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Country
Median age (years)
Afghanistan total: 18.9 years
male: 19.1 years
female: 18.7 years (2002)
Albania total: 26.5 years
male: 24.8 years
female: 28.1 years (2002)
Algeria total: 22.5 years
male: 22.3 years
female: 22.6 years (2002)
American Samoa total: 21.6 years
male: 21.1 years
female: 22.2 years (2002)
Andorra total: 39.1 years
male: 39.4 years
female: 38.8 years (2002)
Angola total: 18.2 years
male: 18.2 years
female: 18.2 years (2002)
Anguilla total: 30 years
male: 30 years
female: 29.9 years (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda total: 29.1 years
male: 28.6 years
female: 29.6 years (2002)
Argentina total: 29 years
male: 28 years
female: 29.9 years (2002)
Armenia total: 32.3 years
male: 30.6 years
female: 34.1 years (2002)
Aruba total: 37.1 years
male: 35.3 years
female: 38.5 years (2002)
Australia total: 36 years
male: 35.2 years
female: 36.8 years (2002)
Austria total: 39.4 years
male: 38.2 years
female: 40.7 years (2002)
Azerbaijan total: 27.1 years
male: 25.7 years
female: 28.6 years (2002)
Bahamas, The total: 27 years
male: 26.2 years
female: 27.7 years (2002)
Bahrain total: 28.7 years
male: 31.6 years
female: 25.1 years (2002)
Bangladesh total: 21.2 years
male: 21.2 years
female: 21.1 years (2002)
Barbados total: 33.3 years
male: 32.2 years
female: 34.4 years (2002)
Belarus total: 36.7 years
male: 34.1 years
female: 39.3 years (2002)
Belgium total: 40 years
male: 38.7 years
female: 41.3 years (2002)
Belize total: 18.9 years
male: 18.8 years
female: 19 years (2002)
Benin total: 16.4 years
male: 15.9 years
female: 16.9 years (2002)
Bermuda total: 38.7 years
male: 37.8 years
female: 39.6 years (2002)
Bhutan total: 20.1 years
male: 19.9 years
female: 20.3 years (2002)
Bolivia total: 20.8 years
male: 20.1 years
female: 21.5 years (2002)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 35.5 years
male: 35.1 years
female: 35.9 years (2002)
Botswana total: 19.1 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 19.8 years (2002)
Brazil total: 27 years
male: 26.2 years
female: 27.7 years (2002)
British Virgin Islands total: 30.7 years
male: 31 years
female: 30.4 years (2002)
Brunei total: 26.4 years
male: 27 years
female: 25.7 years (2002)
Bulgaria total: 40.5 years
male: 38.4 years
female: 42.4 years (2002)
Burkina Faso total: 16.8 years
male: 16.4 years
female: 17.2 years (2002)
Burma total: 25.3 years
male: 24.8 years
female: 25.9 years (2002)
Burundi total: 16.3 years
male: 15.9 years
female: 16.7 years (2002)
Cambodia total: 19.2 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 20 years (2002)
Cameroon total: 18.4 years
male: 18.2 years
female: 18.5 years (2002)
Canada total: 37.8 years
male: 36.9 years
female: 38.8 years (2002)
Cape Verde total: 18.7 years
male: 17.9 years
female: 19.6 years (2002)
Cayman Islands total: 36.1 years
male: 35.8 years
female: 36.4 years (2002)
Central African Republic total: 17.9 years
male: 17.6 years
female: 18.3 years (2002)
Chad total: 16 years
male: 15.2 years
female: 16.8 years (2002)
Chile total: 29.5 years
male: 28.6 years
female: 30.4 years (2002)
China total: 31.5 years
male: 31.2 years
female: 31.7 years (2002)
Colombia total: 25.6 years
