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Country
Median age (years)
Afghanistan total: 17.56 years
male: 17.55 years
female: 17.57 years (2005 est.)
Albania total: 28.52 years
male: 27.95 years
female: 29.1 years (2005 est.)
Algeria total: 24.36 years
male: 24.18 years
female: 24.53 years (2005 est.)
American Samoa total: 22.76 years
male: 22.5 years
female: 23.05 years (2005 est.)
Andorra total: 40.34 years
male: 40.63 years
female: 40.02 years (2005 est.)
Angola total: 18.12 years
male: 18.12 years
female: 18.11 years (2005 est.)
Anguilla total: 30.76 years
male: 30.81 years
female: 30.7 years (2005 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda total: 29.67 years
male: 29.19 years
female: 30.15 years (2005 est.)
Argentina total: 29.42 years
male: 28.52 years
female: 30.4 years (2005 est.)
Armenia total: 30.07 years
male: 27.45 years
female: 32.84 years (2005 est.)
Aruba total: 38 years
male: 36.07 years
female: 39.7 years (2005 est.)
Australia total: 36.56 years
male: 35.74 years
female: 37.4 years (2005 est.)
Austria total: 40.44 years
male: 39.3 years
female: 41.61 years (2005 est.)
Azerbaijan total: 27.53 years
male: 26.09 years
female: 29 years (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The total: 27.55 years
male: 26.78 years
female: 28.34 years (2005 est.)
Bahrain total: 29.19 years
male: 32.16 years
female: 25.54 years (2005 est.)
Bangladesh total: 21.87 years
male: 21.88 years
female: 21.85 years (2005 est.)
Barbados total: 34.15 years
male: 32.99 years
female: 35.28 years (2005 est.)
Belarus total: 37.03 years
male: 34.32 years
female: 39.7 years (2005 est.)
Belgium total: 40.55 years
male: 39.29 years
female: 41.81 years (2005 est.)
Belize total: 19.35 years
male: 19.21 years
female: 19.49 years (2005 est.)
Benin total: 16.56 years
male: 16.12 years
female: 17.01 years (2005 est.)
Bermuda total: 39.76 years
male: 38.78 years
female: 40.58 years (2005 est.)
Bhutan total: 20.27 years
male: 20.11 years
female: 20.44 years (2005 est.)
Bolivia total: 21.47 years
male: 20.79 years
female: 22.17 years (2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 36.21 years
male: 35.81 years
female: 36.63 years (2005 est.)
Botswana total: 19.29 years
male: 18.64 years
female: 19.93 years (2005 est.)
Brazil total: 27.81 years
male: 27.06 years
female: 28.57 years (2005 est.)
British Virgin Islands total: 30.9 years
male: 31.1 years
female: 30.7 years (2005 est.)
Brunei total: 27.04 years
male: 27.63 years
female: 26.4 years (2005 est.)
Bulgaria total: 40.66 years
male: 38.59 years
female: 42.66 years (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso total: 16.82 years
male: 16.43 years
female: 17.22 years (2005 est.)
Burma total: 26.14 years
male: 25.57 years
female: 26.72 years (2005 est.)
Burundi total: 16.6 years
male: 16.27 years
female: 16.95 years (2005 est.)
Cambodia total: 19.91 years
male: 19.16 years
female: 20.79 years (2005 est.)
Cameroon total: 18.6 years
male: 18.45 years
female: 18.76 years (2005 est.)
Canada total: 38.54 years
male: 37.54 years
female: 39.56 years (2005 est.)
Cape Verde total: 19.4 years
male: 18.62 years
female: 20.25 years (2005 est.)
Cayman Islands total: 36.83 years
male: 36.48 years
female: 37.18 years (2005 est.)
Central African Republic total: 18.12 years
male: 17.75 years
female: 18.5 years (2005 est.)
Chad total: 16.02 years
male: 15.32 years
female: 16.71 years (2005 est.)
Chile total: 30.07 years
male: 29.17 years
female: 31.05 years (2005 est.)
China total: 32.26 years
male: 31.87 years
female: 32.67 years (2005 est.)
Colombia total: 26.04 years
male: 25.14 years
female: 26.93 years (2005 est.)
Comoros total: 18.61 years
male: 18.35 years
female: 18.87 years (2005 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 15.8 years
male: 15.4 years
female: 16.2 years (2005 est.)
