| 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: 18.2 years
male: 18.2 years female: 18.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Albania |
total: 30.4 years
male: 29.2 years female: 31.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Algeria |
total: 27.6 years
male: 27.4 years female: 27.8 years (2011 est.) |
| American Samoa |
total: 23.7 years
male: 23.6 years female: 23.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Andorra |
total: 40.5 years
male: 40.8 years female: 40.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Angola |
total: 18.1 years
male: 18.1 years female: 18.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Anguilla |
total: 33.3 years
male: 31.9 years female: 34.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
total: 30.3 years
male: 28.7 years female: 31.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Argentina |
total: 30.5 years
male: 29.5 years female: 31.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Armenia |
total: 32.2 years
male: 29.5 years female: 35 years (2011 est.) |
| Aruba |
total: 38.2 years
male: 36.4 years female: 40 years (2011 est.) |
| Australia |
total: 37.7 years
male: 37 years female: 38.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Austria |
total: 43 years
male: 41.9 years female: 44 years (2011 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
total: 28.8 years
male: 27.2 years female: 30.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
total: 30.2 years
male: 29.1 years female: 31.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Bahrain |
total: 30.9 years
male: 32.2 years female: 28.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
total: 23.3 years
male: 22.7 years female: 23.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Barbados |
total: 36.5 years
male: 35.4 years female: 37.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Belarus |
total: 39 years
male: 36.1 years female: 42.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Belgium |
total: 42.3 years
male: 41 years female: 43.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Belize |
total: 21 years
male: 20.8 years female: 21.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Benin |
total: 17.4 years
male: 17 years female: 17.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Bermuda |
total: 42 years
male: 40.4 years female: 43.5 years (2011 est.) |
| Bhutan |
total: 24.8 years
male: 25.4 years female: 24.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Bolivia |
total: 22.5 years
male: 21.8 years female: 23.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
total: 40.7 years
male: 39.6 years female: 41.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Botswana |
total: 22.3 years
male: 22.2 years female: 22.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Brazil |
total: 29.3 years
male: 28.5 years female: 30.1 years (2011 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands |
total: 32.9 years
male: 32.9 years female: 32.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Brunei |
total: 28.4 years
male: 28.3 years female: 28.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Bulgaria |
total: 41.9 years
male: 39.6 years female: 44 years (2011 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
total: 16.9 years
male: 16.7 years female: 17.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Burma |
total: 26.9 years
male: 26.3 years female: 27.5 years (2011 est.) |
| Burundi |
total: 16.9 years
male: 16.6 years female: 17.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Cambodia |
total: 22.9 years
male: 22.2 years female: 23.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Cameroon |
total: 19.4 years
male: 19.3 years female: 19.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Canada |
total: 41 years
male: 39.8 years female: 42.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Cape Verde |
total: 22.7 years
male: 21.9 years female: 23.5 years (2011 est.) |
| Cayman Islands |
total: 38.7 years
male: 38.2 years female: 39.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Central African Republic |
total: 19.2 years
male: 18.8 years female: 19.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Chad |
total: 16.8 years
male: 15.6 years female: 17.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Chile |
total: 32.1 years
male: 31.1 years female: 33.1 years (2011 est.) |
| China |
total: 35.5 years
male: 34.9 years female: 36.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Colombia |
total: 28 years
male: 27 years female: 28.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Comoros |
total: 19 years
male: 18.7 years female: 19.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
total: 17.4 years
male: 17.2 years female: 17.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
total: 17 years
male: 16.8 years female: 17.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Cook Islands |
total: 32 years
male: 31.3 years female: 32.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Costa Rica |
total: 28.8 years
male: 28.4 years female: 29.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
total: 19.6 years
male: 19.7 years female: 19.5 years (2011 est.) |
| Croatia |
total: 41.4 years
male: 39.5 years female: 43.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Cuba |
total: 38.4 years
male: 37.6 years female: 39.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Cyprus |
total: 34.8 years
male: 33.5 years female: 36.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Czech Republic |
total: 40.8 years
male: 39.2 years female: 42.5 years (2011 est.) |
| Denmark |
total: 40.9 years
male: 40 years female: 41.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Djibouti |
total: 21.8 years
