27.1 years
2008
= 116
Turks and Caicos Islands :
27 years
2008
= 116
Mexico :
27 years
2008
# 118
Iran :
26.7 years
2008
= 119
Tuvalu :
26.4 years
2008
= 119
Bahrain :
26.4 years
2008
# 121
Algeria :
26.2 years
2008
# 122
Peru :
26.1 years
2008
# 123
Venezuela :
25.8 years
2008
# 124
Fiji :
25.7 years
2008
# 125
India :
25.5 years
2008
# 126
Qatar :
25.4 years
2008
= 127
Mongolia :
25.3 years
2008
= 127
Malaysia :
25.3 years
2008
# 129
Morocco :
25.2 years
2008
# 130
Kyrgyzstan :
25 years
2008
# 131
Egypt :
24.9 years
2008
= 132
Dominican Republic :
24.8 years
2008
= 132
Uzbekistan :
24.8 years
2008
# 134
Ecuador :
24.7 years
2008
= 135
South Africa :
24.6 years
2008
= 135
United Arab Emirates :
24.6 years
2008
# 137
Jamaica :
24 years
2008
# 138
Vanuatu :
23.8 years
2008
# 139
Maldives :
23.7 years
2008
# 140
Libya :
23.5 years
2008
# 141
El Salvador :
23.4 years
2008
# 142
Bolivia :
23.3 years
2008
# 143
Jordan :
23.2 years
2008
# 144
Turkmenistan :
23.1 years
2008
# 145
American Samoa :
23 years
2008
# 146
Bangladesh :
22.9 years
2008
= 147
Philippines :
22.8 years
2008
= 147
Bhutan :
22.8 years
2008
# 149
Kuwait :
22.6 years
2008
# 150
Cambodia :
22.5 years
2008
# 151
Tonga :
22.3 years
2008
= 152
Micronesia, Federated States of :
22.1 years
2008
= 152
Nicaragua :
22.1 years
2008
= 152
Tajikistan :
22.1 years
2008
# 155
Paraguay :
22 years
2008
= 156
Grenada :
21.9 years
2008
= 156
Nauru :
21.9 years
2008
# 158
Lesotho :
21.8 years
2008
= 159
Cape Verde :
21.5 years
2008
= 159
Syria :
21.5 years
2008
= 159
East Timor :
21.5 years
2008
= 162
Botswana :
21.4 years
2008
= 162
Papua New Guinea :
21.4 years
2008
# 164
Kiribati :
21.1 years
2008
# 165
Marshall Islands :
20.9 years
2008
= 166
Nepal :
20.8 years
2008
= 166
Namibia :
20.8 years
2008
# 168
Ghana :
20.7 years
2008
# 169
Pakistan :
20.6 years
2008
= 170
Honduras :
20.4 years
2008
= 170
West Bank :
20.4 years
2008
= 170
Samoa :
20.4 years
2008
# 173
Belize :
20.3 years
2008
# 174
Iraq :
20.2 years
2008
= 175
Saudi Arabia :
19.8 years
2008
= 175
Guinea-Bissau :
19.8 years
2008
# 177
Guatemala :
19.7 years
2008
# 178
Solomon Islands :
19.6 years
2008
= 179
Laos :
19.5 years
2008
= 179
Equatorial Guinea :
19.5 years
2008
# 181
Swaziland :
19.4 years
2008
# 182
Cameroon :
19.2 years
2008
# 183
Sudan :
19.1 years
2008
= 184
Nigeria :
19 years
2008
= 184
Comoros :
19 years
2008
= 184
Haiti :
19 years
2008
= 184
Central African Republic :
19 years
2008
= 184
Senegal :
19 years
2008
= 184
Togo :
19 years
2008
= 190
Gabon :
18.9 years
2008
= 190
Côte d'Ivoire :
18.9 years
2008
= 190
Rwanda :
18.9 years
2008
= 193
Kenya :
18.8 years
2008
= 193
Zimbabwe :
18.8 years
2008
= 195
Eritrea :
18.7 years
2008
= 195
Guinea :
18.7 years
2008
# 197
Liberia :
18.2 years
2008
= 198
Madagascar :
18.1 years
2008
= 198
Tanzania :
18.1 years
2008
= 200
Angola :
18 years
2008
= 200
Gambia, The :
18 years
2008
= 202
Mozambique :
17.8 years
2008
= 202
Sierra Leone :
17.8 years
2008
# 204
Djibouti :
17.7 years
2008
= 205
Somalia :
17.6 years
2008
= 205
Afghanistan :
17.6 years
2008
= 205
Benin :
17.6 years
2008
# 208
Chad :
17.5 years
2008
= 209
Gaza Strip :
17.4 years
2008
= 209
Mauritania :
17.4 years
2008
# 211
Ethiopia :
17.2 years
2008
# 212
Zambia :
17.1 years
2008
= 213
Burundi :
17 years
2008
= 213
Congo, Republic of the :
17 years
2008
= 215
São Tomé and Príncipe :
16.9 years
2008
= 215
Burkina Faso :
16.9 years
2008
= 217
Yemen :
16.8 years
2008
= 217
Malawi :
16.8 years
2008
# 219
Oman :
16.6 years
2008
# 220
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
16.5 years
2008
# 221
Niger :
16.4 years
2008
= 222
Mayotte :
16.2 years
2008
= 222
Mali :
16.2 years
2008
# 224
Uganda :
15.1 years
2008
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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