male: 24.8 years
female: 26.4 years (2002)
Comoros total: 18.6 years
male: 18.3 years
female: 18.9 years (2002)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 15.8 years
male: 15.4 years
female: 16.1 years (2002)
Congo, Republic of the total: 20.2 years
male: 19.8 years
female: 20.7 years (2002)
Costa Rica total: 25.4 years
male: 24.9 years
female: 25.8 years (2002)
Cote d'Ivoire total: 17 years
male: 17.3 years
female: 16.6 years (2002)
Croatia total: 38.9 years
male: 37.1 years
female: 40.7 years (2002)
Cuba total: 34.5 years
male: 33.9 years
female: 35.1 years (2002)
Cyprus total: 34.2 years
male: 33.1 years
female: 35.2 years (2002)
Czech Republic total: 38.4 years
male: 36.6 years
female: 40.2 years (2002)
Denmark total: 39.1 years
male: 38.1 years
female: 40.1 years (2002)
Djibouti total: 18.3 years
male: 18.9 years
female: 17.7 years (2002)
Dominica total: 28.4 years
male: 28.1 years
female: 28.8 years (2002)
Dominican Republic total: 23.5 years
male: 23.3 years
female: 23.7 years (2002)
East Timor total: 19.7 years
male: 19.8 years
female: 19.6 years (2002)
Ecuador total: 22.5 years
male: 22 years
female: 23 years (2002)
Egypt total: 23.1 years
male: 22.8 years
female: 23.5 years (2002)
El Salvador total: 21.1 years
male: 20 years
female: 22.2 years (2002)
Equatorial Guinea total: 18.7 years
male: 18 years
female: 19.3 years (2002)
Eritrea total: 17.6 years
male: 17.4 years
female: 17.7 years (2002)
Estonia total: 38.1 years
male: 34.7 years
female: 41.3 years (2002)
Ethiopia total: 17.3 years
male: 17.3 years
female: 17.4 years (2002)
Faroe Islands total: 35.1 years
male: 34.5 years
female: 35.8 years (2002)
Fiji total: 23.7 years
male: 23.3 years
female: 24.2 years (2002)
Finland total: 40.3 years
male: 38.8 years
female: 41.8 years (2002)
France total: 38.3 years
male: 36.8 years
female: 39.8 years (2002)
French Guiana total: 28.2 years
male: 29.2 years
female: 27.1 years (2002)
French Polynesia total: 26.7 years
male: 27.1 years
female: 26.3 years (2002)
Gabon total: 18.5 years
male: 18.3 years
female: 18.7 years (2002)
Gambia, The total: 17.4 years
male: 17.3 years
female: 17.6 years (2002)
Gaza Strip total: 15.3 years
male: 15.1 years
female: 15.5 years (2002)
Georgia total: 34.8 years
male: 32.6 years
female: 37 years (2002)
Germany total: 41.3 years
male: 39.9 years
female: 42.8 years (2002)
Ghana total: 19.8 years
male: 19.5 years
female: 20 years (2002)
Gibraltar total: 38.8 years
male: 38.6 years
female: 39 years (2002)
Greece total: 39.8 years
male: 38.6 years
female: 41 years (2002)
Greenland total: 33.1 years
male: 34.3 years
female: 31.7 years (2002)
Grenada total: 20.5 years
male: 21 years
female: 20 years (2002)
Guadeloupe total: 31 years
male: 30.2 years
female: 31.9 years (2002)
Guam total: 25.2 years
male: 25.6 years
female: 24.9 years (2002)
Guatemala total: 18.3 years
male: 18.1 years
female: 18.5 years (2002)
Guernsey total: 40.2 years
male: 39.3 years
female: 41.1 years (2002)
Guinea total: 17.7 years
male: 17.4 years
female: 17.9 years (2002)
Guinea-Bissau total: 18.8 years
male: 18.2 years
female: 19.4 years (2002)
Guyana total: 25.7 years
male: 25.2 years
female: 26.3 years (2002)
Haiti total: 17.9 years
male: 17.4 years
female: 18.5 years (2002)
