People > Median age > Total: Countries Compared

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	Monaco	50.5 years	2013
2	Japan	45.8 years	2013
3	Germany	45.7 years	2013
4	Hong Kong	44.5 years	2013
5	Italy	44.2 years	2013
=6	Austria	43.9 years	2013
=6	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	43.9 years	2013
8	Virgin Islands	43.5 years	2013
=9	San Marino	43.2 years	2013
=9	Greece	43.2 years	2013
=11	Slovenia	43.1 years	2013
=11	Isle of Man	43.1 years	2013
13	Finland	43 years	2013
=14	Belgium	42.8 years	2013
=14	Guernsey	42.8 years	2013
16	Bermuda	42.6 years	2013
17	Sweden	42.4 years	2013
18	Bulgaria	42.3 years	2013
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	42.19 years	2013
	Western Europe average (profile)	42.14 years	2013
19	Liechtenstein	42.1 years	2013
=20	Switzerland	41.8 years	2013
=20	Croatia	41.8 years	2013
=20	Andorra	41.8 years	2013
=20	Netherlands	41.8 years	2013
=24	Saint Barthelemy	41.7 years	2013
=24	Serbia	41.7 years	2013
26	Canada	41.5 years	2013
=27	Czech Republic	41.4 years	2013
=27	Denmark	41.4 years	2013
29	Spain	41.3 years	2013
	Eurozone average (profile)	41.21 years	2013
30	Latvia	41.2 years	2013
	European Union average (profile)	41.12 years	2013
31	Estonia	41 years	2013
=32	Lithuania	40.8 years	2013
=32	Hungary	40.8 years	2013
34	Portugal	40.7 years	2013
=35	Norway	40.6 years	2013
=35	France	40.6 years	2013
37	Malta	40.5 years	2013
38	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40.4 years	2013
	NATO countries average (profile)	40.36 years	2013
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	40.33 years	2013
=39	Ukraine	40.3 years	2013
=39	United Kingdom	40.3 years	2013
	Southern Europe average (profile)	40.29 years	2013
41	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	40 years	2013
42	Jersey	39.9 years	2013
	Europe average (profile)	39.77 years	2013
43	South Korea	39.7 years	2013
=44	Georgia	39.6 years	2013
=44	Luxembourg	39.6 years	2013
46	Cuba	39.5 years	2013
47	Romania	39.4 years	2013
48	Cayman Islands	39.3 years	2013
49	Belarus	39.2 years	2013
50	Poland	39.1 years	2013
=51	Russia	38.8 years	2013
=51	Saint Helena	38.8 years	2011
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	38.77 years	2013
=53	Taiwan	38.7 years	2013
=53	Montenegro	38.7 years	2013
55	Aruba	38.6 years	2013
56	Slovakia	38.4 years	2013
57	Puerto Rico	38.2 years	2013
58	Australia	38.1 years	2013
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	38.09 years	2013
59	Faroe Islands	37.6 years	2013
	Cold countries average (profile)	37.57 years	2013
60	New Zealand	37.4 years	2013
61	Barbados	37.3 years	2013
=62	United States	37.2 years	2013
=62	Macau	37.2 years	2013
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	36.72 years	2013
64	Republic of Macedonia	36.5 years	2013
65	China	36.3 years	2013
66	Iceland	36.2 years	2013
=67	Cyprus	35.4 years	2013
=67	Moldova	35.4 years	2013
=67	Ireland	35.4 years	2013
70	British Virgin Islands	35.3 years	2013
	Potential Future EU Members average (profile)	35.16 years	2013
71	Thailand	35.1 years	2013
72	Uruguay	34.1 years	2013
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	33.99 years	2013
=73	Trinidad and Tobago	33.9 years	2013
=73	Anguilla	33.9 years	2013
75	Gibraltar	33.8 years	2013
76	Cook Islands	33.7 years	2013
=77	Singapore	33.6 years	2013
=77	Greenland	33.6 years	2013
79	Mauritius	33.5 years	2013
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	33.46 years	2013
80	Seychelles	33.4 years	2013
	Densely populated countries average (profile)	33.34 years	2013
81	North Korea	33.2 years	2013
=82	Chile	33 years	2013
=82	Saint Kitts and Nevis	33 years	2013
=84	Armenia	32.9 years	2013
=84	Palau	32.9 years	2013
	Emerging markets average (profile)	32.89 years	2013
86	Qatar	32.4 years	2013
87	Saint Lucia	32.2 years	2013
	Catholic countries average (profile)	31.81 years	2013
88	Dominica	31.7 years	2013
89	Saint Martin	31.5 years	2013
=90	Sri Lanka	31.4 years	2013
=90	Turks and Caicos Islands	31.4 years	2013
=90	Bahrain	31.4 years	2013
93	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	31.3 years	2013
94	Albania	31.2 years	2013
	Christian countries average (profile)	31.13 years	2013
95	Northern Mariana Islands	31.1 years	2013
=96	Tunisia	31 years	2013
=96	Argentina	31 years	2013
98	Lebanon	30.9 years	2013
=99	Montserrat	30.8 years	2013
=99	Antigua and Barbuda	30.8 years	2013
=99	The Bahamas	30.8 years	2013
102	New Caledonia	30.7 years	2013
=103	Brazil	30.3 years	2013
=103	United Arab Emirates	30.3 years	2013
105	French Polynesia	30.2 years	2013
106	Azerbaijan	29.8 years	2013
=107	Guam	29.7 years	2013
=107	Israel	29.7 years	2013
=109	Costa Rica	29.6 years	2013
