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Field Listing :: Median age

This entry 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.

Country	Median age(years)


Afghanistan	total: 18 years male: 17.9 years female: 18 years (2010 est.)


Albania	total: 30.2 years male: 29.6 years female: 31 years (2010 est.)


Algeria	total: 27.1 years male: 26.8 years female: 27.3 years (2010 est.)


American Samoa	total: 23.4 years male: 23.3 years female: 23.6 years (2010 est.)


Andorra	total: 39.9 years male: 40.2 years female: 39.6 years (2010 est.)


Angola	total: 18 years male: 18 years female: 18 years (2010 est.)


Anguilla	total: 33 years male: 31.6 years female: 34.3 years (2010 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	total: 30 years male: 28.5 years female: 31.4 years (2010 est.)


Argentina	total: 30.3 years male: 29.2 years female: 31.3 years (2010 est.)


Armenia	total: 31.9 years male: 29.1 years female: 34.7 years (2010 est.)


Aruba	total: 38 years male: 36.2 years female: 39.7 years (2010 est.)


Australia	total: 37.5 years male: 36.8 years female: 38.3 years (2010 est.)


Austria	total: 42.6 years male: 41.5 years female: 43.6 years (2010 est.)


Azerbaijan	total: 28.5 years male: 26.9 years female: 30.3 years (2010 est.)


Bahamas, The	total: 29.9 years male: 28.8 years female: 31 years (2010 est.)


Bahrain	total: 30.4 years male: 33.5 years female: 27.1 years (2010 est.)


Bangladesh	total: 23.5 years male: 23.2 years female: 23.8 years (2010 est.)


Barbados	total: 36.2 years male: 35.1 years female: 37.2 years (2010 est.)


Belarus	total: 38.8 years male: 35.8 years female: 41.8 years (2010 est.)


Belgium	total: 42 years male: 40.7 years female: 43.3 years (2010 est.)


Belize	total: 20.7 years male: 20.5 years female: 20.9 years (2010 est.)


Benin	total: 17.3 years male: 16.9 years female: 17.8 years (2010 est.)


Bermuda	total: 41.6 years male: 40.2 years female: 43.1 years (2010 est.)


Bhutan	total: 24.3 years male: 25 years female: 23.7 years (2010 est.)


Bolivia	total: 22.2 years male: 21.5 years female: 22.9 years (2010 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	total: 40.3 years male: 39.1 years female: 41.5 years (2010 est.)


Botswana	total: 22 years male: 21.8 years female: 22.1 years (2010 est.)


Brazil	total: 28.9 years male: 28.1 years female: 29.7 years (2010 est.)


British Virgin Islands	total: 32.6 years male: 32.7 years female: 32.5 years (2010 est.)


Brunei	total: 28.1 years male: 28 years female: 28.2 years (2010 est.)


Bulgaria	total: 41.6 years male: 39.4 years female: 43.9 years (2010 est.)


Burkina Faso	total: 16.8 years male: 16.6 years female: 17 years (2010 est.)


Burma	total: 26.5 years male: 26 years female: 27.1 years (2010 est.)


Burundi	total: 16.8 years male: 16.5 years female: 17.2 years (2010 est.)


Cambodia	total: 22.5 years male: 21.8 years female: 23.2 years (2010 est.)


Cameroon	total: 19.3 years male: 19.2 years female: 19.4 years (2010 est.)


Canada	total: 40.7 years male: 39.6 years female: 41.8 years (2010 est.)


Cape Verde	total: 22.3 years male: 21.4 years female: 23.1 years (2010 est.)


Cayman Islands	total: 38.4 years male: 38 years female: 38.9 years (2010 est.)


Central African Republic	total: 19.1 years male: 18.7 years female: 19.5 years (2010 est.)


Chad	total: 16.6 years male: 15.5 years female: 17.8 years (2010 est.)


Chile	total: 31.7 years male: 30.7 years female: 32.8 years (2010 est.)


China	total: 35.2 years male: 34.5 years female: 35.8 years (2010 est.)


Colombia	total: 27.6 years male: 26.7 years female: 28.6 years (2010 est.)


Comoros	total: 18.9 years male: 18.6 years female: 19.2 years (2010 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	total: 16.5 years male: 16.3 years female: 16.7 years (2010 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	total: 16.9 years male: 16.7 years female: 17.2 years (2010 est.)


