Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Median age > Male

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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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Seychelles	33 years	2013
2	Mauritius	32.6 years	2013
3	South Africa	25.2 years	2013
4	Lesotho	23.3 years	2013
5	Cape Verde	22.7 years	2013
6	Botswana	22.6 years	2013
7	Namibia	22.4 years	2013
8	Djibouti	20.8 years	2013
9	Swaziland	20.4 years	2013
10	Ghana	20.3 years	2013
11	Cote d'Ivoire	20.1 years	2013
=12	The Gambia	19.6 years	2013
=12	Cameroon	19.6 years	2013
14	Togo	19.2 years	2013
15	Guinea-Bissau	19.1 years	2013
=16	Zimbabwe	19 years	2013
=16	Central African Republic	19 years	2013
=18	Kenya	18.8 years	2013
=18	Mauritania	18.8 years	2013
=18	Madagascar	18.8 years	2013
21	Equatorial Guinea	18.7 years	2013
=22	Eritrea	18.6 years	2013
=22	Sudan	18.6 years	2013
24	Sierra Leone	18.5 years	2013
=25	Gabon	18.4 years	2013
=25	Rwanda	18.4 years	2013
=25	Guinea	18.4 years	2013
28	Comoros	18.3 years	2013
29	Somalia	17.8 years	2013
30	Liberia	17.7 years	2013
=31	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17.5 years	2013
=31	Angola	17.5 years	2013
=33	Senegal	17.4 years	2013
=33	Nigeria	17.4 years	2013
35	Ethiopia	17.3 years	2013
=36	Benin	17.2 years	2013
=36	Sao Tome and Principe	17.2 years	2013
=36	Malawi	17.2 years	2013
39	Tanzania	17 years	2013
40	Burkina Faso	16.8 years	2013
41	Burundi	16.6 years	2013
=42	South Sudan	16.5 years	2013
=42	Zambia	16.5 years	2013
44	Mozambique	16.2 years	2013
45	Chad	15.9 years	2013
=46	Uganda	15.4 years	2013
=46	Mali	15.4 years	2013
48	Niger	14.9 years	2013

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