=109	Wallis and Futuna	29.6 years	2013
111	Kazakhstan	29.5 years	2013
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	29.45 years	2013
112	Grenada	29.3 years	2013
113	Turkey	29.2 years	2013
114	Brunei	29 years	2013
115	Indonesia	28.9 years	2013
116	Kuwait	28.8 years	2013
117	Vietnam	28.7 years	2013
118	Colombia	28.6 years	2013
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	28.43 years	2013
119	Suriname	28.2 years	2013
120	Panama	28 years	2013
	Religious countries average (profile)	27.95 years	2013
=121	Iran	27.8 years	2013
=121	American Samoa	27.8 years	2013
=123	Mexico	27.7 years	2013
=123	Morocco	27.7 years	2013
=125	Burma	27.6 years	2013
=125	Fiji	27.6 years	2013
=127	Kosovo	27.4 years	2013
=127	Malaysia	27.4 years	2013
129	Libya	27.1 years	2013
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	27.07 years	2013
130	Algeria	27 years	2013
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	26.93 years	2013
131	Mongolia	26.9 years	2013
132	Dominican Republic	26.8 years	2013
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	26.74 years	2013
=133	Peru	26.7 years	2013
=133	India	26.7 years	2013
=133	Maldives	26.7 years	2013
=136	Venezuela	26.6 years	2013
=136	Uzbekistan	26.6 years	2013
=138	Paraguay	26.3 years	2013
=138	Ecuador	26.3 years	2013
	Former British colonies average (profile)	26.22 years	2013
140	Turkmenistan	26.2 years	2013
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	26.11 years	2013
141	Saudi Arabia	26 years	2013
	OPEC countries average (profile)	25.72 years	2013
142	Bhutan	25.7 years	2013
143	South Africa	25.5 years	2013
144	Kyrgyzstan	25.4 years	2013
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	25.22 years	2013
145	El Salvador	25.1 years	2013
	Hot countries average (profile)	25.01 years	2013
146	Nauru	25 years	2013
147	Egypt	24.8 years	2013
148	Oman	24.7 years	2013
=149	Jamaica	24.6 years	2013
=149	Tuvalu	24.6 years	2013
151	Guyana	24.5 years	2013
	Muslim countries average (profile)	24.17 years	2013
152	Bangladesh	23.9 years	2013
=153	Nicaragua	23.7 years	2013
=153	Cambodia	23.7 years	2013
155	Cape Verde	23.5 years	2013
=156	Federated States of Micronesia	23.4 years	2013
=156	Lesotho	23.4 years	2013
158	Philippines	23.3 years	2013
	South Asia average (profile)	23.28 years	2013
=159	Kiribati	23.2 years	2013
=159	Tajikistan	23.2 years	2013
161	Bolivia	23.1 years	2013
=162	Samoa	22.7 years	2013
=162	Botswana	22.7 years	2013
=162	Syria	22.7 years	2013
165	Jordan	22.6 years	2013
=166	Namibia	22.4 years	2013
=166	Djibouti	22.4 years	2013
=166	Marshall Islands	22.4 years	2013
=166	Nepal	22.4 years	2013
=170	Pakistan	22.2 years	2013
=170	Papua New Guinea	22.2 years	2013
172	West Bank	22 years	2013
173	Haiti	21.9 years	2013
174	Tonga	21.8 years	2013
=175	Honduras	21.6 years	2013
=175	Laos	21.6 years	2013
177	Belize	21.5 years	2013
=178	Iraq	21.3 years	2013
=178	Solomon Islands	21.3 years	2013
	Former French colonies average (profile)	21.19 years	2013
180	Vanuatu	20.8 years	2013
=181	Guatemala	20.7 years	2013
=181	Ghana	20.7 years	2013
=181	Swaziland	20.7 years	2013
184	Western Sahara	20.6 years	2013
185	Cote d'Ivoire	20 years	2013
186	The Gambia	19.9 years	2013
187	Mauritania	19.8 years	2013
=188	Guinea-Bissau	19.7 years	2013
=188	Cameroon	19.7 years	2013
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	19.51 years	2013
=190	Togo	19.5 years	2013
=190	Zimbabwe	19.5 years	2013
192	Central African Republic	19.3 years	2013
193	Equatorial Guinea	19.2 years	2013
	failed states average (profile)	19.04 years	2013
=194	Comoros	19 years	2013
=194	Sierra Leone	19 years	2013
=194	Madagascar	19 years	2013
=197	Eritrea	18.9 years	2013
=197	Kenya	18.9 years	2013
=197	Sudan	18.9 years	2013
200	Rwanda	18.7 years	2013
=201	Gabon	18.6 years	2013
=201	Guinea	18.6 years	2013
203	Yemen	18.5 years	2013
204	East Timor	18.4 years	2013
205	Senegal	18.2 years	2013
206	Gaza Strip	18.1 years	2013
=207	Nigeria	17.9 years	2013
=207	Afghanistan	17.9 years	2013
=207	Liberia	17.9 years	2013
=210	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17.7 years	2013
=210	Angola	17.7 years	2013
=210	Somalia	17.7 years	2013
=213	Benin	17.6 years	2013
=213	Sao Tome and Principe	17.6 years	2013
215	Ethiopia	17.5 years	2013
=216	Malawi	17.3 years	2013
=216	Tanzania	17.3 years	2013
=216	Mayotte	17.3 years	2010
219	Congo, Republic of the	17.1 years	2013
=220	Chad	17 years	2013
=220	Burkina Faso	17 years	2013
222	Burundi	16.9 years	2013
223	Mozambique	16.8 years	2013
224	Zambia	16.7 years	2013
225	South Sudan	16.6 years	2013
226	Mali	16 years	2013
227	Uganda	15.5 years	2013
228	Niger	15 years	2013

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