male: 20.2 years female: 23.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Dominica |
total: 30.8 years
male: 30.4 years female: 31.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
total: 26.1 years
male: 26 years female: 26.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Ecuador |
total: 25.7 years
male: 25 years female: 26.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Egypt |
total: 24.3 years
male: 24 years female: 24.6 years (2011 est.) |
| El Salvador |
total: 24.3 years
male: 22.9 years female: 25.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
total: 19.1 years
male: 18.5 years female: 19.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Eritrea |
total: 18.7 years
male: 18.3 years female: 19.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Estonia |
total: 40.5 years
male: 37 years female: 43.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
total: 16.8 years
male: 16.5 years female: 17.1 years (2011 est.) |
| European Union | note - see individual country entries of member states (2009 est.) |
| Faroe Islands |
total: 37.3 years
male: 36.6 years female: 38.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Fiji |
total: 26.9 years
male: 26.7 years female: 27.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Finland |
total: 42.5 years
male: 40.8 years female: 44.3 years (2011 est.) |
| France |
total: 39.9 years
male: 38.4 years female: 41.5 years (2011 est.) |
| French Polynesia |
total: 29.9 years
male: 30.2 years female: 29.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Gabon |
total: 18.6 years
male: 18.4 years female: 18.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
total: 19.4 years
male: 19.2 years female: 19.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Gaza Strip |
total: 17.7 years
male: 17.5 years female: 17.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Georgia |
total: 39.1 years
male: 36.6 years female: 41.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Germany |
total: 44.9 years
male: 43.7 years female: 46 years (2011 est.) |
| Ghana |
total: 21.4 years
male: 21.1 years female: 21.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Gibraltar |
total: 33.3 years
male: 32.4 years female: 34.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Greece |
total: 42.5 years
male: 41.4 years female: 43.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Greenland |
total: 33.6 years
male: 35 years female: 32.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Grenada |
total: 28.6 years
male: 28.6 years female: 28.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Guam |
total: 29.4 years
male: 29 years female: 29.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Guatemala |
total: 20 years
male: 19.4 years female: 20.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Guernsey |
total: 42.2 years
male: 41.1 years female: 43.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Guinea |
total: 18.6 years
male: 18.3 years female: 18.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
total: 19.5 years
male: 18.9 years female: 20 years (2011 est.) |
| Guyana |
total: 23.9 years
male: 23.2 years female: 24.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Haiti |
total: 21.4 years
male: 21.1 years female: 21.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Honduras |
total: 21 years
male: 20.6 years female: 21.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
total: 43.4 years
male: 42.8 years female: 43.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Hungary |
total: 40.2 years
male: 38.1 years female: 42.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Iceland |
total: 35.6 years
male: 35.2 years female: 36.1 years (2011 est.) |
| India |
total: 26.2 years
male: 25.6 years female: 26.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Indonesia |
total: 28.2 years
male: 27.7 years female: 28.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Iran |
total: 26.8 years
male: 26.6 years female: 27.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Iraq |
total: 20.9 years
male: 20.8 years female: 21 years (2011 est.) |
| Ireland |
total: 34.8 years
male: 34.5 years female: 35.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Isle of Man |
total: 42.6 years
male: 41.8 years female: 43.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Israel |
total: 29.4 years
male: 28.7 years female: 30.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Italy |
total: 43.5 years
male: 42.4 years female: 44.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Jamaica |
total: 24.2 years
male: 23.7 years female: 24.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Japan |
total: 44.8 years
male: 43.2 years female: 46.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Jersey |
total: 40.1 years
male: 38.3 years female: 41.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Jordan |
total: 22.1 years
male: 21.8 years female: 22.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
total: 30.2 years
male: 28.7 years female: 31.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Kenya |
total: 18.9 years
male: 18.8 years female: 19 years (2011 est.) |
| Kiribati |
total: 22.5 years
male: 21.7 years female: 23.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Korea, North |
total: 32.9 years
male: 31.2 years female: 34.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Korea, South |
total: 38.4 years
male: 37 years female: 39.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Kosovo |
total: 26.7 years
male: 26.3 years female: 27.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Kuwait |
total: 28.5 years
male: 29.8 years female: 26.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
total: 25 years
male: 24.1 years female: 26 years (2011 est.) |
| Laos |
total: 21 years