Honduras total: 18.8 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 19.2 years (2002)
Hong Kong total: 37.5 years
male: 37.1 years
female: 37.7 years (2002)
Hungary total: 38.4 years
male: 35.7 years
female: 41.1 years (2002)
Iceland total: 34 years
male: 33.2 years
female: 34.7 years (2002)
India total: 24.1 years
male: 24.1 years
female: 24.2 years (2002)
Indonesia total: 25.8 years
male: 25.4 years
female: 26.2 years (2002)
Iran total: 22.9 years
male: 22.7 years
female: 23.2 years (2002)
Iraq total: 19 years
male: 18.9 years
female: 19.1 years (2002)
Ireland total: 33.1 years
male: 32.2 years
female: 34 years (2002)
Israel total: 28.9 years
male: 28.1 years
female: 29.8 years (2002)
Italy total: 41 years
male: 39.4 years
female: 42.6 years (2002)
Jamaica total: 26.5 years
male: 25.8 years
female: 27.2 years (2002)
Japan total: 42 years
male: 40.3 years
female: 43.8 years (2002)
Jersey total: 39.8 years
male: 39.1 years
female: 40.6 years (2002)
Jordan total: 21.8 years
male: 22.4 years
female: 21.1 years (2002)
Kazakhstan total: 28.2 years
male: 26.6 years
female: 29.7 years (2002)
Kenya total: 18.4 years
male: 18.2 years
female: 18.5 years (2002)
Kiribati total: 19.7 years
male: 19.3 years
female: 20.2 years (2002)
Korea, North total: 31.1 years
male: 30 years
female: 32.3 years (2002)
Korea, South total: 33.2 years
male: 32.2 years
female: 34.2 years (2002)
Kuwait total: 25.9 years
male: 28.4 years
female: 21.8 years (2002)
Kyrgyzstan total: 22.7 years
male: 21.8 years
female: 23.6 years (2002)
Laos total: 18.5 years
male: 18.1 years
female: 18.9 years (2002)
Latvia total: 39 years
male: 35.5 years
female: 42.1 years (2002)
Lebanon total: 26.4 years
male: 25.4 years
female: 27.5 years (2002)
Lesotho total: 19.8 years
male: 19.3 years
female: 20.4 years (2002)
Liberia total: 18.1 years
male: 17.7 years
female: 18.4 years (2002)
Libya total: 22.1 years
male: 22.2 years
female: 21.9 years (2002)
Liechtenstein total: 38.3 years
male: 37.9 years
female: 38.8 years (2002)
Lithuania total: 36.6 years
male: 33.9 years
female: 39.2 years (2002)
Luxembourg total: 38.1 years
male: 37.2 years
female: 38.9 years (2002)
Macau total: 33.1 years
male: 32.9 years
female: 33.3 years (2002)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of total: 32.5 years
male: 31.4 years
female: 33.6 years (2002)
Madagascar total: 17.4 years
male: 17.2 years
female: 17.6 years (2002)
Malawi total: 16.4 years
male: 16.1 years
female: 16.7 years (2002)
Malaysia total: 23.6 years
male: 23 years
female: 24.3 years (2002)
Maldives total: 17.3 years
male: 17.2 years
female: 17.4 years (2002)
Mali total: 16.3 years
male: 15.7 years
female: 16.9 years (2002)
Malta total: 37.2 years
male: 35.6 years
female: 38.8 years (2002)
Man, Isle of total: 39.1 years
male: 37.8 years
female: 40.6 years (2002)
Marshall Islands total: 19.3 years
male: 19.3 years
female: 19.2 years (2002)
Martinique total: 32.7 years
male: 32 years
female: 33.3 years (2002)
Mauritania total: 16.9 years
male: 16.6 years
female: 17.2 years (2002)
Mauritius total: 29.8 years
male: 29.1 years
female: 30.8 years (2002)
Mayotte total: 16.9 years
male: 18.1 years
female: 15.7 years (2002)
Mexico total: 23.8 years
male: 22.9 years