Cook Islands	total: 31.2 years male: 30.5 years female: 31.9 years (2010 est.)


Costa Rica	total: 28.4 years male: 27.9 years female: 28.9 years (2010 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	total: 19.4 years male: 19.6 years female: 19.3 years (2010 est.)


Croatia	total: 41.2 years male: 39.3 years female: 43 years (2010 est.)


Cuba	total: 37.8 years male: 37.1 years female: 38.6 years (2010 est.)


Cyprus	total: 34.5 years male: 33.2 years female: 36.3 years (2010 est.)


Czech Republic	total: 40.4 years male: 38.9 years female: 42.2 years (2010 est.)


Denmark	total: 40.7 years male: 39.8 years female: 41.6 years (2010 est.)


Djibouti	total: 21.4 years male: 19.8 years female: 22.8 years (2010 est.)


Dominica	total: 30.3 years male: 29.8 years female: 30.8 years (2010 est.)


Dominican Republic	total: 25.2 years male: 25 years female: 25.3 years (2010 est.)


Ecuador	total: 25.3 years male: 24.7 years female: 25.9 years (2010 est.)


Egypt	total: 24 years male: 23.8 years female: 24.3 years (2010 est.)


El Salvador	total: 23.9 years male: 22.5 years female: 25.3 years (2010 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	total: 19 years male: 18.4 years female: 19.6 years (2010 est.)


Eritrea	total: 18.5 years male: 18.2 years female: 18.9 years (2010 est.)


Estonia	total: 40.2 years male: 36.7 years female: 43.7 years (2010 est.)


Ethiopia	total: 16.8 years male: 16.5 years female: 17.2 years (2010 est.)


European Union	note - see individual country entries of member states (2009 est.)


Faroe Islands	total: 37.1 years male: 36.5 years female: 37.9 years (2010 est.)


Fiji	total: 25.8 years male: 25.3 years female: 26.4 years (2010 est.)


Finland	total: 42.3 years male: 40.7 years female: 44 years (2010 est.)


France	total: 39.7 years male: 38.2 years female: 41.2 years (2010 est.)


French Polynesia	total: 29.5 years male: 29.8 years female: 29.2 years (2010 est.)


Gabon	total: 18.6 years male: 18.4 years female: 18.9 years (2010 est.)


Gambia, The	total: 18 years male: 17.9 years female: 18.2 years (2010 est.)


Gaza Strip	total: 17.5 years male: 17.4 years female: 17.7 years (2010 est.)


Georgia	total: 38.8 years male: 36.3 years female: 41.3 years (2010 est.)


Germany	total: 44.3 years male: 43 years female: 45.6 years (2010 est.)


Ghana	total: 21.1 years male: 20.8 years female: 21.3 years (2010 est.)


Gibraltar	total: 33.1 years male: 32.2 years female: 34.1 years (2010 est.)


Greece	total: 42.2 years male: 41.1 years female: 43.2 years (2010 est.)


Greenland	total: 33.5 years male: 34.9 years female: 31.9 years (2010 est.)


Grenada	total: 28.2 years male: 28.2 years female: 28.2 years (2010 est.)


Guam	total: 29.3 years male: 28.9 years female: 29.7 years (2010 est.)


Guatemala	total: 19.7 years male: 19.1 years female: 20.4 years (2010 est.)


Guernsey	total: 42.7 years male: 41.8 years female: 43.5 years (2010 est.)


Guinea	total: 18.5 years male: 18.3 years female: 18.8 years (2010 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	total: 19.4 years male: 18.8 years female: 19.9 years (2010 est.)


Guyana	total: 23.6 years male: 22.9 years female: 24.3 years (2010 est.)


Haiti	total: 20.5 years male: 20 years female: 20.9 years (2010 est.)


Honduras	total: 20.7 years male: 20.3 years female: 21.1 years (2010 est.)


Hong Kong	total: 42.8 years male: 42.4 years female: 43.2 years (2010 est.)


Hungary	total: 39.7 years male: 37.5 years female: 42.2 years (2010 est.)


Iceland	total: 35.4 years male: 34.9 years female: 35.8 years (2010 est.)


