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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
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 :
48.4 years
2011
Monegasque People
# 2
Germany :
43.7 years
2011
German People
# 3
Japan :
43.2 years
2011
Japanese People
# 4
Hong Kong :
42.8 years
2011
Hong Kong People
# 5
Italy :
42.4 years
2011
Italian People
# 6
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
42.2 years
2011
French People
# 7
Austria :
41.9 years
2011
Austrian People
# 8
Man, Isle of :
41.8 years
2011
Manx People
# 9
San Marino :
41.7 years
2011
Sammarinese People
# 10
Greece :
41.4 years
2011
Greek People
# 11
Liechtenstein :
41.2 years
2011
Liechtenstein People
# 12
Guernsey :
41.1 years
2011
Channel Islander People
# 13
Belgium :
41 years
2011
Belgian People
= 14
Andorra :
40.8 years
2011
Andorran People
= 14
Sweden :
40.8 years
2011
Swedish People
= 14
Finland :
40.8 years
2011
Finnish People
# 17
Slovenia :
40.7 years
2011
Slovenian People
= 18
Switzerland :
40.6 years
2011
Swiss People
= 18
Saint Barthelemy :
40.6 years
2011
People
# 20
Bermuda :
40.4 years
2011
Bermudian People
# 21
Netherlands :
40.3 years
2011
Dutch People
# 22
Denmark :
40 years
2011
Danish People
# 23
Virgin Islands :
39.9 years
2011
Virgin Islander People
# 24
Canada :
39.8 years
2011
Canadian People
= 25
Bulgaria :
39.6 years
2011
Bulgarian People
= 25
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
39.6 years
2011
Herzegovinian People
= 25
Singapore :
39.6 years
2011
Singapore People
= 25
Serbia and Montenegro :
39.6 years
2011
Serbian People
# 29
Croatia :
39.5 years
2011
Croatian People
# 30
Spain :
39.3 years
2011
Spanish People
# 31
Czech Republic :
39.2 years
2011
Czech People
# 32
Norway :
39.1 years
2011
Norwegian People
= 33
Malta :
38.8 years
2011
Maltese People
= 33
United Kingdom :
38.8 years
2011
British People
= 35
France :
38.4 years
2011
French People
= 35
Luxembourg :
38.4 years
2011
Luxembourg People
# 37
Jersey :
38.3 years
2011
Channel Islander People
# 38
Cayman Islands :
38.2 years
2011
Caymanian People
# 39
Hungary :
38.1 years
2011
Hungarian People
# 40
Portugal :
38 years
2011
Portuguese People
= 41
Cuba :
37.6 years
2011
Cuban People
= 41
Latvia :
37.6 years
2011
Latvian People
# 43
Lithuania :
37.5 years
2011
Lithuanian People
# 44
Romania :
37.3 years
2011
Romanian People
# 45
Saint Helena :
37.2 years
2008
Saint Helenian People
= 46
Estonia :
37 years
2011
Estonian People
= 46
Australia :
37 years
2011
Australian People
= 46
Korea, South :
37 years
2011
Korean People
# 49
Taiwan :
36.9 years
2011
Taiwan People
= 50
Poland :
36.8 years
2011
Polish People
= 50
Macau :
36.8 years
2011
Chinese People
# 52
Ukraine :
36.7 years
2011
Ukrainian People
= 53
Faroe Islands :
36.6 years
2011
Faroese People
= 53
Georgia :
36.6 years
2011
Georgian People
# 55
Aruba :
36.4 years
2011
Aruban People
# 56
New Zealand :
36.2 years
2011
New Zealand People
= 57
Slovakia :
36.1 years
2011
Slovak People
= 57
Belarus :
36.1 years
2011
Belarusian People
# 59
United States :
35.6 years
2011
American People
= 60
Puerto Rico :
35.5 years
2011
Puerto Rican People
= 60
Russia :
35.5 years
2011
Russian People
# 62
Barbados :
35.4 years
2011
Barbadian People
# 63
Iceland :
35.2 years
2011
Icelandic People
# 64
Greenland :
35 years
2011
Greenlandic People
# 65
China :
34.9 years
2011
Chinese People
# 66
Macedonia, Republic of :
34.8 years
2011
Macedonian People
# 67
Ireland :
34.5 years
2011
Irish People
= 68
Cyprus :
33.5 years
2011
Cypriot People
= 68
Moldova :
33.5 years
2011
Moldovan People
# 70
Martinique :
33.4 years
2006
People
# 71
Thailand :
33.3 years
2011
Thai People
= 72
British Virgin Islands :
32.9 years
2011
British Virgin Islander People
= 72
Qatar :
32.9 years
2011
Qatari People
# 74
Trinidad and Tobago :
32.6 years
2011
Tobagonian People
# 75
Gibraltar :
32.4 years
2011
Gibraltar People
# 76
Palau :
32.3 years
2011
Palauan People
# 77
Bahrain :
