|
Country
|
Median age (years)
|
|
Afghanistan
|
total: 17.6 years
male: 17.6 years
female: 17.6 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Albania
|
total: 29.2 years
male: 28.6 years
female: 29.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Algeria
|
total: 25.5 years
male: 25.2 years
female: 25.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
American Samoa
|
total: 23.6 years
male: 23.4 years
female: 23.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Andorra
|
total: 41.5 years
male: 41.8 years
female: 41.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Angola
|
total: 17.9 years
male: 17.9 years
female: 17.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Anguilla
|
total: 31.6 years
male: 31.6 years
female: 31.5 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
total: 30.3 years
male: 29.8 years
female: 30.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Argentina
|
total: 29.9 years
male: 29 years
female: 31 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Armenia
|
total: 30.8 years
male: 28.1 years
female: 33.6 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Aruba
|
total: 37.3 years
male: 35.5 years
female: 39 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Australia
|
total: 37.1 years
male: 36.3 years
female: 38 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Austria
|
total: 41.3 years
male: 40.2 years
female: 42.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
total: 27.6 years
male: 26 years
female: 29.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Bahamas, The
|
total: 28.1 years
male: 27.3 years
female: 28.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Bahrain
|
total: 29.7 years
male: 32.7 years
female: 26.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Bangladesh
|
total: 22.5 years
male: 22.5 years
female: 22.5 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Barbados
|
total: 35 years
male: 33.8 years
female: 36 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Belarus
|
total: 38.2 years
male: 35.1 years
female: 41.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Belgium
|
total: 41.1 years
male: 39.9 years
female: 42.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Belize
|
total: 19.9 years
male: 19.7 years
female: 20 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Benin
|
total: 17.7 years
male: 17.3 years
female: 18.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Bermuda
|
total: 40.6 years
male: 39.7 years
female: 41.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Bhutan
|
total: 20.5 years
male: 20.4 years
female: 20.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Bolivia
|
total: 22.2 years
male: 21.5 years
female: 22.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
total: 38.9 years
male: 37.7 years
female: 40.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Botswana
|
total: 20.9 years
male: 20.7 years
female: 21.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Brazil
|
total: 28.6 years
male: 27.9 years
female: 29.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
British Virgin Islands
|
total: 31.7 years
male: 31.9 years
female: 31.5 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Brunei
|
total: 27.2 years
male: 27.3 years
female: 27.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Bulgaria
|
total: 40.9 years
male: 38.8 years
female: 43.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Burkina Faso
|
total: 16.5 years
male: 16.3 years
female: 16.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Burma
|
total: 27.4 years
male: 26.8 years
female: 28 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Burundi
|
total: 16.7 years
male: 16.4 years
female: 16.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Cambodia
|
total: 21.3 years
male: 20.6 years
female: 22.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Cameroon
|
total: 18.9 years
male: 18.7 years
female: 19 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Canada
|
total: 39.1 years
male: 38.1 years
female: 40.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Cape Verde
|
total: 20.2 years
male: 19.4 years
female: 21.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Cayman Islands
|
total: 37.5 years
male: 37.1 years
female: 37.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Central African Republic
|
total: 18.5 years
male: 18.2 years
female: 18.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Chad
|
total: 16.3 years
male: 15 years
female: 17.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Chile
|
total: 30.7 years
male: 29.8 years
female: 31.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
China
|
total: 33.2 years
male: 32.7 years
female: 33.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Colombia
|
total: 26.6 years
male: 25.6 years
female: 27.5 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Comoros
|
total: 18.7 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 18.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
total: 16.1 years
male: 15.8 years
female: 16.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
total: 16.7 years
male: 16.4 years
female: 17 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Cook Islands
|
total: 25.3 years
male: 24.7 years
female: 25.9 years (2001 census)
|
|
Costa Rica
|
total: 26.8 years
male: 26.3 years
female: 27.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
total: 19.3 years
male: 19.5 years
female: 19 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Croatia
|
total: 40.6 years
male: 38.6 years
female: 42.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Cuba
|
total: 36.3 years
male: 35.7 years
female: 37 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Cyprus
|
total: 35.1 years
male: 34.1 years
female: 36.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Czech Republic
|
total: 39.5 years
male: 37.9 years
female: 41.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Denmark
|
total: 40.1 years
male: 39.2 years
female: 40.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Djibouti
|
total: 18.2 years
male: 18.6 years
female: 17.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Dominica
|
total: 29.1 years
male: 28.7 years
female: 29.6 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
total: 24.5 years
male: 24.3 years
female: 24.6 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Ecuador
|
total: 23.9 years
male: 23.4 years
female: 24.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Egypt
|
total: 24.2 years
male: 23.9 years
female: 24.6 years (2007 est.)
