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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Monaco: 43.5 years  2008 Time series
# 2   Germany: 42.2 years  2008 Time series
# 3   Japan: 42.1 years  2008 Time series
# 4   Jersey: 41.6 years  2008 Time series
= 5   Hong Kong: 41.4 years  2008 Time series
= 5   Italy: 41.4 years  2008 Time series
# 7   Guernsey: 41 years  2008 Time series
# 8   San Marino: 40.9 years  2008 Time series
# 9   Austria: 40.7 years  2008 Time series
# 10   Greece: 40.4 years  2008 Time series
# 11   Finland: 40.3 years  2008 Time series
= 12   Belgium: 40.2 years  2008 Time series
= 12   Sweden: 40.2 years  2008 Time series
# 14   Bermuda: 40.1 years  2008 Time series
# 15   Liechtenstein: 40 years  2008 Time series
= 16   Gibraltar: 39.8 years  2008 Time series
= 16   Slovenia: 39.8 years  2008 Time series
# 18   Switzerland: 39.6 years  2008 Time series
# 19   Denmark: 39.4 years  2008 Time series
# 20   Spain: 39.3 years  2008 Time series
= 21   Andorra: 39.2 years  2008 Time series
= 21   Netherlands: 39.2 years  2008 Time series
# 23   Canada: 39 years  2008 Time series
= 24   Bulgaria: 38.9 years  2008 Time series
= 24   Croatia: 38.9 years  2008 Time series
= 26   United Kingdom: 38.8 years  2008 Time series
= 26   Man, Isle of: 38.8 years  2008 Time series
= 28   Norway: 38.2 years  2008 Time series
= 28   Czech Republic: 38.2 years  2008 Time series
= 28   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 38.2 years  2008 Time series
= 31   Luxembourg: 38 years  2008 Time series
= 31   Singapore: 38 years  2008 Time series
= 31   Virgin Islands: 38 years  2008 Time series
# 34   Malta: 37.9 years  2008 Time series
# 35   France: 37.7 years  2008 Time series
# 36   Cayman Islands: 37.4 years  2008 Time series
# 37   Saint Helena: 37.2 years  2008 Time series
# 38   Portugal: 37 years  2008 Time series
# 39   Latvia: 36.9 years  2008 Time series
# 40   Hungary: 36.8 years  2008 Time series
= 41   Australia: 36.4 years  2008 Time series
= 41   Lithuania: 36.4 years  2008 Time series
# 43   Estonia: 36.2 years  2008 Time series
= 44   Cuba: 36.1 years  2008 Time series
= 44   Ukraine: 36.1 years  2008 Time series
= 44   Serbia and Montenegro: 36.1 years  2008 Time series
# 47   Faroe Islands: 36 years  2008 Time series
# 48   Romania: 35.9 years  2008 Time series
= 49   Aruba: 35.8 years  2008 Time series
= 49   Poland: 35.8 years  2008 Time series
= 49   Georgia: 35.8 years  2008 Time series
= 52   New Zealand: 35.6 years  2008 Time series
= 52   Macau: 35.6 years  2008 Time series
= 54   Taiwan: 35.5 years  2008 Time series
= 54   Korea, South: 35.5 years  2008 Time series
= 56   United States: 35.4 years  2008 Time series
= 56   Belarus: 35.4 years  2008 Time series
# 58   Russia: 35.1 years  2008 Time series
# 59   Greenland: 34.9 years  2008 Time series
# 60   Slovakia: 34.8 years  2008 Time series
# 61   Iceland: 34.4 years  2008 Time series
= 62   Cyprus: 34.3 years  2008 Time series
= 62   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 34.3 years  2008 Time series
# 64   Barbados: 34.2 years  2008 Time series
# 65   Ireland: 33.9 years  2008 Time series
= 66   Puerto Rico: 33.8 years  2008 Time series
= 66   Macedonia, Republic of: 33.8 years  2008 Time series
# 68   Martinique: 33.4 years  2006 Time series
# 69   Palau: 33.3 years  2008 Time series
# 70   China: 33.1 years  2008 Time series
# 71   Bahrain: 33 years  2008 Time series
# 72   Qatar: 32.8 years  2008 Time series
# 73   Moldova: 32.4 years  2008 Time series
# 74   British Virgin Islands: 32.1 years  2008 Time series
= 75   Northern Mariana Islands: 32 years  2008 Time series