India	total: 25.9 years male: 25.4 years female: 26.6 years (2010 est.)


Indonesia	total: 27.9 years male: 27.4 years female: 28.4 years (2010 est.)


Iran	total: 27.6 years male: 27.4 years female: 27.8 years (2010 est.)


Iraq	total: 20.6 years male: 20.5 years female: 20.8 years (2010 est.)


Ireland	total: 35.3 years male: 34.5 years female: 36.1 years (2010 est.)


Isle of Man	total: 40.4 years male: 39.3 years female: 41.6 years (2010 est.)


Israel	total: 29.3 years male: 28.6 years female: 30 years (2010 est.)


Italy	total: 43.7 years male: 42.3 years female: 45.3 years (2010 est.)


Jamaica	total: 23.9 years male: 23.4 years female: 24.5 years (2010 est.)


Japan	total: 44.6 years male: 42.9 years female: 46.5 years (2010 est.)


Jersey	total: 43.4 years male: 42.5 years female: 44.2 years (2010 est.)


Jordan	total: 21.8 years male: 21.6 years female: 22.1 years (2010 est.)


Kazakhstan	total: 29.9 years male: 28.4 years female: 31.6 years (2010 est.)


Kenya	total: 18.8 years male: 18.7 years female: 18.9 years (2010 est.)


Kiribati	total: 22.2 years male: 21.4 years female: 23 years (2010 est.)


Korea, North	total: 33.9 years male: 32.5 years female: 35.2 years (2010 est.)


Korea, South	total: 37.9 years male: 36.5 years female: 39.1 years (2010 est.)


Kosovo	total: 26.3 years male: 25.8 years female: 26.8 years (2010 est.)


Kuwait	total: 26.4 years male: 28.2 years female: 22.9 years (2010 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	total: 24.7 years male: 23.8 years female: 25.6 years (2010 est.)


Laos	total: 19.5 years male: 19.2 years female: 19.8 years (2010 est.)


Latvia	total: 40.4 years male: 37.4 years female: 43.5 years (2010 est.)


Lebanon	total: 29.4 years male: 28.3 years female: 30.5 years (2010 est.)


Lesotho	total: 22.6 years male: 22.6 years female: 22.7 years (2010 est.)


Liberia	total: 18.4 years male: 18.3 years female: 18.4 years (2010 est.)


Libya	total: 24.2 years male: 24.3 years female: 24.2 years (2010 est.)


Liechtenstein	total: 41.4 years male: 40.8 years female: 41.9 years (2010 est.)


Lithuania	total: 39.7 years male: 37.1 years female: 42.3 years (2010 est.)


Luxembourg	total: 39.3 years male: 38.3 years female: 40.3 years (2010 est.)


Macau	total: 35.6 years male: 36.3 years female: 35 years (2010 est.)


Macedonia	total: 35.4 years male: 34.4 years female: 36.5 years (2010 est.)


Madagascar	total: 18.1 years male: 17.8 years female: 18.3 years (2010 est.)


Malawi	total: 17.1 years male: 17 years female: 17.3 years (2010 est.)


Malaysia	total: 25.1 years male: 24.5 years female: 25.8 years (2010 est.)


Maldives	total: 25.9 years male: 26.6 years female: 24.7 years (2010 est.)


Mali	total: 16.2 years male: 15.8 years female: 16.6 years (2010 est.)


Malta	total: 39.7 years male: 38.5 years female: 41.1 years (2010 est.)


Marshall Islands	total: 21.5 years male: 21.5 years female: 21.5 years (2010 est.)


Mauritania	total: 19.3 years male: 18.5 years female: 20.2 years (2010 est.)


Mauritius	total: 32.3 years male: 31.4 years female: 33.2 years (2010 est.)


Mayotte	total: 17.3 years male: 18.1 years female: 16.5 years (2010 est.)


Mexico	total: 26.7 years male: 25.6 years female: 27.7 years (2010 est.)


Micronesia, Federated States of	total: 22.4 years male: 21.8 years female: 22.9 years (2010 est.)


Moldova	total: 35 years male: 33.1 years female: 37.1 years (2010 est.)


Monaco	total: 48.9 years male: 48 years female: 49.9 years (2010 est.)


Mongolia	total: 25.8 years male: 25.3 years female: 26.2 years (2010 est.)


