People > Median age > Male: Countries Compared

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	Monaco	49.4 years	2013
2	Germany	44.7 years	2013
3	Japan	44.4 years	2013
4	Hong Kong	43.8 years	2013
5	Virgin Islands	43.7 years	2013
6	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	43.5 years	2013
7	Italy	43 years	2013
8	Austria	42.8 years	2013
9	Isle of Man	42.4 years	2013
10	San Marino	42.3 years	2013
11	Greece	42.1 years	2013
12	Andorra	42 years	2013
13	Saint Barthelemy	41.8 years	2013
14	Guernsey	41.7 years	2013
15	Belgium	41.5 years	2013
16	Slovenia	41.4 years	2013
=17	Finland	41.2 years	2013
=17	Sweden	41.2 years	2013
	Western Europe average (profile)	41.13 years	2013
19	Liechtenstein	41.1 years	2013
20	Netherlands	41 years	2013
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	40.91 years	2013
21	Bermuda	40.9 years	2013
22	Switzerland	40.8 years	2013
23	Denmark	40.5 years	2013
24	Canada	40.2 years	2013
=25	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	40 years	2013
=25	Serbia	40 years	2013
=25	Spain	40 years	2013
=25	Czech Republic	40 years	2013
=25	Bulgaria	40 years	2013
=25	Croatia	40 years	2013
	Eurozone average (profile)	39.71 years	2013
31	Norway	39.7 years	2013
32	Serbia and Montenegro	39.6 years	2011
	European Union average (profile)	39.57 years	2013
33	Malta	39.3 years	2013
=34	United Kingdom	39.1 years	2013
=34	France	39.1 years	2013
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	39.07 years	2013
	Southern Europe average (profile)	39.02 years	2013
36	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39 years	2013
	NATO countries average (profile)	38.84 years	2013
37	Saint Helena	38.8 years	2011
=38	Cayman Islands	38.6 years	2013
=38	Cuba	38.6 years	2013
=38	Hungary	38.6 years	2013
=38	Portugal	38.6 years	2013
42	Luxembourg	38.5 years	2013
	Europe average (profile)	38.26 years	2013
=43	Latvia	38.2 years	2013
=43	Lithuania	38.2 years	2013
=43	South Korea	38.2 years	2013
=46	Romania	38 years	2013
=46	Taiwan	38 years	2013
48	Macau	37.9 years	2013
49	Jersey	37.7 years	2013
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	37.68 years	2013
50	Montenegro	37.6 years	2013
51	Poland	37.5 years	2013
52	Estonia	37.4 years	2013
53	Australia	37.3 years	2013
=54	Ukraine	37.1 years	2013
=54	Georgia	37.1 years	2013
56	Faroe Islands	37 years	2013
57	Slovakia	36.9 years	2013
58	Aruba	36.8 years	2013
59	New Zealand	36.6 years	2013
60	Puerto Rico	36.4 years	2013
	Cold countries average (profile)	36.21 years	2013
61	Barbados	36.2 years	2013
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	36.2 years	2013
62	Belarus	36.1 years	2013
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	35.98 years	2013
63	United States	35.9 years	2013
64	Russia	35.8 years	2013
65	Iceland	35.7 years	2013
66	China	35.5 years	2013
67	Republic of Macedonia	35.4 years	2013
68	British Virgin Islands	35.3 years	2013
69	Ireland	35.1 years	2013
70	Greenland	35 years	2013
71	Thailand	34.2 years	2013
	Potential Future EU Members average (profile)	34.17 years	2013
72	Cyprus	34 years	2013
=73	Singapore	33.5 years	2013
=73	Moldova	33.5 years	2013
=75	Trinidad and Tobago	33.4 years	2013