female: 24.6 years (2002)
Moldova total: 32 years
male: 29.8 years
female: 34.2 years (2002)
Monaco total: 45 years
male: 43 years
female: 47 years (2002)
Mongolia total: 23.5 years
male: 23.2 years
female: 23.9 years (2002)
Montserrat total: 27.8 years
male: 27.7 years
female: 27.9 years (2002)
Morocco total: 23 years
male: 22.5 years
female: 23.5 years (2002)
Mozambique total: 19 years
male: 18.7 years
female: 19.3 years (2002)
Namibia total: 18.3 years
male: 17.9 years
female: 18.6 years (2002)
Nauru total: 19.6 years
male: 19.3 years
female: 20 years (2002)
Nepal total: 19.7 years
male: 19.6 years
female: 19.9 years (2002)
Netherlands total: 38.6 years
male: 37.7 years
female: 39.5 years (2002)
Netherlands Antilles total: 31.8 years
male: 30.3 years
female: 33.2 years (2002)
New Caledonia total: 26.9 years
male: 26.7 years
female: 27.2 years (2002)
New Zealand total: 33.1 years
male: 32.4 years
female: 33.9 years (2002)
Nicaragua total: 20.4 years
male: 20 years
female: 20.8 years (2002)
Niger total: 16.1 years
male: 15.6 years
female: 16.6 years (2002)
Nigeria total: 18 years
male: 18.1 years
female: 17.9 years (2002)
Northern Mariana Islands total: 30.4 years
male: 31 years
female: 30.1 years (2002)
Norway total: 37.7 years
male: 36.7 years
female: 38.7 years (2002)
Oman total: 19.4 years
male: 22.3 years
female: 16.5 years (2002)
Pakistan total: 19.8 years
male: 19.7 years
female: 20 years (2002)
Palau total: 30.8 years
male: 31.8 years
female: 29.7 years (2002)
Panama total: 25.6 years
male: 25.4 years
female: 25.9 years (2002)
Papua New Guinea total: 20.8 years
male: 21 years
female: 20.6 years (2002)
Paraguay total: 20.9 years
male: 20.7 years
female: 21.2 years (2002)
Peru total: 23.5 years
male: 23.2 years
female: 23.7 years (2002)
Philippines total: 21.8 years
male: 21.3 years
female: 22.4 years (2002)
Poland total: 36 years
male: 34.1 years
female: 38 years (2002)
Portugal total: 37.6 years
male: 35.8 years
female: 39.3 years (2002)
Puerto Rico total: 33.3 years
male: 31.6 years
female: 34.9 years (2002)
Qatar total: 31.2 years
male: 36.4 years
female: 21.6 years (2002)
Reunion total: 26.4 years
male: 25.2 years
female: 27.5 years (2002)
Romania total: 35.4 years
male: 34 years
female: 37.1 years (2002)
Russia total: 37.6 years
male: 34.7 years
female: 40.3 years (2002)
Rwanda total: 18.1 years
male: 17.8 years
female: 18.3 years (2002)
Saint Helena total: 34.2 years
male: 34.4 years
female: 33.9 years (2002)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total: 27.1 years
male: 26.3 years
female: 27.9 years (2002)
Saint Lucia total: 24.1 years
male: 23.3 years
female: 24.9 years (2002)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total: 32.9 years
male: 32.7 years
female: 33.1 years (2002)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total: 25.3 years
male: 25.1 years
female: 25.5 years (2002)
Samoa total: 23.7 years
male: 26.3 years
female: 20.2 years (2002)
San Marino total: 39.6 years
male: 39.2 years
female: 40 years (2002)
Sao Tome and Principe total: 16.1 years
male: 15.5 years
female: 16.7 years (2002)
Saudi Arabia total: 18.8 years
male: 20.9 years
female: 16.8 years (2002)
Senegal total: 17.8 years
male: 17.2 years
female: 18.4 years (2002)