32.2 years
2011
Bahraini People
= 78
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
32.1 years
2011
Nevisian People
= 78
United Arab Emirates :
32.1 years
2011
Emirati People
= 80
Uruguay :
32 years
2011
Uruguayan People
= 80
Seychelles :
32 years
2011
Seychellois People
= 82
Anguilla :
31.9 years
2011
Anguillan People
= 82
Mauritius :
31.9 years
2011
Mauritian People
# 84
Netherlands Antilles :
31.6 years
2008
Dutch Antillean People
= 85
Cook Islands :
31.3 years
2011
Cook Islander People
= 85
Guadeloupe :
31.3 years
2006
People
# 87
Korea, North :
31.2 years
2011
Korean People
# 88
Chile :
31.1 years
2011
Chilean People
# 89
Turks and Caicos Islands :
30.8 years
2011
Turks and Caicos Islands People
# 90
Dominica :
30.4 years
2011
Dominican People
= 91
French Polynesia :
30.2 years
2011
French Polynesian People
= 91
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
30.2 years
2011
Saint Vincentian People
= 93
Saint Lucia :
29.9 years
2011
Saint Lucian People
= 93
Saint Martin :
29.9 years
2011
People
= 95
Northern Mariana Islands :
29.8 years
2011
NA People
= 95
Kuwait :
29.8 years
2011
Kuwaiti People
# 97
Sri Lanka :
29.7 years
2011
Sri Lankan People
= 98
French Guiana :
29.6 years
2006
People
= 98
New Caledonia :
29.6 years
2011
New Caledonian People
= 98
Tunisia :
29.6 years
2011
Tunisian People
= 101
Armenia :
29.5 years
2011
Armenian People
= 101
Argentina :
29.5 years
2011
Argentine People
= 103
Montserrat :
29.2 years
2011
Montserratian People
= 103
Albania :
29.2 years
2011
Albanian People
# 105
Bahamas, The :
29.1 years
2011
Bahamian People
# 106
Guam :
29 years
2011
Guamanian People
= 107
Kazakhstan :
28.7 years
2011
Kazakhstani People
= 107
Antigua and Barbuda :
28.7 years
2011
Barbudan People
= 107
Lebanon :
28.7 years
2011
Lebanese People
= 107
Israel :
28.7 years
2011
Israeli People
# 111
Grenada :
28.6 years
2011
Grenadian People
# 112
Brazil :
28.5 years
2011
Brazilian People
# 113
Costa Rica :
28.4 years
2011
Costa Rican People
= 114
Suriname :
28.3 years
2011
Surinamese People
= 114
Brunei :
28.3 years
2011
Bruneian People
# 116
Turkey :
28.1 years
2011
Turkish People
# 117
Indonesia :
27.7 years
2011
Indonesian People
# 118
Wallis and Futuna :
27.5 years
2011
Futunan, People
# 119
Algeria :
27.4 years
2011
Algerian People
# 120
Azerbaijan :
27.2 years
2011
Azerbaijani People
# 121
Panama :
27.1 years
2011
Panamanian People
# 122
Colombia :
27 years
2011
Colombian People
= 123
Maldives :
26.8 years
2011
Maldivian People
= 123
Vietnam :
26.8 years
2011
Vietnamese People
= 125
Fiji :
26.7 years
2011
Fijian People
= 125
Malaysia :
26.7 years
2011
Malaysian People
# 127
Iran :
26.6 years
2011
Iranian People
# 128
Saudi Arabia :
26.4 years
2011
Saudi People
= 129
Morocco :
26.3 years
2011
Moroccan People
= 129
Burma :
26.3 years
2011
Burmese People
= 131
Dominican Republic :
26 years
2011
Dominican People
= 131
Mexico :
26 years
2011
Mexican People
# 133
Mongolia :
25.8 years
2011
Mongolian People
# 134
Réunion :
25.7 years
2006
People
# 135
India :
25.6 years
2011
Indian People
= 136
Oman :
25.5 years
2011
Omani People
= 136
Peru :
25.5 years
2011
Peruvian People
= 138
Bhutan :
25.4 years
2011
Bhutanese People
= 138
Venezuela :
25.4 years
2011
Venezuelan People
# 140
Uzbekistan :
25.2 years
2011
Uzbekistani People
# 141
Paraguay :
25.1 years
2011
Paraguayan People
# 142
Ecuador :
25 years
2011
Ecuadorian People
= 143
Turkmenistan :
24.9 years
2011
Turkmen People
= 143
Vanuatu :
24.9 years
2011
- People
# 145
South Africa :
24.7 years
2011
South African People
# 146
Libya :
24.5 years
2011
Libyan People
# 147
Nauru :
24.4 years
2011
Nauruan People
# 148
Kyrgyzstan :
24.1 years
2011
Kyrgyzstani People
# 149
Egypt :
24 years
2011
Egyptian People
# 150
Jamaica :
23.7 years
2011
Jamaican People
# 151
American Samoa :
23.6 years
2011
American Samoan People
# 152
Guyana :
23.2 years
2011
Guyanese People
# 153
El Salvador :
22.9 years
2011
Salvadoran People
# 154
Lesotho :
