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.)
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United Arab Emirates
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total: 27.9 years
male: 35.2 years
female: 22.9 years (2005 est.)
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United Kingdom
|
total: 38.99 years
male: 37.89 years
female: 40.13 years (2005 est.)
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United States
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total: 36.27 years
male: 34.94 years
female: 37.6 years (2005 est.)
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Uruguay
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total: 32.46 years
male: 31.02 years
female: 33.95 years (2005 est.)
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Uzbekistan
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total: 22.36 years
male: 21.74 years
female: 23 years (2005 est.)
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Vanuatu
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total: 22.64 years
male: 22.68 years
female: 22.59 years (2005 est.)
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Venezuela
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total: 25.6 years
male: 24.98 years
female: 26.24 years (2005 est.)
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Vietnam
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total: 25.51 years
male: 24.47 years
female: 26.68 years (2005 est.)
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Virgin Islands
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total: 36.52 years
male: 35.6 years
female: 37.33 years (2005 est.)
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West Bank
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total: 18.14 years
male: 17.99 years
female: 18.3 years (2005 est.)
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World
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total: 27.6 years
male: 27 years
female: 28.2 years (2005 est.)
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Yemen
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total: 16.54 years
male: 16.53 years
female: 16.56 years (2005 est.)
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Zambia
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total: 16.46 years
male: 16.26 years
female: 16.67 years (2005 est.)
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Zimbabwe
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total: 19.26 years
male: 19.28 years
female: 19.24 years (2005 est.)
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