male: 20.7 years female: 21.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Latvia |
total: 40.6 years
male: 37.6 years female: 43.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Lebanon |
total: 29.8 years
male: 28.7 years female: 31 years (2011 est.) |
| Lesotho |
total: 22.9 years
male: 22.8 years female: 22.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Liberia |
total: 18.3 years
male: 18.2 years female: 18.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Libya |
total: 24.5 years
male: 24.5 years female: 24.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Liechtenstein |
total: 41.8 years
male: 41.2 years female: 42.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Lithuania |
total: 40.1 years
male: 37.5 years female: 42.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
total: 39.4 years
male: 38.4 years female: 40.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Macau |
total: 36.2 years
male: 36.8 years female: 35.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Macedonia |
total: 35.8 years
male: 34.8 years female: 36.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Madagascar |
total: 18.2 years
male: 17.9 years female: 18.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Malawi |
total: 17.2 years
male: 17.1 years female: 17.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Malaysia |
total: 26.8 years
male: 26.7 years female: 27 years (2011 est.) |
| Maldives |
total: 26.2 years
male: 26.8 years female: 25.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Mali |
total: 16.3 years
male: 15.9 years female: 16.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Malta |
total: 40 years
male: 38.8 years female: 41.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Marshall Islands |
total: 21.8 years
male: 21.8 years female: 21.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Mauritania |
total: 19.5 years
male: 18.6 years female: 20.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Mauritius |
total: 32.7 years
male: 31.9 years female: 33.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Mexico |
total: 27.1 years
male: 26 years female: 28.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
total: 22.7 years
male: 22.2 years female: 23.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Moldova |
total: 35.4 years
male: 33.5 years female: 37.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Monaco |
total: 49.4 years
male: 48.4 years female: 50.5 years (2011 est.) |
| Mongolia |
total: 26.2 years
male: 25.8 years female: 26.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Montenegro |
total: 37.8 years
male: 36.5 years female: 39.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Montserrat |
total: 29.6 years
male: 29.2 years female: 30.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Morocco |
total: 26.9 years
male: 26.3 years female: 27.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Mozambique |
total: 16.8 years
male: 16.1 years female: 17.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Namibia |
total: 21.7 years
male: 21.7 years female: 21.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Nauru |
total: 24.2 years
male: 24.4 years female: 23.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Nepal |
total: 21.6 years
male: 20.7 years female: 22.5 years (2011 est.) |
| Netherlands |
total: 41.1 years
male: 40.3 years female: 41.9 years (2011 est.) |
| New Caledonia |
total: 30.1 years
male: 29.6 years female: 30.7 years (2011 est.) |
| New Zealand |
total: 37 years
male: 36.2 years female: 37.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
total: 22.9 years
male: 22.1 years female: 23.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Niger |
total: 15.2 years
male: 15 years female: 15.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Nigeria |
total: 19.2 years
male: 19.2 years female: 19.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
total: 30 years
male: 29.8 years female: 30.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Norway |
total: 40 years
male: 39.1 years female: 40.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Oman |
total: 24.1 years
male: 25.5 years female: 22.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Pakistan |
total: 21.6 years
male: 21.5 years female: 21.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Palau |
total: 32.6 years
male: 32.3 years female: 33.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Panama |
total: 27.5 years
male: 27.1 years female: 27.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
total: 21.8 years
male: 22.1 years female: 21.5 years (2011 est.) |
| Paraguay |
total: 25.4 years
male: 25.1 years female: 25.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Peru |
total: 26.2 years
male: 25.5 years female: 26.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Philippines |
total: 22.9 years
male: 22.4 years female: 23.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Poland |
total: 38.5 years
male: 36.8 years female: 40.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Portugal |
total: 40 years
male: 38 years female: 42.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Puerto Rico |
total: 37.3 years
male: 35.5 years female: 39 years (2011 est.) |
| Qatar |
total: 30.8 years
male: 32.9 years female: 25.5 years (2011 est.) |
| Romania |
total: 38.7 years
male: 37.3 years female: 40.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Russia |
total: 38.7 years
male: 35.5 years female: 41.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Rwanda |
total: 18.7 years
male: 18.5 years female: 19 years (2011 est.) |
| Saint Barthelemy |
total: 40.4 years
male: 40.6 years female: 40.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
total: 38.8 years