Serbia and Montenegro total: 36.2 years
male: 34.3 years
female: 37.9 years (2002)
Seychelles total: 26.9 years
male: 25.8 years
female: 27.9 years (2002)
Sierra Leone total: 17.5 years
male: 17.2 years
female: 17.8 years (2002)
Singapore total: 34.5 years
male: 34.3 years
female: 34.8 years (2002)
Slovakia total: 35 years
male: 33.3 years
female: 36.7 years (2002)
Slovenia total: 38.6 years
male: 37.1 years
female: 40.2 years (2002)
Solomon Islands total: 18.2 years
male: 18.1 years
female: 18.3 years (2002)
Somalia total: 17.6 years
male: 17.6 years
female: 17.6 years (2002)
South Africa total: 24.5 years
male: 24 years
female: 25 years (2002)
Spain total: 38.7 years
male: 37.4 years
female: 40.1 years (2002)
Sri Lanka total: 28.7 years
male: 27.7 years
female: 29.7 years (2002)
Sudan total: 17.7 years
male: 17.5 years
female: 17.9 years (2002)
Suriname total: 25.5 years
male: 25.1 years
female: 26 years (2002)
Swaziland total: 18.5 years
male: 18.2 years
female: 18.8 years (2002)
Sweden total: 40.1 years
male: 39 years
female: 41.4 years (2002)
Switzerland total: 40.2 years
male: 39.3 years
female: 41.2 years (2002)
Syria total: 19.7 years
male: 19.6 years
female: 19.9 years (2002)
Taiwan total: 33.2 years
male: 32.9 years
female: 33.6 years (2002)
Tajikistan total: 19.3 years
male: 19 years
female: 19.6 years (2002)
Tanzania total: 17.5 years
male: 17.2 years
female: 17.7 years (2002)
Thailand total: 30.1 years
male: 29.4 years
female: 30.8 years (2002)
Togo total: 17.3 years
male: 16.9 years
female: 17.7 years (2002)
Tonga total: 19.8 years
male: 19.3 years
female: 20.3 years (2002)
Trinidad and Tobago total: 29.9 years
male: 29.5 years
female: 30.4 years (2002)
Tunisia total: 26.2 years
male: 25.7 years
female: 26.7 years (2002)
Turkey total: 26.8 years
male: 26.7 years
female: 27 years (2002)
Turkmenistan total: 21.1 years
male: 20.2 years
female: 22 years (2002)
Turks and Caicos Islands total: 27 years
male: 27.7 years
female: 26.3 years (2002)
Tuvalu total: 24.2 years
male: 22.9 years
female: 25.8 years (2002)
Uganda total: 14.7 years
male: 14.6 years
female: 14.8 years (2002)
Ukraine total: 38 years
male: 34.8 years
female: 40.9 years (2002)
United Arab Emirates total: 27.6 years
male: 36.1 years
female: 21.9 years (2002)
United Kingdom total: 38.4 years
male: 37.3 years
female: 39.5 years (2002)
United States total: 35.8 years
male: 34.5 years
female: 37.1 years (2002)
Uruguay total: 31.8 years
male: 30.2 years
female: 33.4 years (2002)
Uzbekistan total: 21.8 years
male: 21.2 years
female: 22.5 years (2002)
Vanuatu total: 21.9 years
male: 22 years
female: 21.8 years (2002)
Venezuela total: 24.8 years
male: 24.3 years
female: 25.4 years (2002)
Vietnam total: 24.5 years
male: 23.6 years
female: 25.5 years (2002)
Virgin Islands total: 31.2 years
male: 28.6 years
female: 33.7 years (2002)
West Bank total: 17.9 years
male: 17.7 years
female: 18 years (2002)
Yemen total: 16.4 years
male: 16.4 years
female: 16.4 years (2002)
Zambia total: 16.5 years
male: 16.4 years
female: 16.6 years (2002)
Zimbabwe total: 18.9 years
male: 18.9 years
female: 18.9 years (2002)

This page was last updated on 1 August, 2003


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