= 75   United Arab Emirates: 32 years  2008 Time series
= 75   Thailand: 32 years  2008 Time series
# 78   Trinidad and Tobago: 31.9 years  2008 Time series
# 79   Uruguay: 31.8 years  2008 Time series
# 80   Netherlands Antilles: 31.6 years  2008 Time series
= 81   Anguilla: 31.3 years  2008 Time series
= 81   Guadeloupe: 31.3 years  2006 Time series
# 83   Korea, North: 31.2 years  2008 Time series
# 84   Mauritius: 30.6 years  2008 Time series
# 85   Chile: 30.1 years  2008 Time series
# 86   French Guiana: 29.6 years  2006 Time series
# 87   Sri Lanka: 29.5 years  2008 Time series
= 88   French Polynesia: 29 years  2008 Time series
= 88   Dominica: 29 years  2008 Time series
# 90   Albania: 28.9 years  2008 Time series
= 91   Turkey: 28.8 years  2008 Time series
= 91   Argentina: 28.8 years  2008 Time series
# 93   Guam: 28.7 years  2008 Time series
# 94   Turks and Caicos Islands: 28.5 years  2008 Time series
# 95   Armenia: 28.4 years  2008 Time series
= 96   Israel: 28.2 years  2008 Time series
= 96   Saint Lucia: 28.2 years  2008 Time series
= 96   Tunisia: 28.2 years  2008 Time series
= 99   Montserrat: 28 years  2008 Time series
= 99   Kuwait: 28 years  2008 Time series
= 99   New Caledonia: 28 years  2008 Time series
= 99   Antigua and Barbuda: 28 years  2008 Time series
= 103   Kazakhstan: 27.8 years  2008 Time series
= 103   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 27.8 years  2008 Time series
= 105   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 27.7 years  2008 Time series
= 105   Guyana: 27.7 years  2008 Time series
= 107   Bahamas, The: 27.6 years  2008 Time series
= 107   Lebanon: 27.6 years  2008 Time series
= 107   Seychelles: 27.6 years  2008 Time series
= 110   Brazil: 27.5 years  2008 Time series
= 110   Brunei: 27.5 years  2008 Time series
# 112   Burma: 27.2 years  2008 Time series
# 113   Suriname: 27.1 years  2008 Time series
= 114   Costa Rica: 26.7 years  2008 Time series
= 114   Indonesia: 26.7 years  2008 Time series
= 116   Azerbaijan: 26.3 years  2008 Time series
= 116   Panama: 26.3 years  2008 Time series
# 118   Iran: 26.2 years  2008 Time series
# 119   Maldives: 26 years  2008 Time series
# 120   Colombia: 25.9 years  2008 Time series
= 121   Algeria: 25.8 years  2008 Time series
= 121   Vietnam: 25.8 years  2008 Time series
# 123   Réunion: 25.7 years  2006 Time series
# 124   Peru: 25.5 years  2008 Time series
# 125   Mexico: 24.9 years  2008 Time series
= 126   India: 24.7 years  2008 Time series
= 126   Fiji: 24.7 years  2008 Time series
= 128   Mongolia: 24.6 years  2008 Time series
= 128   Jordan: 24.6 years  2008 Time series
= 128   Venezuela: 24.6 years  2008 Time series
= 128   Dominican Republic: 24.6 years  2008 Time series
# 132   Tuvalu: 24.2 years  2008 Time series
= 133   Bhutan: 24.1 years  2008 Time series
= 133   Morocco: 24.1 years  2008 Time series
= 133   Egypt: 24.1 years  2008 Time series
# 136   Malaysia: 24 years  2008 Time series
= 137   Uzbekistan: 23.8 years  2008 Time series
= 137   Vanuatu: 23.8 years  2008 Time series
= 137   South Africa: 23.8 years  2008 Time series
= 140   Libya: 23.7 years  2008 Time series
= 140   Ecuador: 23.7 years  2008 Time series
# 142   Kyrgyzstan: 23.3 years  2008 Time series
= 143   Grenada: 22.9 years  2008 Time series
= 143   Jamaica: 22.9 years  2008 Time series
= 143   Saudi Arabia: 22.9 years  2008 Time series
# 146   Bangladesh: 22.8 years  2008 Time series
# 147   American Samoa: 22.7 years  2008 Time series
# 148   Turkmenistan: 22 years  2008 Time series
# 149   Bolivia: 21.9 years  2008 Time series
# 150   Philippines: 21.8 years  2008 Time series
# 151   Papua New Guinea: 21.6 years  2008 Time series
= 152   Paraguay: 21.5 years  2008 Time series