22.8 years
2011
Basotho People
= 155
Bangladesh :
22.7 years
2011
Bangladeshi People
= 155
Tuvalu :
22.7 years
2011
Tuvaluan People
# 157
East Timor :
22.5 years
2011
Timorese People
# 158
Philippines :
22.4 years
2011
Philippine People
= 159
Cambodia :
22.2 years
2011
Cambodian People
= 159
Micronesia, Federated States of :
22.2 years
2011
Micronesian People
= 159
Botswana :
22.2 years
2011
Motswana -Batswana People
= 162
Nicaragua :
22.1 years
2011
Nicaraguan People
= 162
Papua New Guinea :
22.1 years
2011
Papua New Guinean People
= 162
Tajikistan :
22.1 years
2011
Tajikistani People
# 165
Samoa :
22 years
2011
Samoan People
# 166
Cape Verde :
21.9 years
2011
Cape Verdean People
= 167
Marshall Islands :
21.8 years
2011
Marshallese People
= 167
Bolivia :
21.8 years
2011
Bolivian People
= 167
Jordan :
21.8 years
2011
Jordanian People
= 170
Kiribati :
21.7 years
2011
- People
= 170
Syria :
21.7 years
2011
Syrian People
= 170
Namibia :
21.7 years
2011
Namibian People
# 173
Pakistan :
21.5 years
2011
Pakistani People
= 174
Ghana :
21.1 years
2011
Ghanaian People
= 174
Haiti :
21.1 years
2011
Haitian People
# 176
Tonga :
21 years
2011
Tongan People
= 177
Belize :
20.8 years
2011
Belizean People
= 177
Iraq :
20.8 years
2011
Iraqi People
= 179
Nepal :
20.7 years
2011
Nepalese People
= 179
Laos :
20.7 years
2011
Lao People
= 179
Solomon Islands :
20.7 years
2011
Solomon Islander People
# 182
Honduras :
20.6 years
2011
Honduran People
# 183
Djibouti :
20.2 years
2011
Djiboutian People
# 184
West Bank :
20 years
2008
People
# 185
Swaziland :
19.9 years
2011
Swazi People
# 186
Côte d'Ivoire :
19.7 years
2011
Ivoirian People
# 187
Guatemala :
19.4 years
2011
Guatemalan People
# 188
Cameroon :
19.3 years
2011
Cameroonian People
= 189
Gambia, The :
19.2 years
2011
Gambian People
= 189
Nigeria :
19.2 years
2011
Nigerian People
# 191
Togo :
19 years
2011
Togolese People
# 192
Guinea-Bissau :
18.9 years
2011
Guinean People
= 193
Kenya :
18.8 years
2011
Kenyan People
= 193
Central African Republic :
18.8 years
2011
Central African People
# 195
Comoros :
18.7 years
2011
Comoran People
= 196
Mauritania :
18.6 years
2011
Mauritanian People
= 196
Sierra Leone :
18.6 years
2011
Sierra Leonean People
= 198
Equatorial Guinea :
18.5 years
2011
Equatorial Guinean People
= 198
Rwanda :
18.5 years
2011
Rwandan People
# 200
Gabon :
18.4 years
2011
Gabonese People
= 201
Guinea :
18.3 years
2011
Guinean People
= 201
Eritrea :
18.3 years
2011
Eritrean People
= 203
Tanzania :
18.2 years
2011
Tanzanian People
= 203
Afghanistan :
18.2 years
2011
Afghan People
= 203
Liberia :
18.2 years
2011
Liberian People
= 206
Sudan :
18.1 years
2011
Sudanese People
= 206
Angola :
18.1 years
2011
Angolan People
# 208
Yemen :
18 years
2011
Yemeni People
# 209
Madagascar :
17.9 years
2011
Malagasy People
# 210
Somalia :
17.8 years
2011
Somali People
# 211
Zimbabwe :
17.4 years
2011
Zimbabwean People
= 212
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
17.2 years
2011
Congolese People
= 212
Senegal :
17.2 years
2011
Senegalese People
= 214
São Tomé and Príncipe :
17.1 years
2011
Sao Tomean People
= 214
Malawi :
17.1 years
2011
Malawian People
= 216
Benin :
17 years
2011
Beninese People
= 216
Gaza Strip :
17 years
2008
People
# 218
Congo, Republic of the :
16.8 years
2011
Congolese People
# 219
Burkina Faso :
16.7 years
2011
Burkinabe People
# 220
Burundi :
16.6 years
2011
Burundian People
= 221
Ethiopia :
16.5 years
2011
Ethiopian People
= 221
Zambia :
16.5 years
2011
Zambian People
# 223
Mozambique :
16.1 years
2011
Mozambican People
# 224
Mali :
15.9 years
2011
Malian People
# 225
Mayotte :
15.7 years
2011
Mahoran People
# 226
Chad :
15.6 years
2011
Chadian People
= 227
Niger :
15 years
2011
Nigerien People
= 227
Uganda :
15 years
2011
Ugandan People
Weighted average:
28.5 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: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
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