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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: 17.9 years
male: 17.8 years
female: 17.9 years (2012 est.)
Albania total: 30.9 years
male: 29.6 years
female: 32.1 years (2012 est.)
Algeria total: 28.1 years
male: 27.9 years
female: 28.4 years (2012 est.)
American Samoa total: 24 years
male: 23.9 years
female: 24.1 years (2012 est.)
Andorra total: 41.2 years
male: 41.4 years
female: 40.9 years (2012 est.)
Angola total: 17.7 years
male: 17.5 years
female: 17.9 years (2012 est.)
Anguilla total: 33.6 years
male: 32.1 years
female: 35 years (2012 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda total: 30.6 years
male: 28.9 years
female: 32 years (2012 est.)
Argentina total: 30.7 years
male: 29.7 years
female: 31.8 years (2012 est.)
Armenia total: 32.6 years
male: 29.9 years
female: 35.4 years (2012 est.)
Aruba total: 38.4 years
male: 36.6 years
female: 40.2 years (2012 est.)
Australia total: 37.9 years
male: 37.1 years
female: 38.6 years (2012 est.)
Austria total: 43.4 years
male: 42.3 years
female: 44.5 years (2012 est.)
Azerbaijan total: 29.5 years
male: 27.9 years
female: 31.3 years (2012 est.)
Bahamas, The total: 30.5 years
male: 29.4 years
female: 31.7 years (2012 est.)
Bahrain total: 31.1 years
male: 32.5 years
female: 28.3 years (2012 est.)
Bangladesh total: 23.6 years
male: 23.1 years
female: 24.1 years (2012 est.)
Barbados total: 36.9 years
male: 35.8 years
female: 38 years (2012 est.)
Belarus total: 39.3 years
male: 36.3 years
female: 42.3 years (2012 est.)
Belgium total: 42.6 years
male: 41.2 years
female: 43.9 years (2012 est.)
Belize total: 21.3 years
male: 21.1 years
female: 21.5 years (2012 est.)
Benin total: 17.6 years
male: 17.2 years
female: 18 years (2012 est.)
Bermuda total: 42.3 years
male: 40.7 years
female: 43.9 years (2012 est.)
Bhutan total: 25.3 years
male: 25.9 years
female: 24.7 years (2012 est.)
Bolivia total: 22.8 years
male: 22.1 years
female: 23.5 years (2012 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 41.2 years
male: 40 years
female: 42.4 years (2012 est.)
Botswana total: 22.5 years
male: 22.4 years
female: 22.5 years (2012 est.)
Brazil total: 29.6 years
male: 28.8 years
female: 30.5 years (2012 est.)
British Virgin Islands total: 35 years
male: 35 years
female: 35.1 years (2012 est.)
Brunei total: 28.7 years
male: 28.5 years
female: 28.9 years (2012 est.)
Bulgaria total: 42 years
male: 39.8 years
female: 44.2 years (2012 est.)
Burkina Faso total: 17 years
male: 16.8 years
female: 17.2 years (2012 est.)
Burma total: 27.2 years
male: 26.7 years
female: 27.8 years (2012 est.)
Burundi total: 17 years
male: 16.6 years
female: 17.3 years (2012 est.)
Cambodia total: 23.3 years
male: 22.6 years
female: 24 years (2012 est.)
Cameroon total: 19.6 years
male: 19.5 years
female: 19.7 years (2012 est.)
Canada total: 41.2 years
male: 40 years
female: 42.4 years (2012 est.)
Cape Verde total: 23.1 years
male: 22.3 years
female: 23.9 years (2012 est.)
Cayman Islands total: 39 years
male: 38.4 years
female: 39.5 years (2012 est.)
Central African Republic total: 19.3 years
male: 18.9 years
female: 19.7 years (2012 est.)
Chad total: 16.9 years
male: 15.8 years
female: 18 years (2012 est.)
Chile total: 32.8 years
male: 31.6 years
female: 34.1 years (2012 est.)