Congo, Republic of the total: 20.7 years
male: 20.2 years
female: 21.1 years (2005 est.)
Costa Rica total: 26.03 years
male: 25.59 years
female: 26.5 years (2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire total: 19.05 years
male: 19.36 years
female: 18.76 years (2005 est.)
Croatia total: 39.97 years
male: 38.01 years
female: 41.76 years (2005 est.)
Cuba total: 35.36 years
male: 34.73 years
female: 35.98 years (2005 est.)
Cyprus total: 34.68 years
male: 33.64 years
female: 35.7 years (2005 est.)
Czech Republic total: 38.97 years
male: 37.2 years
female: 40.82 years (2005 est.)
Denmark total: 39.47 years
male: 38.55 years
female: 40.4 years (2005 est.)
Djibouti total: 18.23 years
male: 18.77 years
female: 17.69 years (2005 est.)
Dominica total: 29.59 years
male: 29.26 years
female: 29.95 years (2005 est.)
Dominican Republic total: 23.88 years
male: 23.68 years
female: 24.09 years (2005 est.)
East Timor total: 20.41 years
male: 20.46 years
female: 20.35 years (2005 est.)
Ecuador total: 23.27 years
male: 22.82 years
female: 23.74 years (2005 est.)
Egypt total: 23.68 years
male: 23.31 years
female: 24.05 years (2005 est.)
El Salvador total: 21.57 years
male: 20.44 years
female: 22.69 years (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea total: 18.83 years
male: 18.2 years
female: 19.46 years (2005 est.)
Eritrea total: 17.54 years
male: 17.35 years
female: 17.73 years (2005 est.)
Estonia total: 39.06 years
male: 35.52 years
female: 42.35 years (2005 est.)
Ethiopia total: 17.75 years
male: 17.64 years
female: 17.85 years (2005 est.)
European Union NA
Faroe Islands total: 35.11 years
male: 34.64 years
female: 35.68 years (2005 est.)
Fiji total: 24.28 years
male: 23.84 years
female: 24.74 years (2005 est.)
Finland total: 40.97 years
male: 39.43 years
female: 42.52 years (2005 est.)
France total: 38.85 years
male: 37.3 years
female: 40.39 years (2005 est.)
French Guiana total: 28.45 years
male: 29.49 years
female: 27.31 years (2005 est.)
French Polynesia total: 27.48 years
male: 27.84 years
female: 27.1 years (2005 est.)
Gabon total: 18.57 years
male: 18.34 years
female: 18.8 years (2005 est.)
Gambia, The total: 17.59 years
male: 17.45 years
female: 17.74 years (2005 est.)
Gaza Strip total: 15.65 years
male: 15.5 years
female: 15.81 years (2005 est.)
Georgia total: 37.36 years
male: 34.93 years
female: 39.7 years (2005 est.)
Germany total: 42.16 years
male: 40.88 years
female: 43.53 years (2005 est.)
Ghana total: 20.45 years
male: 20.2 years
female: 20.7 years (2005 est.)
Gibraltar total: 39.4 years
male: 39.12 years
female: 39.63 years (2005 est.)
Greece total: 40.5 years
male: 39.39 years
female: 41.65 years (2005 est.)
Greenland total: 33.83 years
male: 35.15 years
female: 32.14 years (2005 est.)
Grenada total: 21.26 years
male: 21.73 years
female: 20.76 years (2005 est.)
Guadeloupe total: 31.81 years
male: 30.91 years
female: 32.73 years (2005 est.)
Guam total: 28.38 years
male: 28.16 years
female: 28.61 years (2005 est.)
Guatemala total: 18.47 years
male: 18.25 years
female: 18.71 years (2005 est.)
Guernsey total: 40.99 years
male: 40.03 years
female: 41.91 years (2005 est.)
Guinea total: 17.67 years
male: 17.42 years
female: 17.93 years (2005 est.)
Guinea-Bissau total: 18.97 years
male: 18.37 years
female: 19.57 years (2005 est.)
Guyana total: 26.91 years
male: 26.44 years
female: 27.4 years (2005 est.)
Haiti total: 18.03 years
male: 17.63 years
female: 18.44 years (2005 est.)
Honduras total: 19.15 years
male: 18.75 years
female: 19.56 years (2005 est.)
