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CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
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.
People Statistics > Median age > Total (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 | Monaco: |
45.5 years
| |
| #2 | Japan: |
43.5 years
| |
| #3 | Germany: |
43 years
| |
| #4 | Italy: |
42.5 years
| |
| #5 | Jersey: |
41.9 years
| |
| #6 | Guernsey: |
41.7 years
| |
| #7 | Finland: |
41.6 years
| |
| #8 | Andorra: |
41.5 years
| |
| #9 | Austria: |
41.3 years
| |
| #10 | Greece: |
41.2 years
| |
| #11 | Hong Kong: |
41.2 years
| |
| #12 | Belgium: |
41.1 years
| |
| #13 | Sweden: |
41.1 years
| |
| #14 | Slovenia: |
41 years
| |
| #15 | Bulgaria: |
40.9 years
| |
| #16 | San Marino: |
40.9 years
| |
| #17 | Bermuda: |
40.6 years
| |
| #18 | Croatia: |
40.6 years
| |
| #19 | Switzerland: |
40.4 years
| |
| #20 | Spain: |
40.3 years
| |
| #21 | Denmark: |
40.1 years
| |
| #22 | Gibraltar: |
40.1 years
| |
| #23 | Liechtenstein: |
40.1 years
| |
| #24 | Man, Isle of: |
39.8 years
| |
| #25 | Netherlands: |
39.7 years
| |
| #26 | Latvia: |
39.6 years
| |
| #27 | United Kingdom: |
39.6 years
| |
| #28 | Czech Republic: |
39.5 years
| |
| #29 | Estonia: |
39.4 years
| |
| #30 | Ukraine: |
39.2 years
| |
| #31 | Canada: |
39.1 years
| |
| #32 | France: |
39 years
| |
| #33 | Malta: |
39 years
| |
| #34 | Luxembourg: |
38.9 years
| |
| #35 | Hungary: |
38.9 years
| |
| #36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
38.9 years
| |
| #37 | Portugal: |
38.8 years
| |
| #38 | Norway: |
38.7 years
| |
| #39 | Lithuania: |
38.6 years
| |
| #40 | Belarus: |
38.2 years
| |
| #41 | Russia: |
38.2 years
| |
| #42 | Georgia: |
38 years
| |
| #43 | Singapore: |
37.8 years
| |
| #44 | Virgin Islands: |
37.7 years
| |
| #45 | Cayman Islands: |
37.5 years
| |
| #46 | Aruba: |
37.3 years
| |
| #47 | Poland: |
37.3 years
| |
| #48 | Serbia and Montenegro: |
37.3 years
| |
| #49 | Australia: |
37.1 years
| |
| #50 | Romania: |
36.9 years
| |
| #51 | United States: |
36.6 years
| |
| #52 | Macau: |
36.6 years
| |
| #53 | Saint Helena: |
36.5 years
| |
| #54 | Cuba: |
36.3 years
| |
| #55 | Slovakia: |
36.1 years
| |
| #56 | Korea, South: |
35.8 years
| |
| #57 | Taiwan: |
35.5 years
| |
| #58 | Puerto Rico: |
35.1 years
| |
| #59 | Cyprus: |
35.1 years
| |
| #60 | Barbados: |
35 years
| |
| #61 | Faroe Islands: |
35 years
| |
| #62 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon: |
34.6 years
| |
| #63 | Iceland: |
34.5 years
| |
| #64 | Macedonia, Republic of: |
34.4 years
| |
| #65 | Ireland: |
34.3 years
| |
| #66 | New Zealand: |
34.2 years
| |
| #67 | Greenland: |
34.1 years
| |
| #68 | Moldova: |
34 years
| |
| #69 | China: |
33.2 years
| |
| #70 | Netherlands Antilles: |
33.1 years
| |
| #71 | Uruguay: |
32.9 years
| |
| #72 | Thailand: |
32.4 years
| |
| #73 | Korea, North: |
32.4 years
| |