China total: 35.9 years
male: 35.2 years
female: 36.6 years (2012 est.)
Colombia total: 28.3 years
male: 27.3 years
female: 29.2 years (2012 est.)
Comoros total: 18.9 years
male: 18.3 years
female: 19.5 years (2012 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 17.6 years
male: 17.4 years
female: 17.8 years (2012 est.)
Congo, Republic of the total: 17.1 years
male: 16.9 years
female: 17.3 years (2012 est.)
Cook Islands total: 32.9 years
male: 32.2 years
female: 33.5 years (2012 est.)
Costa Rica total: 29.2 years
male: 28.7 years
female: 29.6 years (2012 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire total: 19.8 years
male: 19.9 years
female: 19.7 years (2012 est.)
Croatia total: 41.7 years
male: 39.7 years
female: 43.5 years (2012 est.)
Cuba total: 38.9 years
male: 38 years
female: 39.7 years (2012 est.)
Cyprus total: 35.1 years
male: 33.8 years
female: 36.9 years (2012 est.)
Czech Republic total: 41.1 years
male: 39.6 years
female: 42.9 years (2012 est.)
Denmark total: 41.2 years
male: 40.3 years
female: 42.1 years (2012 est.)
Djibouti total: 22.1 years
male: 20.5 years
female: 23.5 years (2012 est.)
Dominica total: 31.3 years
male: 30.8 years
female: 31.7 years (2012 est.)
Dominican Republic total: 26.5 years
male: 26.3 years
female: 26.7 years (2012 est.)
Ecuador total: 26 years
male: 25.4 years
female: 26.6 years (2012 est.)
Egypt total: 24.6 years
male: 24.3 years
female: 24.9 years (2012 est.)
El Salvador total: 24.7 years
male: 23.4 years
female: 26.2 years (2012 est.)
Equatorial Guinea total: 19.2 years
male: 18.7 years
female: 19.7 years (2012 est.)
Eritrea total: 18.9 years
male: 18.5 years
female: 19.2 years (2012 est.)
Estonia total: 40.8 years
male: 37.2 years
female: 44.1 years (2012 est.)
Ethiopia total: 16.8 years
male: 16.5 years
female: 17.1 years (2012 est.)
European Union note - see individual country entries of member states
Faroe Islands total: 37.3 years
male: 36.7 years
female: 38.1 years (2012 est.)
Fiji total: 27.2 years
male: 27 years
female: 27.4 years (2012 est.)
Finland total: 42.7 years
male: 41 years
female: 44.5 years (2012 est.)
France total: 40.4 years
male: 38.8 years
female: 41.9 years (2012 est.)
French Polynesia total: 29.8 years
male: 29.8 years
female: 29.8 years (2012 est.)
Gabon total: 18.6 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 18.9 years (2012 est.)
Gambia, The total: 19.7 years
male: 19.4 years
female: 19.9 years (2012 est.)
Gaza Strip total: 17.9 years
male: 17.7 years
female: 18.1 years (2012 est.)
Georgia total: 39.3 years
male: 36.8 years
female: 41.8 years (2012 est.)
Germany total: 45.3 years
male: 44.2 years
female: 46.3 years (2012 est.)
Ghana total: 21.7 years
male: 21.4 years
female: 21.9 years (2012 est.)
Gibraltar total: 33.6 years
male: 32.7 years
female: 34.6 years (2012 est.)
Greece total: 42.8 years
male: 41.7 years
female: 43.9 years (2012 est.)
Greenland total: 33.7 years
male: 35 years
female: 32.2 years (2012 est.)
Grenada total: 29 years
male: 29 years
female: 29 years (2012 est.)
Guam total: 29.6 years
male: 29.1 years
female: 30 years (2012 est.)
Guatemala total: 20.4 years
male: 19.7 years
female: 21.1 years (2012 est.)
Guernsey total: 42.5 years
male: 41.4 years
female: 43.5 years (2012 est.)