Hong Kong total: 39.4 years
male: 39.3 years
female: 39.6 years (2005 est.)
Hungary total: 38.57 years
male: 36.1 years
female: 41.24 years (2005 est.)
Iceland total: 34 years
male: 33.53 years
female: 34.49 years (2005 est.)
India total: 24.66 years
male: 24.64 years
female: 24.67 years (2005 est.)
Indonesia total: 26.48 years
male: 26.03 years
female: 26.93 years (2005 est.)
Iran total: 24.23 years
male: 24.03 years
female: 24.44 years (2005 est.)
Iraq total: 19.43 years
male: 19.35 years
female: 19.51 years (2005 est.)
Ireland total: 33.7 years
male: 32.9 years
female: 34.49 years (2005 est.)
Israel total: 29.39 years
male: 28.58 years
female: 30.27 years (2005 est.)
Italy total: 41.77 years
male: 40.24 years
female: 43.35 years (2005 est.)
Jamaica total: 27.25 years
male: 26.55 years
female: 27.97 years (2005 est.)
Japan total: 42.64 years
male: 40.87 years
female: 44.44 years (2005 est.)
Jersey total: 40.89 years
male: 40.13 years
female: 41.63 years (2005 est.)
Jordan total: 22.62 years
male: 23.25 years
female: 21.94 years (2005 est.)
Kazakhstan total: 28.52 years
male: 26.92 years
female: 30.25 years (2005 est.)
Kenya total: 18.19 years
male: 18.08 years
female: 18.3 years (2005 est.)
Kiribati total: 20.05 years
male: 19.61 years
female: 20.58 years (2005 est.)
Korea, North total: 31.74 years
male: 30.47 years
female: 33 years (2005 est.)
Korea, South total: 34.51 years
male: 33.53 years
female: 35.53 years (2005 est.)
Kuwait total: 25.86 years
male: 28.05 years
female: 22.12 years (2005 est.)
Kyrgyzstan total: 23.39 years
male: 22.52 years
female: 24.27 years (2005 est.)
Laos total: 18.74 years
male: 18.42 years
female: 19.08 years (2005 est.)
Latvia total: 39.12 years
male: 35.95 years
female: 42.15 years (2005 est.)
Lebanon total: 27.34 years
male: 26.28 years
female: 28.43 years (2005 est.)
Lesotho total: 20.19 years
male: 19.68 years
female: 20.74 years (2005 est.)
Liberia total: 18.06 years
male: 17.69 years
female: 18.42 years (2005 est.)
Libya total: 22.68 years
male: 22.8 years
female: 22.56 years (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein total: 39.22 years
male: 38.74 years
female: 39.68 years (2005 est.)
Lithuania total: 37.83 years
male: 35.25 years
female: 40.46 years (2005 est.)
Luxembourg total: 38.51 years
male: 37.56 years
female: 39.48 years (2005 est.)
Macau total: 35.2 years
male: 34.9 years
female: 35.4 years (2005 est.)
Macedonia total: 32.8 years
male: 31.7 years
female: 33.9 years (2005 est.)
Madagascar total: 17.46 years
male: 17.24 years
female: 17.67 years (2005 est.)
Malawi total: 16.34 years
male: 16.04 years
female: 16.65 years (2005 est.)
Malaysia total: 23.92 years
male: 23.32 years
female: 24.54 years (2005 est.)
Maldives total: 17.69 years
male: 17.58 years
female: 17.8 years (2005 est.)
Mali total: 16.35 years
male: 15.79 years
female: 16.92 years (2005 est.)
Malta total: 38.36 years
male: 36.91 years
female: 39.84 years (2005 est.)
Man, Isle of total: 39.48 years
male: 38.16 years
female: 40.89 years (2005 est.)
Marshall Islands total: 19.95 years
male: 19.98 years
female: 19.92 years (2005 est.)
Martinique total: 33.61 years
male: 32.95 years
female: 34.28 years (2005 est.)
Mauritania total: 16.98 years
male: 16.71 years
female: 17.24 years (2005 est.)
Mauritius total: 30.5 years
male: 29.65 years
female: 31.46 years (2005 est.)
Mayotte total: 16.96 years
male: 18.04 years
female: 15.87 years (2005 est.)