| #74 | Palau: |
32 years
| |
| #75 | Qatar: |
31.9 years
| |
| #76 | Trinidad and Tobago: |
31.8 years
| |
| #77 | British Virgin Islands: |
31.7 years
| |
| #78 | Anguilla: |
31.6 years
| |
| #79 | Mauritius: |
31.2 years
| |
| #80 | Armenia: |
30.8 years
| |
| #81 | Chile: |
30.7 years
| |
| #82 | Antigua and Barbuda: |
30.3 years
| |
| #83 | United Arab Emirates: |
30.1 years
| |
| #84 | Sri Lanka: |
30 years
| |
| #85 | Argentina: |
29.9 years
| |
| #86 | Israel: |
29.9 years
| |
| #87 | Northern Mariana Islands: |
29.7 years
| |
| #88 | Bahrain: |
29.7 years
| |
| #89 | Montserrat: |
29.3 years
| |
| #90 | Albania: |
29.2 years
| |
| #91 | Kazakhstan: |
29.1 years
| |
| #92 | Dominica: |
29.1 years
| |
| #93 | Guam: |
28.8 years
| |
| #94 | Brazil: |
28.6 years
| |
| #95 | Turkey: |
28.6 years
| |
| #96 | Seychelles: |
28.4 years
| |
| #97 | Tunisia: |
28.3 years
| |
| #98 | Lebanon: |
28.3 years
| |
| #99 | French Polynesia: |
28.3 years
| |
| #100 | Bahamas, The: |
28.1 years
| |
| #101 | New Caledonia: |
28.1 years
| |
| #102 | Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
28.1 years
| |
| #103 | Guyana: |
27.8 years
| |
| #104 | Turks and Caicos Islands: |
27.7 years
| |
| #105 | Azerbaijan: |
27.6 years
| |
| #106 | Burma: |
27.4 years
| |
| #107 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
27.4 years
| |
| #108 | Brunei: |
27.2 years
| |
| #109 | Suriname: |
27.1 years
| |
| #110 | Indonesia: |
26.9 years
| |
| #111 | Costa Rica: |
26.8 years
| |
| #112 | Colombia: |
26.6 years
| |
| #113 | Panama: |
26.4 years
| |
| #114 | Vietnam: |
26.4 years
| |
| #115 | Kuwait: |
26 years
| |
| #116 | Iran: |
25.8 years
| |
| #117 | Mexico: |
25.6 years
| |
| #118 | Saint Lucia: |
25.6 years
| |
| #119 | Algeria: |
25.5 years
| |
| #120 | Peru: |
25.5 years
| |
| #121 | Cook Islands: |
25.3 years
| |
| #122 | Fiji: |
24.9 years
| |
| #123 | Tuvalu: |
24.9 years
| |
| #124 | Venezuela: |
24.9 years
| |
| #125 | India: |
24.8 years
| |
| #126 | Mongolia: |
24.6 years
| |
| #127 | Dominican Republic: |
24.5 years
| |
| #128 | Malaysia: |
24.4 years
| |
| #129 | South Africa: |
24.3 years
| |
| #130 | Morocco: |
24.3 years
| |
| #131 | Egypt: |
24.2 years
| |
| #132 | Kyrgyzstan: |
23.9 years
| |
| #133 | Ecuador: |
23.9 years
| |
| #134 | American Samoa: |
23.6 years
| |
| #135 | Jordan: |
23.5 years
| |
| #136 | Vanuatu: |
23.4 years
| |
| #137 | Libya: |
23.3 years
| |
| #138 | Jamaica: |
23.2 years
| |
| #139 | Uzbekistan: |
22.9 years
| |
| #140 | Philippines: |
22.7 years
| |
| #141 | Bangladesh: |
22.5 years
| |
| #142 | Turkmenistan: |
22.3 years
| |
| #143 | Bolivia: |
22.2 years
| |
| #144 | Grenada: |
22.1 years
| |
| #145 | El Salvador: |
22 years
| |
| #146 | Paraguay: |
21.6 years
| |
| #147 | Saudi Arabia: |
21.4 years
| |
| #148 | Papua New Guinea: |
21.4 years
| |
| #149 | Tajikistan: |
21.3 years
| |
| #150 | Nicaragua: |
21.3 years
| |