Guinea total: 18.6 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 18.9 years (2012 est.)
Guinea-Bissau total: 19.6 years
male: 19.1 years
female: 20.1 years (2012 est.)
Guyana total: 24.2 years
male: 23.5 years
female: 25 years (2012 est.)
Haiti total: 21.6 years
male: 21.4 years
female: 21.9 years (2012 est.)
Honduras total: 21.3 years
male: 21 years
female: 21.7 years (2012 est.)
Hong Kong total: 43.9 years
male: 43.3 years
female: 44.4 years (2012 est.)
Hungary total: 40.5 years
male: 38.4 years
female: 43 years (2012 est.)
Iceland total: 35.9 years
male: 35.4 years
female: 36.3 years (2012 est.)
India total: 26.5 years
male: 25.9 years
female: 27.2 years (2012 est.)
Indonesia total: 28.5 years
male: 28 years
female: 29.1 years (2012 est.)
Iran total: 27.4 years
male: 27.1 years
female: 27.6 years (2012 est.)
Iraq total: 21.1 years
male: 21 years
female: 21.2 years (2012 est.)
Ireland total: 35.1 years
male: 34.8 years
female: 35.4 years (2012 est.)
Isle of Man total: 42.8 years
male: 42.1 years
female: 43.5 years (2012 est.)
Israel total: 29.5 years
male: 28.9 years
female: 30.3 years (2012 est.)
Italy total: 43.8 years
male: 42.7 years
female: 45 years (2012 est.)
Jamaica total: 24.4 years
male: 23.9 years
female: 24.9 years (2012 est.)
Japan total: 45.4 years
male: 44.1 years
female: 46.9 years (2012 est.)
Jersey total: 40.1 years
male: 38 years
female: 41.4 years (2012 est.)
Jordan total: 22.4 years
male: 22 years
female: 22.7 years (2012 est.)
Kazakhstan total: 29.3 years
male: 27.9 years
female: 30.8 years (2012 est.)
Kenya total: 18.8 years
male: 18.7 years
female: 18.9 years (2012 est.)
Kiribati total: 22.9 years
male: 22.1 years
female: 23.7 years (2012 est.)
Korea, North total: 33 years
male: 31.4 years
female: 34.7 years (2012 est.)
Korea, South total: 39 years
male: 37.6 years
female: 40.4 years (2012 est.)
Kosovo total: 27.1 years
male: 26.7 years
female: 27.5 years (2012 est.)
Kuwait total: 28.6 years
male: 29.9 years
female: 26.4 years (2012 est.)
Kyrgyzstan total: 25.2 years
male: 24.3 years
female: 26.2 years (2012 est.)
Laos total: 21.4 years
male: 21.1 years
female: 21.6 years (2012 est.)
Latvia total: 40.9 years
male: 37.9 years
female: 43.9 years (2012 est.)
Lebanon total: 30.4 years
male: 29.2 years
female: 31.5 years (2012 est.)
Lesotho total: 23.1 years
male: 23.1 years
female: 23.1 years (2012 est.)
Liberia total: 18.2 years
male: 18 years
female: 18.3 years (2012 est.)
Libya total: 24.8 years
male: 24.8 years
female: 24.7 years (2012 est.)
Liechtenstein total: 41.6 years
male: 40.7 years
female: 42.5 years (2012 est.)
Lithuania total: 40.5 years
male: 37.8 years
female: 43 years (2012 est.)
Luxembourg total: 39.5 years
male: 38.4 years
female: 40.5 years (2012 est.)
Macau total: 36.7 years
male: 37.3 years
female: 36.3 years (2012 est.)
Macedonia total: 36.2 years
male: 35.1 years
female: 37.2 years (2012 est.)
Madagascar total: 18.3 years
male: 18 years
female: 18.5 years (2012 est.)
Malawi total: 17.3 years
male: 17.2 years
female: 17.4 years (2012 est.)