|
|
El Salvador
|
total: 22 years
male: 20.9 years
female: 23.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
total: 18.8 years
male: 18.3 years
female: 19.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Eritrea
|
total: 17.9 years
male: 17.7 years
female: 18.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Estonia
|
total: 39.4 years
male: 36 years
female: 42.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Ethiopia
|
total: 18 years
male: 17.8 years
female: 18.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
European Union
|
NA
|
|
Faroe Islands
|
total: 35 years
male: 34.8 years
female: 35.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Fiji
|
total: 24.9 years
male: 24.4 years
female: 25.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Finland
|
total: 41.6 years
male: 40 years
female: 43.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
France
|
total: 39 years
male: 37.5 years
female: 40.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
French Polynesia
|
total: 28.3 years
male: 28.6 years
female: 28 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Gabon
|
total: 18.6 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 18.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Gambia, The
|
total: 17.8 years
male: 17.6 years
female: 17.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Gaza Strip
|
total: 16 years
male: 15.9 years
female: 16.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Georgia
|
total: 38 years
male: 35.5 years
female: 40.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Germany
|
total: 43 years
male: 41.8 years
female: 44.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Ghana
|
total: 20.2 years
male: 19.9 years
female: 20.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Gibraltar
|
total: 40.1 years
male: 39.6 years
female: 40.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Greece
|
total: 41.2 years
male: 40 years
female: 42.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Greenland
|
total: 34.1 years
male: 35.4 years
female: 32.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Grenada
|
total: 22.1 years
male: 22.6 years
female: 21.6 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Guam
|
total: 28.8 years
male: 28.5 years
female: 29 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Guatemala
|
total: 18.9 years
male: 18.3 years
female: 19.5 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Guernsey
|
total: 41.7 years
male: 40.7 years
female: 42.6 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Guinea
|
total: 17.7 years
male: 17.5 years
female: 17.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
total: 19.1 years
male: 18.5 years
female: 19.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Guyana
|
total: 27.8 years
male: 27.3 years
female: 28.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Haiti
|
total: 18.4 years
male: 17.9 years
female: 18.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Honduras
|
total: 19.7 years
male: 19.4 years
female: 20.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Hong Kong
|
total: 41.2 years
male: 40.9 years
female: 41.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Hungary
|
total: 38.9 years
male: 36.5 years
female: 41.5 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Iceland
|
total: 34.5 years
male: 34 years
female: 35 years (2007 est.)
|
|
India
|
total: 24.8 years
male: 24.5 years
female: 25.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Indonesia
|
total: 26.9 years
male: 26.4 years
female: 27.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Iran
|
total: 25.8 years
male: 25.6 years
female: 26 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Iraq
|
total: 20 years
male: 19.9 years
female: 20 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Ireland
|
total: 34.3 years
male: 33.5 years
female: 35.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Isle of Man
|
total: 39.8 years
male: 38.6 years
female: 41.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Israel
|
total: 29.9 years
male: 29.1 years
female: 30.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Italy
|
total: 42.5 years
male: 41.1 years
female: 44.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Jamaica
|
total: 23.2 years
male: 22.6 years
female: 23.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Japan
|
total: 43.5 years
male: 41.7 years
female: 45.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Jersey
|
total: 41.9 years
male: 41.1 years
female: 42.6 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Jordan
|
total: 23.5 years
male: 24.1 years
female: 22.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
total: 29.1 years
male: 27.5 years
female: 30.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Kenya
|
total: 18.6 years
male: 18.5 years
female: 18.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Kiribati
|
total: 20.4 years
male: 19.9 years
female: 20.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Korea, North
|
total: 32.4 years
male: 30.9 years
female: 33.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Korea, South
|
total: 35.8 years
male: 34.8 years
female: 36.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Kuwait
|
total: 26 years
male: 27.9 years
female: 22.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
total: 23.9 years
male: 23.1 years
female: 24.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Laos
|
total: 19 years
male: 18.7 years
female: 19.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Latvia
|
total: 39.6 years
male: 36.6 years
female: 42.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Lebanon
|
total: 28.3 years
male: 27.2 years
female: 29.5 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Lesotho
|
total: 21.1 years
male: 20.4 years
female: 21.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Liberia
|
total: 18.1 years
male: 17.9 years
female: 18.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Libya
|
total: 23.3 years
male: 23.4 years
female: 23.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Liechtenstein
|
total: 40.1 years
male: 39.5 years