Montenegro	total: 37.2 years male: 35.9 years female: 38.8 years (2010 est.)


Montserrat	total: 29.1 years male: 28.8 years female: 29.5 years (2010 est.)


Morocco	total: 26.5 years male: 25.9 years female: 27 years (2010 est.)


Mozambique	total: 17.5 years male: 17.1 years female: 17.9 years (2010 est.)


Namibia	total: 21.4 years male: 21.3 years female: 21.4 years (2010 est.)


Nauru	total: 22 years male: 21.4 years female: 22.6 years (2010 est.)


Nepal	total: 21.2 years male: 20.2 years female: 22.1 years (2010 est.)


Netherlands	total: 40.8 years male: 40 years female: 41.6 years (2010 est.)


Netherlands Antilles	total: 34.1 years male: 32.1 years female: 35.8 years (2010 est.)


New Caledonia	total: 29 years male: 28.5 years female: 29.5 years (2010 est.)


New Zealand	total: 36.8 years male: 36 years female: 37.6 years (2010 est.)


Nicaragua	total: 22.5 years male: 22.1 years female: 22.9 years (2010 est.)


Niger	total: 15.2 years male: 15 years female: 15.4 years (2010 est.)


Nigeria	total: 19.1 years male: 19 years female: 19.2 years (2010 est.)


Northern Mariana Islands	total: 29.3 years male: 29.9 years female: 29.1 years (2010 est.)


Norway	total: 39.7 years male: 38.8 years female: 40.5 years (2010 est.)


Oman	total: 23.9 years male: 25.4 years female: 22.1 years (2010 est.)


Pakistan	total: 21.2 years male: 21.3 years female: 21.2 years (2010 est.)


Palau	total: 32.4 years male: 32.2 years female: 33 years (2010 est.)


Panama	total: 27.2 years male: 26.9 years female: 27.6 years (2010 est.)


Papua New Guinea	total: 21.6 years male: 21.9 years female: 21.3 years (2010 est.)


Paraguay	total: 24.9 years male: 24.7 years female: 25.1 years (2010 est.)


Peru	total: 26.4 years male: 26.1 years female: 26.7 years (2010 est.)


Philippines	total: 22.7 years male: 22.2 years female: 23.2 years (2010 est.)


Poland	total: 38.2 years male: 36.5 years female: 40 years (2010 est.)


Portugal	total: 39.7 years male: 37.6 years female: 41.9 years (2010 est.)


Puerto Rico	total: 36.7 years male: 34.9 years female: 38.4 years (2010 est.)


Qatar	total: 30.8 years male: 32.9 years female: 25.4 years (2010 est.)


Romania	total: 38.1 years male: 36.7 years female: 39.6 years (2010 est.)


Russia	total: 38.5 years male: 35.3 years female: 41.7 years (2010 est.)


Rwanda	total: 18.6 years male: 18.4 years female: 18.9 years (2010 est.)


Saint Barthelemy	total: 39.8 years male: 39.9 years female: 39.6 years (2010 est.)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	total: 38.2 years male: 38.2 years female: 38.1 years (2010 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	total: 31.5 years male: 31.5 years female: 31.5 years (2010 est.)


Saint Lucia	total: 30.3 years male: 29.3 years female: 31.4 years (2010 est.)


Saint Martin	total: 30.8 years male: 29.7 years female: 31.6 years (2010 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	total: 41.7 years male: 41.3 years female: 42.2 years (2010 est.)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	total: 29.5 years male: 29.6 years female: 29.4 years (2010 est.)


Samoa	total: 21.8 years male: 21.7 years female: 21.9 years (2010 est.)


San Marino	total: 42.1 years male: 41.3 years female: 42.8 years (2010 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	total: 17.5 years male: 17 years female: 17.9 years (2010 est.)


Saudi Arabia	total: 21.6 years male: 22.9 years female: 20 years (2010 est.)


Senegal	total: 18.7 years male: 18.5 years female: 18.9 years (2010 est.)


Serbia	total: 41.1 years male: 39.4 years female: 42.9 years (2010 est.)


Seychelles	total: 32 years male: 31.5 years female: 32.5 years (2010 est.)


Sierra Leone	total: 19 years male: 18.6 years female: 19.5 years (2010 est.)