Malaysia total: 27.1 years
male: 26.9 years
female: 27.3 years (2012 est.)
Maldives total: 26.5 years
male: 26.9 years
female: 25.8 years (2012 est.)
Mali total: 16.4 years
male: 16 years
female: 16.7 years (2012 est.)
Malta total: 40.3 years
male: 39.1 years
female: 41.7 years (2012 est.)
Marshall Islands total: 21.9 years
male: 21.9 years
female: 22 years (2012 est.)
Mauritania total: 19.6 years
male: 18.8 years
female: 20.6 years (2012 est.)
Mauritius total: 33.1 years
male: 32.2 years
female: 34 years (2012 est.)
Mexico total: 27.4 years
male: 26.3 years
female: 28.5 years (2012 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of total: 23.1 years
male: 22.6 years
female: 23.7 years (2012 est.)
Moldova total: 35.2 years
male: 33.3 years
female: 37.2 years (2012 est.)
Monaco total: 49.9 years
male: 48.9 years
female: 51 years (2012 est.)
Mongolia total: 26.6 years
male: 26.2 years
female: 27 years (2012 est.)
Montenegro total: 38.3 years
male: 37.1 years
female: 39.6 years (2012 est.)
Montserrat total: 30.2 years
male: 29.7 years
female: 30.7 years (2012 est.)
Morocco total: 27.3 years
male: 26.7 years
female: 27.8 years (2012 est.)
Mozambique total: 16.8 years
male: 16.2 years
female: 17.5 years (2012 est.)
Namibia total: 22.1 years
male: 22.1 years
female: 22.1 years (2012 est.)
Nauru total: 24.6 years
male: 24.8 years
female: 24.3 years (2012 est.)
Nepal total: 22.1 years
male: 21.2 years
female: 22.9 years (2012 est.)
Netherlands total: 41.5 years
male: 40.7 years
female: 42.3 years (2012 est.)
New Caledonia total: 30.4 years
male: 29.8 years
female: 31 years (2012 est.)
New Zealand total: 37.2 years
male: 36.4 years
female: 38 years (2012 est.)
Nicaragua total: 23.4 years
male: 22.6 years
female: 24.2 years (2012 est.)
Niger total: 15.2 years
male: 15 years
female: 15.4 years (2012 est.)
Nigeria total: 17.9 years
male: 17.5 years
female: 18.4 years (2012 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands total: 30.6 years
male: 29.6 years
female: 31 years (2012 est.)
Norway total: 40.3 years
male: 39.4 years
female: 41.1 years (2012 est.)
Oman total: 24.4 years
male: 25.7 years
female: 22.8 years (2012 est.)
Pakistan total: 21.9 years
male: 21.9 years
female: 22 years (2012 est.)
Palau total: 32.8 years
male: 32.4 years
female: 33.6 years (2012 est.)
Panama total: 27.8 years
male: 27.4 years
female: 28.2 years (2012 est.)
Papua New Guinea total: 22 years
male: 22.3 years
female: 21.8 years (2012 est.)
Paraguay total: 25.9 years
male: 25.6 years
female: 26.1 years (2012 est.)
Peru total: 26.5 years
male: 25.8 years
female: 27.2 years (2012 est.)
Philippines total: 23.1 years
male: 22.6 years
female: 23.6 years (2012 est.)
Poland total: 38.8 years
male: 37.2 years
female: 40.6 years (2012 est.)
Portugal total: 40.4 years
male: 38.3 years
female: 42.6 years (2012 est.)
Puerto Rico total: 37.8 years
male: 36 years
female: 39.5 years (2012 est.)
Qatar total: 32.2 years
male: 33.2 years
female: 27.8 years (2012 est.)
Romania total: 39.1 years
male: 37.7 years
female: 40.6 years (2012 est.)
Russia total: 38.8 years
male: 35.6 years
female: 42.1 years (2012 est.)
Rwanda total: 18.8 years
male: 18.6 years
female: 19.1 years (2012 est.)