male: 38.8 years female: 38.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
total: 32 years
male: 32.1 years female: 32 years (2011 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
total: 31 years
male: 29.9 years female: 32.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Saint Martin |
total: 31 years
male: 29.9 years female: 31.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
total: 42.6 years
male: 42.2 years female: 43 years (2011 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
total: 30.1 years
male: 30.2 years female: 30 years (2011 est.) |
| Samoa |
total: 22.1 years
male: 22 years female: 22.3 years (2011 est.) |
| San Marino |
total: 42.5 years
male: 41.7 years female: 43.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
total: 17.5 years
male: 17.1 years female: 18 years (2011 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
total: 25.3 years
male: 26.4 years female: 23.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Senegal |
total: 18 years
male: 17.2 years female: 18.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Serbia |
total: 41.3 years
male: 39.6 years female: 43.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Seychelles |
total: 32.5 years
male: 32 years female: 33 years (2011 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
total: 19.1 years
male: 18.6 years female: 19.5 years (2011 est.) |
| Singapore |
total: 40.1 years
male: 39.6 years female: 40.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Slovakia |
total: 37.6 years
male: 36.1 years female: 39.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Slovenia |
total: 42.4 years
male: 40.7 years female: 44.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
total: 20.9 years
male: 20.7 years female: 21.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Somalia |
total: 17.8 years
male: 17.8 years female: 17.7 years (2011 est.) |
| South Africa |
total: 25 years
male: 24.7 years female: 25.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Spain |
total: 40.5 years
male: 39.3 years female: 41.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
total: 30.8 years
male: 29.7 years female: 31.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Sudan |
total: 18.5 years
male: 18.1 years female: 18.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Suriname |
total: 28.7 years
male: 28.3 years female: 29.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Swaziland |
total: 20.3 years
male: 19.9 years female: 20.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Sweden |
total: 42 years
male: 40.8 years female: 43.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Switzerland |
total: 41.7 years
male: 40.6 years female: 42.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Syria |
total: 21.9 years
male: 21.7 years female: 22.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Taiwan |
total: 37.6 years
male: 36.9 years female: 38.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
total: 22.6 years
male: 22.1 years female: 23.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Tanzania |
total: 18.5 years
male: 18.2 years female: 18.7 years (2011 est.) |
| Thailand |
total: 34.2 years
male: 33.3 years female: 35.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
total: 22.5 years
male: 22.5 years female: 22.5 years (2011 est.) |
| Togo |
total: 19.3 years
male: 19 years female: 19.5 years (2011 est.) |
| Tonga |
total: 21.4 years
male: 21 years female: 21.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
total: 33.1 years
male: 32.6 years female: 33.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Tunisia |
total: 30 years
male: 29.6 years female: 30.4 years (2011 est.) |
| Turkey |
total: 28.5 years
male: 28.1 years female: 28.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Turkmenistan |
total: 25.3 years
male: 24.9 years female: 25.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
total: 30.4 years
male: 30.8 years female: 30.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Tuvalu |
total: 24.1 years
male: 22.7 years female: 26.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Uganda |
total: 15.1 years
male: 15 years female: 15.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Ukraine |
total: 39.9 years
male: 36.7 years female: 43.1 years (2011 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
total: 30.2 years
male: 32.1 years female: 24.9 years (2011 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
total: 40 years
male: 38.8 years female: 41.1 years (2011 est.) |
| United States |
total: 36.9 years
male: 35.6 years female: 38.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Uruguay |
total: 33.6 years
male: 32 years female: 35.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
total: 25.7 years
male: 25.2 years female: 26.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
total: 24.9 years
male: 24.9 years female: 25 years (2011 est.) |
| Venezuela |
total: 26.1 years
male: 25.4 years female: 26.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Vietnam |
total: 27.8 years
male: 26.8 years female: 28.9 years (2011 est.) |
| Virgin Islands |
total: 40.4 years
male: 39.9 years female: 40.8 years (2011 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna |
total: 28.5 years
male: 27.5 years female: 29.7 years (2011 est.) |
| West Bank |
total: 21.3 years
male: 21.1 years female: 21.5 years (2011 est.) |
| Western Sahara |
total: 20.3 years
male: 19.8 years female: 20.8 years (2011 est.) |
| World |
total: 28.4 years
male: 27.7 years female: 29 years (2009 est.) |
| Yemen |
total: 18.1 years
male: 18 years female: 18.2 years (2011 est.) |
| Zambia |
total: 16.5 years
male: 16.5 years female: 16.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
total: 18.3 years
male: 17.4 years female: 19.2 years (2011 est.) |