| #151 | Cambodia: |
21.3 years
| |
| #152 | Tonga: |
21.3 years
| |
| #153 | Micronesia, Federated States of: |
21.2 years
| |
| #154 | Lesotho: |
21.1 years
| |
| #155 | Syria: |
21.1 years
| |
| #156 | East Timor: |
21.1 years
| |
| #157 | Nauru: |
21 years
| |
| #158 | Botswana: |
20.9 years
| |
| #159 | Pakistan: |
20.9 years
| |
| #160 | Marshall Islands: |
20.7 years
| |
| #161 | Nepal: |
20.5 years
| |
| #162 | Bhutan: |
20.5 years
| |
| #163 | Samoa: |
20.4 years
| |
| #164 | Kiribati: |
20.4 years
| |
| #165 | Cape Verde: |
20.2 years
| |
| #166 | Namibia: |
20.2 years
| |
| #167 | Ghana: |
20.2 years
| |
| #168 | Zimbabwe: |
20.1 years
| |
| #169 | Iraq: |
20 years
| |
| #170 | Belize: |
19.9 years
| |
| #171 | Honduras: |
19.7 years
| |
| #172 | Côte d'Ivoire: |
19.3 years
| |
| #173 | Solomon Islands: |
19.1 years
| |
| #174 | Guinea-Bissau: |
19.1 years
| |
| #175 | Laos: |
19 years
| |
| #176 | Cameroon: |
18.9 years
| |
| #177 | Guatemala: |
18.9 years
| |
| #178 | Oman: |
18.9 years
| |
| #179 | Equatorial Guinea: |
18.8 years
| |
| #180 | Sudan: |
18.7 years
| |
| #181 | Nigeria: |
18.7 years
| |
| #182 | Senegal: |
18.7 years
| |
| #183 | Comoros: |
18.7 years
| |
| #184 | Kenya: |
18.6 years
| |
| #185 | Rwanda: |
18.6 years
| |
| #186 | Swaziland: |
18.6 years
| |
| #187 | Gabon: |
18.6 years
| |
| #188 | West Bank: |
18.5 years
| |
| #189 | Central African Republic: |
18.5 years
| |
| #190 | Haiti: |
18.4 years
| |
| #191 | Togo: |
18.4 years
| |
| #192 | Djibouti: |
18.2 years
| |
| #193 | Liberia: |
18.1 years
| |
| #194 | Maldives: |
18.1 years
| |
| #195 | Ethiopia: |
18 years
| |
| #196 | Angola: |
17.9 years
| |
| #197 | Eritrea: |
17.9 years
| |
| #198 | Madagascar: |
17.8 years
| |
| #199 | Gambia, The: |
17.8 years
| |
| #200 | Benin: |
17.7 years
| |
| #201 | Tanzania: |
17.7 years
| |
| #202 | Guinea: |
17.7 years
| |
| #203 | Afghanistan: |
17.6 years
| |
| #204 | Somalia: |
17.6 years
| |
| #205 | Sierra Leone: |
17.5 years
| |
| #206 | Mozambique: |
17.4 years
| |
| #207 | Mayotte: |
17.1 years
| |
| #208 | Mauritania: |
17.1 years
| |
| #209 | Zambia: |
16.8 years
| |
| #210 | Yemen: |
16.7 years
| |
| #211 | Burundi: |
16.7 years
| |
| #212 | Malawi: |
16.7 years
| |
| #213 | Congo, Republic of the: |
16.7 years
| |
| #214 | Niger: |
16.5 years
| |
| #215 | Burkina Faso: |
16.5 years
| |
| #216 | Chad: |
16.3 years
| |
| #217 | São Tomé and Príncipe: |
16.2 years
| |
| #218 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
16.1 years
| |
| #219 | Gaza Strip: |
16 years
| |
| #220 | Mali: |
15.9 years
| |
| #221 | Uganda: |
14.9 years
| |
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Weighted average: |
27.8 years
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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: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
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