=75	Qatar	33.4 years	2013
=75	Martinique	33.4 years	2006
78	Saint Kitts and Nevis	33.1 years	2013
=79	Seychelles	33 years	2013
=79	Cook Islands	33 years	2013
81	Gibraltar	32.9 years	2013
82	Bahrain	32.8 years	2013
83	Mauritius	32.6 years	2013
	Densely populated countries average (profile)	32.6 years	2013
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	32.58 years	2013
84	Palau	32.5 years	2013
85	Uruguay	32.4 years	2013
86	Anguilla	32.2 years	2013
87	Netherlands Antilles	32.1 years	2010
88	United Arab Emirates	32 years	2013
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	31.94 years	2013
89	Chile	31.8 years	2013
90	Turks and Caicos Islands	31.7 years	2013
91	North Korea	31.6 years	2013
	Emerging markets average (profile)	31.54 years	2013
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	31.4 years	2013
93	Guadeloupe	31.3 years	2006
94	Dominica	31.2 years	2013
95	Saint Lucia	31.1 years	2013
	Catholic countries average (profile)	30.96 years	2013
=96	Saint Martin	30.5 years	2013
=96	Tunisia	30.5 years	2013
=98	Sri Lanka	30.3 years	2013
=98	Montserrat	30.3 years	2013
=98	Armenia	30.3 years	2013
	Christian countries average (profile)	30.29 years	2013
=101	New Caledonia	30.1 years	2013
=101	French Polynesia	30.1 years	2013
103	Kuwait	30 years	2013
=104	Albania	29.9 years	2013
=104	Argentina	29.9 years	2013
=106	The Bahamas	29.7 years	2013
=106	Lebanon	29.7 years	2013
108	French Guiana	29.6 years	2006
=109	Northern Mariana Islands	29.5 years	2013
=109	Brazil	29.5 years	2013
111	Grenada	29.3 years	2013
112	Guam	29.2 years	2013
=113	Antigua and Barbuda	29.1 years	2013
=113	Costa Rica	29.1 years	2013
115	Israel	29 years	2013
116	Turkey	28.8 years	2013
=117	Brunei	28.7 years	2013
=117	Wallis and Futuna	28.7 years	2013
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	28.69 years	2013
119	Indonesia	28.4 years	2013
120	American Samoa	28.3 years	2013
121	Azerbaijan	28.2 years	2013
122	Kazakhstan	28.1 years	2013
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	27.85 years	2013
123	Suriname	27.8 years	2013
=124	Vietnam	27.6 years	2013
=124	Colombia	27.6 years	2013
=124	Panama	27.6 years	2013
127	Iran	27.5 years	2013
128	Fiji	27.4 years	2013
	Religious countries average (profile)	27.21 years	2013
=129	Malaysia	27.2 years	2013
=129	Libya	27.2 years	2013
131	Morocco	27.1 years	2013
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	27.09 years	2013
=132	Burma	27 years	2013
=132	Saudi Arabia	27 years	2013
=132	Maldives	27 years	2013
=132	Kosovo	27 years	2013
136	Algeria	26.7 years	2013
=137	Mexico	26.6 years	2013
=137	Dominican Republic	26.6 years	2013
139	Mongolia	26.5 years	2013
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	26.34 years	2013
140	Bhutan	26.3 years	2013
=141	India	26.1 years	2013
=141	Paraguay	26.1 years	2013
=141	Uzbekistan	26.1 years	2013
144	Peru	26 years	2013
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	25.99 years	2013
	OPEC countries average (profile)	25.98 years	2013
	Former British colonies average (profile)	25.92 years	2013
=145	Oman	25.9 years	2013
=145	Venezuela	25.9 years	2013
147	Turkmenistan	25.8 years	2013
=148	Ecuador	25.7 years	2013
=148	Reunion	25.7 years	2006