= 152   East Timor: 21.5 years  2008 Time series
= 154   Tonga: 21.3 years  2008 Time series
= 154   Nicaragua: 21.3 years  2008 Time series
= 154   Syria: 21.3 years  2008 Time series
= 154   Oman: 21.3 years  2008 Time series
# 158   Tajikistan: 21.2 years  2008 Time series
= 159   El Salvador: 21.1 years  2008 Time series
= 159   Micronesia, Federated States of: 21.1 years  2008 Time series
= 161   Botswana: 21 years  2008 Time series
= 161   Marshall Islands: 21 years  2008 Time series
= 161   Cambodia: 21 years  2008 Time series
# 164   Samoa: 20.8 years  2008 Time series
# 165   Nauru: 20.7 years  2008 Time series
= 166   Lesotho: 20.6 years  2008 Time series
= 166   Namibia: 20.6 years  2008 Time series
# 168   Nepal: 20.5 years  2008 Time series
# 169   Pakistan: 20.3 years  2008 Time series
# 170   Ghana: 20.2 years  2008 Time series
= 171   Kiribati: 20.1 years  2008 Time series
= 171   Iraq: 20.1 years  2008 Time series
= 173   Belize: 20 years  2008 Time series
= 173   West Bank: 20 years  2008 Time series
# 175   Cape Verde: 19.9 years  2008 Time series
# 176   Honduras: 19.7 years  2008 Time series
# 177   Solomon Islands: 19.3 years  2008 Time series
# 178   Côte d'Ivoire: 19.2 years  2008 Time series
= 179   Cameroon: 18.9 years  2008 Time series
= 179   Laos: 18.9 years  2008 Time series
# 181   Nigeria: 18.8 years  2008 Time series
# 182   Sudan: 18.7 years  2008 Time series
= 183   Senegal: 18.6 years  2008 Time series
= 183   Guatemala: 18.6 years  2008 Time series
= 183   Djibouti: 18.6 years  2008 Time series
= 183   Guinea-Bissau: 18.6 years  2008 Time series
= 187   Comoros: 18.5 years  2008 Time series
= 187   Kenya: 18.5 years  2008 Time series
= 187   Rwanda: 18.5 years  2008 Time series
= 190   Central African Republic: 18.4 years  2008 Time series
= 190   Gabon: 18.4 years  2008 Time series
# 192   Equatorial Guinea: 18.3 years  2008 Time series
= 193   Guinea: 18.2 years  2008 Time series
= 193   Togo: 18.2 years  2008 Time series
= 195   Haiti: 18.1 years  2008 Time series
= 195   Mayotte: 18.1 years  2008 Time series
= 197   Angola: 18 years  2008 Time series
= 197   Swaziland: 18 years  2008 Time series
# 199   Eritrea: 17.9 years  2008 Time series
# 200   Liberia: 17.8 years  2008 Time series
= 201   Gambia, The: 17.7 years  2008 Time series
= 201   Madagascar: 17.7 years  2008 Time series
= 203   Tanzania: 17.6 years  2008 Time series
= 203   Afghanistan: 17.6 years  2008 Time series
# 205   Somalia: 17.4 years  2008 Time series
# 206   Sierra Leone: 17.2 years  2008 Time series
= 207   Mozambique: 17 years  2008 Time series
= 207   Gaza Strip: 17 years  2008 Time series
# 209   Mauritania: 16.9 years  2008 Time series
# 210   Zambia: 16.8 years  2008 Time series
= 211   Benin: 16.7 years  2008 Time series
= 211   Malawi: 16.7 years  2008 Time series
= 211   Yemen: 16.7 years  2008 Time series
# 214   Ethiopia: 16.6 years  2008 Time series
= 215   Congo, Republic of the: 16.5 years  2008 Time series
= 215   Niger: 16.5 years  2008 Time series
= 215   Burkina Faso: 16.5 years  2008 Time series
= 218   Burundi: 16.4 years  2008 Time series
= 218   Zimbabwe: 16.4 years  2008 Time series
# 220   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 16.1 years  2008 Time series
# 221   São Tomé and Príncipe: 15.8 years  2008 Time series
# 222   Mali: 15.4 years  2008 Time series
# 223   Chad: 15.2 years  2008 Time series
# 224   Uganda: 14.9 years  2008 Time series
Weighted average: 27.6 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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