Mexico total: 24.93 years
male: 24.04 years
female: 25.85 years (2005 est.)
Moldova total: 32.22 years
male: 30.14 years
female: 34.27 years (2005 est.)
Monaco total: 45.25 years
male: 43.27 years
female: 47.19 years (2005 est.)
Mongolia total: 24.28 years
male: 23.93 years
female: 24.64 years (2005 est.)
Montserrat total: 28.56 years
male: 28.29 years
female: 28.79 years (2005 est.)
Morocco total: 23.61 years
male: 23.11 years
female: 24.13 years (2005 est.)
Mozambique total: 18.29 years
male: 17.74 years
female: 18.83 years (2005 est.)
Namibia total: 19.79 years
male: 19.63 years
female: 19.94 years (2005 est.)
Nauru total: 20.24 years
male: 19.76 years
female: 20.78 years (2005 est.)
Nepal total: 20.07 years
male: 19.91 years
female: 20.24 years (2005 est.)
Netherlands total: 39.04 years
male: 38.22 years
female: 39.9 years (2005 est.)
Netherlands Antilles total: 32.46 years
male: 30.86 years
female: 34.01 years (2005 est.)
New Caledonia total: 27.5 years
male: 27.16 years
female: 27.84 years (2005 est.)
New Zealand total: 33.65 years
male: 32.92 years
female: 34.4 years (2005 est.)
Nicaragua total: 20.56 years
male: 20.15 years
female: 20.98 years (2005 est.)
Niger total: 16.25 years
male: 15.8 years
female: 16.72 years (2005 est.)
Nigeria total: 18.63 years
male: 18.71 years
female: 18.55 years (2005 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands total: 29.33 years
male: 31.54 years
female: 28.33 years (2005 est.)
Norway total: 38.17 years
male: 37.29 years
female: 39.07 years (2005 est.)
Oman total: 19.13 years
male: 21.88 years
female: 16.45 years (2005 est.)
Pakistan total: 19.58 years
male: 19.44 years
female: 19.74 years (2005 est.)
Palau total: 31.43 years
male: 32.4 years
female: 30.36 years (2005 est.)
Panama total: 26.18 years
male: 25.89 years
female: 26.48 years (2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea total: 21.09 years
male: 21.25 years
female: 20.93 years (2005 est.)
Paraguay total: 21.2 years
male: 20.94 years
female: 21.46 years (2005 est.)
Peru total: 24.95 years
male: 24.69 years
female: 25.21 years (2005 est.)
Philippines total: 22.27 years
male: 21.77 years
female: 22.8 years (2005 est.)
Poland total: 36.43 years
male: 34.52 years
female: 38.49 years (2005 est.)
Portugal total: 38.2 years
male: 36.06 years
female: 40.33 years (2005 est.)
Puerto Rico total: 34.23 years
male: 32.5 years
female: 35.87 years (2005 est.)
Qatar total: 31.57 years
male: 36.87 years
female: 22.33 years (2005 est.)
Reunion total: 26.72 years
male: 25.53 years
female: 27.92 years (2005 est.)
Romania total: 36.39 years
male: 35.04 years
female: 37.77 years (2005 est.)
Russia total: 38.15 years
male: 34.99 years
female: 41.03 years (2005 est.)
Rwanda total: 18.48 years
male: 18.26 years
female: 18.7 years (2005 est.)
Saint Helena total: 35.4 years
male: 35.61 years
female: 35.21 years (2005 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total: 27.6 years
male: 26.78 years
female: 28.38 years (2005 est.)
Saint Lucia total: 24.81 years
male: 24.03 years
female: 25.66 years (2005 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total: 33.7 years
male: 33.39 years
female: 33.96 years (2005 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total: 26.36 years
male: 26.21 years
female: 26.53 years (2005 est.)
Samoa total: 24.59 years
male: 27.42 years
female: 21.42 years (2005 est.)
San Marino total: 40.29 years
male: 39.91 years
female: 40.65 years (2005 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe total: 16.12 years
male: 15.53 years
female: 16.71 years (2005 est.)
Saudi Arabia total: 21.28 years
male: 22.84 years
female: 19.28 years (2005 est.)
Senegal total: 18.15 years
male: 17.6 years
female: 18.7 years (2005 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro total: 36.79 years
male: 35.3 years
female: 38.29 years (2005 est.)