Singapore	total: 39.6 years male: 39.1 years female: 40 years (2010 est.)


Slovakia	total: 37.3 years male: 35.7 years female: 38.9 years (2010 est.)


Slovenia	total: 42.1 years male: 40.4 years female: 43.7 years (2010 est.)


Solomon Islands	total: 20 years male: 19.8 years female: 20.2 years (2010 est.)


Somalia	total: 17.6 years male: 17.4 years female: 17.7 years (2010 est.)


South Africa	total: 24.7 years male: 24.4 years female: 25 years (2010 est.)


Spain	total: 41.5 years male: 40.1 years female: 42.9 years (2010 est.)


Sri Lanka	total: 31.3 years male: 30.3 years female: 32.2 years (2010 est.)


Sudan	total: 19.3 years male: 19.1 years female: 19.5 years (2010 est.)


Suriname	total: 28.3 years male: 27.9 years female: 28.7 years (2010 est.)


Swaziland	total: 20.1 years male: 19.7 years female: 20.5 years (2010 est.)


Sweden	total: 41.7 years male: 40.6 years female: 42.9 years (2010 est.)


Switzerland	total: 41.3 years male: 40.3 years female: 42.4 years (2010 est.)


Syria	total: 21.5 years male: 21.3 years female: 21.7 years (2010 est.)


Taiwan	total: 37 years male: 36.4 years female: 37.7 years (2010 est.)


Tajikistan	total: 22.2 years male: 21.7 years female: 22.7 years (2010 est.)


Tanzania	total: 18.3 years male: 18 years female: 18.5 years (2010 est.)


Thailand	total: 33.7 years male: 32.9 years female: 34.7 years (2010 est.)


Timor-Leste	total: 22.2 years male: 22.2 years female: 22.2 years (2010 est.)


Togo	total: 18.9 years male: 18.5 years female: 19.4 years (2010 est.)


Tonga	total: 22.7 years male: 22.3 years female: 23.2 years (2010 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	total: 32.6 years male: 32.1 years female: 33.1 years (2010 est.)


Tunisia	total: 29.7 years male: 29.1 years female: 30.3 years (2010 est.)


Turkey	total: 28.1 years male: 27.7 years female: 28.4 years (2010 est.)


Turkmenistan	total: 24.8 years male: 24.4 years female: 25.3 years (2010 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	total: 28 years male: 28.8 years female: 27.3 years (2010 est.)


Tuvalu	total: 23.9 years male: 22.4 years female: 26 years (2010 est.)


Uganda	total: 15 years male: 14.9 years female: 15.1 years (2010 est.)


Ukraine	total: 39.7 years male: 36.5 years female: 42.9 years (2010 est.)


United Arab Emirates	total: 30.2 years male: 32.1 years female: 24.8 years (2010 est.)


United Kingdom	total: 40.5 years male: 39.4 years female: 41.5 years (2010 est.)


United States	total: 36.8 years male: 35.5 years female: 38.1 years (2010 est.)


Uruguay	total: 33.7 years male: 32.3 years female: 35.1 years (2010 est.)


Uzbekistan	total: 25.2 years male: 24.7 years female: 25.8 years (2010 est.)


Vanuatu	total: 24.6 years male: 24.5 years female: 24.6 years (2010 est.)


Venezuela	total: 25.8 years male: 25.1 years female: 26.5 years (2010 est.)


Vietnam	total: 27.4 years male: 26.4 years female: 28.5 years (2010 est.)


Virgin Islands	total: 39.8 years male: 39.2 years female: 40.2 years (2010 est.)


Wallis and Futuna	total: 27.9 years male: 26.8 years female: 29.2 years (2010 est.)


West Bank	total: 20.9 years male: 20.7 years female: 21.1 years (2010 est.)


Western Sahara	total: 20.1 years male: 19.7 years female: 20.6 years (2010 est.)


World	total: 28.4 years male: 27.7 years female: 29 years (2009 est.)


Yemen	total: 17.9 years male: 17.8 years female: 18 years (2010 est.)


Zambia	total: 17.2 years male: 17.1 years female: 17.3 years (2010 est.)


Zimbabwe	total: 17.8 years male: 16.7 years female: 18.9 years (2010 est.)

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