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	25.67 years	2013
=150	South Africa	25.2 years	2013
=150	Nauru	25.2 years	2013
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	24.78 years	2013
	Hot countries average (profile)	24.61 years	2013
=152	Kyrgyzstan	24.5 years	2013
=152	Egypt	24.5 years	2013
154	Jamaica	24.1 years	2013
	Muslim countries average (profile)	23.9 years	2013
=155	Guyana	23.7 years	2013
=155	El Salvador	23.7 years	2013
=157	Tuvalu	23.4 years	2013
=157	Bangladesh	23.4 years	2013
159	Lesotho	23.3 years	2013
	South Asia average (profile)	23.18 years	2013
160	Cambodia	23 years	2013
=161	Nicaragua	22.8 years	2013
=161	Federated States of Micronesia	22.8 years	2013
=161	Philippines	22.8 years	2013
=164	Cape Verde	22.7 years	2013
=164	Tajikistan	22.7 years	2013
166	Botswana	22.6 years	2013
=167	Samoa	22.5 years	2013
=167	Syria	22.5 years	2013
=169	Namibia	22.4 years	2013
=169	Kiribati	22.4 years	2013
=169	Marshall Islands	22.4 years	2013
=169	Papua New Guinea	22.4 years	2013
173	Bolivia	22.3 years	2013
=174	Pakistan	22.2 years	2013
=174	Jordan	22.2 years	2013
176	West Bank	21.8 years	2013
177	Nepal	21.7 years	2013
178	Haiti	21.6 years	2013
=179	Belize	21.4 years	2013
=179	Laos	21.4 years	2013
=181	Tonga	21.3 years	2013
=181	Honduras	21.3 years	2013
183	Iraq	21.2 years	2013
184	Solomon Islands	21.1 years	2013
185	Djibouti	20.8 years	2013
	Former French colonies average (profile)	20.68 years	2013
=186	Swaziland	20.4 years	2013
=186	Vanuatu	20.4 years	2013
188	Ghana	20.3 years	2013
189	Western Sahara	20.2 years	2013
190	Cote d'Ivoire	20.1 years	2013
191	Guatemala	20 years	2013
=192	Cameroon	19.6 years	2013
=192	The Gambia	19.6 years	2013
194	Togo	19.2 years	2013
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	19.14 years	2013
195	Guinea-Bissau	19.1 years	2013
=196	Central African Republic	19 years	2013
=196	Zimbabwe	19 years	2013
=198	Madagascar	18.8 years	2013
=198	Mauritania	18.8 years	2013
=198	Kenya	18.8 years	2013
	failed states average (profile)	18.79 years	2013
201	Equatorial Guinea	18.7 years	2013
=202	Sudan	18.6 years	2013
=202	Eritrea	18.6 years	2013
204	Sierra Leone	18.5 years	2013
=205	Guinea	18.4 years	2013
=205	Rwanda	18.4 years	2013
=205	Gabon	18.4 years	2013
=205	Yemen	18.4 years	2013
209	Comoros	18.3 years	2013
=210	Afghanistan	17.9 years	2013
=210	Gaza Strip	17.9 years	2013
=212	East Timor	17.8 years	2013
=212	Somalia	17.8 years	2013
214	Liberia	17.7 years	2013
=215	Angola	17.5 years	2013
=215	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17.5 years	2013
=217	Nigeria	17.4 years	2013
=217	Senegal	17.4 years	2013
219	Ethiopia	17.3 years	2013
=220	Malawi	17.2 years	2013
=220	Sao Tome and Principe	17.2 years	2013
=220	Benin	17.2 years	2013
223	Tanzania	17 years	2013
224	Congo, Republic of the	16.9 years	2013
225	Burkina Faso	16.8 years	2013
226	Burundi	16.6 years	2013
=227	Zambia	16.5 years	2013
=227	South Sudan	16.5 years	2013
229	Mozambique	16.2 years	2013
230	Chad	15.9 years	2013
231	Mayotte	15.7 years	2011
=232	Mali	15.4 years	2013
=232	Uganda	15.4 years	2013
234	Niger	14.9 years	2013

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