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

DEFINITION: This entry is derived from People > Median age, which 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	Mauritius	33.5 years	2013
2	Seychelles	33.4 years	2013
3	South Africa	25.5 years	2013
4	Cape Verde	23.5 years	2013
5	Lesotho	23.4 years	2013
6	Botswana	22.7 years	2013
=7	Namibia	22.4 years	2013
=7	Djibouti	22.4 years	2013
=9	Ghana	20.7 years	2013
=9	Swaziland	20.7 years	2013
11	Cote d'Ivoire	20 years	2013
12	The Gambia	19.9 years	2013
13	Mauritania	19.8 years	2013
=14	Guinea-Bissau	19.7 years	2013
=14	Cameroon	19.7 years	2013
=16	Togo	19.5 years	2013
=16	Zimbabwe	19.5 years	2013
18	Central African Republic	19.3 years	2013
19	Equatorial Guinea	19.2 years	2013
=20	Comoros	19 years	2013
=20	Sierra Leone	19 years	2013
=20	Madagascar	19 years	2013
=23	Eritrea	18.9 years	2013
=23	Kenya	18.9 years	2013
=23	Sudan	18.9 years	2013
26	Rwanda	18.7 years	2013
=27	Gabon	18.6 years	2013
=27	Guinea	18.6 years	2013
29	Senegal	18.2 years	2013
=30	Nigeria	17.9 years	2013
=30	Liberia	17.9 years	2013
=32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17.7 years	2013
=32	Angola	17.7 years	2013
=32	Somalia	17.7 years	2013
=35	Benin	17.6 years	2013
=35	Sao Tome and Principe	17.6 years	2013
37	Ethiopia	17.5 years	2013
=38	Malawi	17.3 years	2013
=38	Tanzania	17.3 years	2013
=40	Chad	17 years	2013
=40	Burkina Faso	17 years	2013
42	Burundi	16.9 years	2013
43	Mozambique	16.8 years	2013
44	Zambia	16.7 years	2013
45	South Sudan	16.6 years	2013
46	Mali	16 years	2013
47	Uganda	15.5 years	2013
48	Niger	15 years	2013

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