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