Seychelles total: 27.7 years
male: 26.62 years
female: 28.76 years (2005 est.)
Sierra Leone total: 17.53 years
male: 17.2 years
female: 17.84 years (2005 est.)
Singapore total: 36.76 years
male: 36.4 years
female: 37.07 years (2005 est.)
Slovakia total: 35.43 years
male: 33.85 years
female: 37.25 years (2005 est.)
Slovenia total: 40.23 years
male: 38.65 years
female: 41.75 years (2005 est.)
Solomon Islands total: 18.63 years
male: 18.5 years
female: 18.76 years (2005 est.)
Somalia total: 17.59 years
male: 17.53 years
female: 17.65 years (2005 est.)
South Africa total: 23.98 years
male: 23.12 years
female: 24.86 years (2005 est.)
Spain total: 39.51 years
male: 38.18 years
female: 40.93 years (2005 est.)
Sri Lanka total: 29.44 years
male: 28.38 years
female: 30.51 years (2005 est.)
Sudan total: 18.07 years
male: 17.86 years
female: 18.29 years (2005 est.)
Suriname total: 26.13 years
male: 25.72 years
female: 26.58 years (2005 est.)
Swaziland total: 18.72 years
male: 18.53 years
female: 18.92 years (2005 est.)
Sweden total: 40.6 years
male: 39.49 years
female: 41.75 years (2005 est.)
Switzerland total: 39.77 years
male: 38.75 years
female: 40.81 years (2005 est.)
Syria total: 20.37 years
male: 20.24 years
female: 20.51 years (2005 est.)
Taiwan total: 34.14 years
male: 33.71 years
female: 34.57 years (2005 est.)
Tajikistan total: 19.73 years
male: 19.45 years
female: 20.02 years (2005 est.)
Tanzania total: 17.62 years
male: 17.36 years
female: 17.89 years (2005 est.)
Thailand total: 30.88 years
male: 30.11 years
female: 31.66 years (2005 est.)
Togo total: 17.78 years
male: 17.42 years
female: 18.14 years (2005 est.)
Tonga total: 20.46 years
male: 19.93 years
female: 21.02 years (2005 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago total: 30.91 years
male: 30.46 years
female: 31.44 years (2005 est.)
Tunisia total: 27.29 years
male: 26.78 years
female: 27.82 years (2005 est.)
Turkey total: 27.7 years
male: 27.52 years
female: 27.89 years (2005 est.)
Turkmenistan total: 21.56 years
male: 20.68 years
female: 22.44 years (2005 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands total: 27.35 years
male: 28.08 years
female: 26.62 years (2005 est.)
Tuvalu total: 24.45 years
male: 23.36 years
female: 25.85 years (2005 est.)
Uganda total: 14.97 years
male: 14.87 years
female: 15.08 years (2005 est.)
Ukraine total: 38.22 years
male: 34.91 years
female: 41.21 years (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates total: 27.9 years
male: 35.2 years
female: 22.9 years (2005 est.)
United Kingdom total: 38.99 years
male: 37.89 years
female: 40.13 years (2005 est.)
United States total: 36.27 years
male: 34.94 years
female: 37.6 years (2005 est.)
Uruguay total: 32.46 years
male: 31.02 years
female: 33.95 years (2005 est.)
Uzbekistan total: 22.36 years
male: 21.74 years
female: 23 years (2005 est.)
Vanuatu total: 22.64 years
male: 22.68 years
female: 22.59 years (2005 est.)
Venezuela total: 25.6 years
male: 24.98 years
female: 26.24 years (2005 est.)
Vietnam total: 25.51 years
male: 24.47 years
female: 26.68 years (2005 est.)
Virgin Islands total: 36.52 years
male: 35.6 years
female: 37.33 years (2005 est.)
West Bank total: 18.14 years
male: 17.99 years
female: 18.3 years (2005 est.)
World total: 27.6 years
male: 27 years
female: 28.2 years (2005 est.)
Yemen total: 16.54 years
male: 16.53 years
female: 16.56 years (2005 est.)
Zambia total: 16.46 years
male: 16.26 years
female: 16.67 years (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe total: 19.26 years
male: 19.28 years
female: 19.24 years (2005 est.)

This page was last updated on 17 May, 2005


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