female: 40.5 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Lithuania
|
total: 38.6 years
male: 36.1 years
female: 41.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Luxembourg
|
total: 38.9 years
male: 37.9 years
female: 39.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Macau
|
total: 36.6 years
male: 36 years
female: 36.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Macedonia
|
total: 34.4 years
male: 33.5 years
female: 35.5 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Madagascar
|
total: 17.8 years
male: 17.6 years
female: 18 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Malawi
|
total: 16.7 years
male: 16.6 years
female: 16.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Malaysia
|
total: 24.4 years
male: 23.8 years
female: 25 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Maldives
|
total: 18.1 years
male: 18 years
female: 18.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Mali
|
total: 15.9 years
male: 15.4 years
female: 16.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Malta
|
total: 39 years
male: 37.6 years
female: 40.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Marshall Islands
|
total: 20.7 years
male: 20.7 years
female: 20.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Mauritania
|
total: 17.1 years
male: 16.8 years
female: 17.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Mauritius
|
total: 31.2 years
male: 30.3 years
female: 32.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Mayotte
|
total: 17.1 years
male: 18.1 years
female: 16.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Mexico
|
total: 25.6 years
male: 24.6 years
female: 26.6 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
total: 21.2 years
male: 20.8 years
female: 21.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Moldova
|
total: 34 years
male: 32.1 years
female: 36.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Monaco
|
total: 45.5 years
male: 43.4 years
female: 47.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Mongolia
|
total: 24.6 years
male: 24.2 years
female: 24.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Montserrat
|
total: 29.3 years
male: 28.9 years
female: 29.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Morocco
|
total: 24.3 years
male: 23.8 years
female: 24.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Mozambique
|
total: 17.4 years
male: 16.9 years
female: 17.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Namibia
|
total: 20.2 years
male: 20.1 years
female: 20.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Nauru
|
total: 21 years
male: 20.4 years
female: 21.5 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Nepal
|
total: 20.5 years
male: 20.3 years
female: 20.6 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Netherlands
|
total: 39.7 years
male: 38.9 years
female: 40.5 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
total: 33.1 years
male: 31.4 years
female: 34.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
New Caledonia
|
total: 28.1 years
male: 27.7 years
female: 28.5 years (2007 est.)
|
|
New Zealand
|
total: 34.2 years
male: 33.5 years
female: 35 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Nicaragua
|
total: 21.3 years
male: 20.9 years
female: 21.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Niger
|
total: 16.5 years
male: 16.5 years
female: 16.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Nigeria
|
total: 18.7 years
male: 18.8 years
female: 18.6 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Northern Mariana Islands
|
total: 29.7 years
male: 31.8 years
female: 28.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Norway
|
total: 38.7 years
male: 37.9 years
female: 39.6 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Oman
|
total: 18.9 years
male: 21.5 years
female: 16.5 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Pakistan
|
total: 20.9 years
male: 20.7 years
female: 21 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Palau
|
total: 32 years
male: 33 years
female: 31 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Panama
|
total: 26.4 years
male: 26 years
female: 26.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
total: 21.4 years
male: 21.5 years
female: 21.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Paraguay
|
total: 21.6 years
male: 21.3 years
female: 21.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Peru
|
total: 25.5 years
male: 25.2 years
female: 25.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Philippines
|
total: 22.7 years
male: 22.2 years
female: 23.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Poland
|
total: 37.3 years
male: 35.4 years
female: 39.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Portugal
|
total: 38.8 years
male: 36.7 years
female: 41 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
total: 35.1 years
male: 33.4 years
female: 36.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Qatar
|
total: 31.9 years
male: 37.3 years
female: 23.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Romania
|
total: 36.9 years
male: 35.5 years
female: 38.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Russia
|
total: 38.2 years
male: 35 years
female: 41.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Rwanda
|
total: 18.6 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 18.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Saint Helena
|
total: 36.5 years
male: 36.7 years
female: 36.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
total: 28.1 years
male: 27.4 years
female: 28.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
total: 25.6 years
male: 24.8 years
female: 26.5 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
total: 34.6 years
male: 34.1 years
female: 35 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
total: 27.4 years
male: 27.3 years
female: 27.6 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Samoa
|
total: 20.4 years
male: 20.7 years
female: 20.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
San Marino
|
total: 40.9 years
male: 40.6 years
female: 41.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
total: 16.2 years
male: 15.7 years
female: 16.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
total: 21.4 years
male: 22.9 years
female: 19.6 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Senegal
|
total: 18.7 years
male: 18.5 years
female: 18.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Serbia
|
total: 37.3 years
male: 35.9 years
female: 38.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Seychelles
|
total: 28.4 years
male: 27.3 years
female: 29.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
total: 17.5 years
male: 17.2 years
female: 17.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Singapore
|
total: 37.8 years
male: 37.4 years
female: 38.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Slovakia
|
total: 36.1 years
male: 34.5 years
female: 37.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Slovenia
|
total: 41 years
male: 39.4 years
female: 42.6 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Solomon Islands
|
total: 19.1 years
male: 19 years
female: 19.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Somalia
|
total: 17.6 years
male: 17.5 years
female: 17.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
South Africa
|
total: 24.3 years
male: 23.5 years
female: 25.1 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Spain
|
total: 40.3 years
male: 39 years
female: 41.7 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
total: 30 years
male: 29.2 years
female: 31 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Sudan
|
total: 18.7 years
male: 18.6 years
female: 18.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Suriname
|
total: 27.1 years
male: 26.7 years
female: 27.5 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Swaziland
|
total: 18.6 years
male: 17.9 years
female: 19.3 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Sweden
|
total: 41.1 years
male: 40 years
female: 42.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Switzerland
|
total: 40.4 years
male: 39.3 years
female: 41.4 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Syria
|
total: 21.1 years
male: 20.9 years
female: 21.2 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Taiwan
|
total: 35.5 years
male: 35 years
female: 36 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Tajikistan
|
total: 21.3 years
male: 20.8 years
female: 21.8 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Tanzania
|
total: 17.7 years
male: 17.4 years
female: 17.9 years (2007 est.)
|
|
Thailand
|
total: 32.4 years
male: 31.6 years
female: 33.2 years (2007 est.)
|
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Timor-Leste
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total: 21.1 years
male: 21.2 years
female: 21.1 years (2007 est.)
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Togo
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total: 18.4 years
male: 18 years
female: 18.9 years (2007 est.)
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Tonga
|
total: 21.3 years
male: 20.7 years
female: 21.8 years (2007 est.)
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Trinidad and Tobago
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total: 31.8 years
male: 31.3 years
female: 32.3 years (2007 est.)
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Tunisia
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total: 28.3 years
male: 27.7 years
female: 28.8 years (2007 est.)
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Turkey
|
total: 28.6 years
male: 28.4 years
female: 28.8 years (2007 est.)
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Turkmenistan
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total: 22.3 years
male: 21.7 years
female: 22.9 years (2007 est.)
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Turks and Caicos Islands
|
total: 27.7 years
male: 28.4 years
female: 26.9 years (2007 est.)
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Tuvalu
|
total: 24.9 years
male: 23.9 years
female: 26.2 years (2007 est.)
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Uganda
|
total: 14.9 years
male: 14.8 years
female: 15 years (2007 est.)
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Ukraine
|
total: 39.2 years
male: 36 years
female: 42.3 years (2007 est.)
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United Arab Emirates
|
total: 30.1 years
male: 32 years
female: 24.5 years (2007 est.)
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United Kingdom
|
total: 39.6 years
male: 38.5 years
female: 40.7 years (2007 est.)
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United States
|
total: 36.6 years
male: 35.3 years
female: 37.9 years (2007 est.)
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Uruguay
|
total: 32.9 years
male: 31.5 years
female: 34.4 years (2007 est.)
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Uzbekistan
|
total: 22.9 years
male: 22.3 years
female: 23.5 years (2007 est.)
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Vanuatu
|
total: 23.4 years
male: 23.4 years
female: 23.4 years (2007 est.)
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Venezuela
|
total: 24.9 years
male: 24.3 years
female: 25.5 years (2007 est.)
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Vietnam
|
total: 26.4 years
male: 25.3 years
female: 27.6 years (2007 est.)
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Virgin Islands
|
total: 37.7 years
male: 36.7 years
female: 38.5 years (2007 est.)
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West Bank
|
total: 18.5 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 18.6 years (2007 est.)
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World
|
total: 28 years
male: 27.4 years
female: 28.7 years (2007 est.)
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Yemen
|
total: 16.7 years
male: 16.6 years
female: 16.7 years (2007 est.)
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Zambia
|
total: 16.8 years
male: 16.6 years
female: 16.9 years (2007 est.)
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Zimbabwe
|
total: 20.1 years
male: 19.9 years
female: 20.2 years (2007 est.)
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