Saint Barthelemy total: 41.1 years
male: 41.2 years
female: 41 years (2012 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha total: 39.4 years
male: 39.4 years
female: 39.3 years (2012 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total: 32.6 years
male: 32.6 years
female: 32.5 years (2012 est.)
Saint Lucia total: 31.6 years
male: 30.5 years
female: 32.7 years (2012 est.)
Saint Martin total: 31.2 years
male: 30.2 years
female: 32.1 years (2012 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total: 43.2 years
male: 42.8 years
female: 43.7 years (2012 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total: 30.7 years
male: 30.8 years
female: 30.6 years (2012 est.)
Samoa total: 22.5 years
male: 22.3 years
female: 22.7 years (2012 est.)
San Marino total: 42.8 years
male: 41.9 years
female: 43.6 years (2012 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe total: 17.6 years
male: 17.2 years
female: 18.1 years (2012 est.)
Saudi Arabia total: 25.7 years
male: 26.7 years
female: 24.4 years (2012 est.)
Senegal total: 18.2 years
male: 17.3 years
female: 19 years (2012 est.)
Serbia total: 41.5 years
male: 39.8 years
female: 43.2 years (2012 est.)
Seychelles total: 32.9 years
male: 32.4 years
female: 33.4 years (2012 est.)
Sierra Leone total: 19.1 years
male: 18.6 years
female: 19.6 years (2012 est.)
Singapore total: 33.5 years
male: 33.4 years
female: 33.6 years (2012 est.)
Slovakia total: 38 years
male: 36.5 years
female: 39.5 years (2012 est.)
Slovenia total: 42.8 years
male: 41.1 years
female: 44.5 years (2012 est.)
Solomon Islands total: 21.1 years
male: 20.9 years
female: 21.3 years (2012 est.)
Somalia total: 17.8 years
male: 17.9 years
female: 17.8 years (2012 est.)
South Africa total: 25.3 years
male: 25 years
female: 25.6 years (2012 est.)
Spain total: 40.9 years
male: 39.7 years
female: 42.2 years (2012 est.)
Sri Lanka total: 31.1 years
male: 30.1 years
female: 32.2 years (2012 est.)
Sudan total: 18.7 years
male: 18.5 years
female: 19 years (2012 est.)
Suriname total: 27.6 years
male: 27.3 years
female: 28 years (2012 est.)
Swaziland total: 20.5 years
male: 20.2 years
female: 20.9 years (2012 est.)
Sweden total: 42.2 years
male: 41 years
female: 43.3 years (2012 est.)
Switzerland total: 42 years
male: 40.9 years
female: 43.1 years (2012 est.)
Syria total: 22.3 years
male: 22.1 years
female: 22.5 years (2012 est.)
Taiwan total: 38.1 years
male: 37.4 years
female: 38.8 years (2012 est.)
Tajikistan total: 22.9 years
male: 22.4 years
female: 23.4 years (2012 est.)
Tanzania total: 18.7 years
male: 18.5 years
female: 19 years (2012 est.)
Thailand total: 34.7 years
male: 33.7 years
female: 35.6 years (2012 est.)
Timor-Leste total: 22.8 years
male: 22.8 years
female: 22.9 years (2012 est.)
Togo total: 19.4 years
male: 19.1 years
female: 19.6 years (2012 est.)
Tonga total: 21.6 years
male: 21.2 years
female: 22.1 years (2012 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago total: 33.5 years
male: 33.1 years
female: 34 years (2012 est.)
Tunisia total: 30.5 years
male: 30.1 years
female: 30.9 years (2012 est.)
Turkey total: 28.8 years
male: 28.5 years
female: 29.2 years (2012 est.)
Turkmenistan total: 25.8 years
male: 25.4 years
female: 26.3 years (2012 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands total: 30.9 years
male: 31.2 years
female: 30.6 years (2012 est.)
Tuvalu total: 24.4 years
male: 23 years
female: 26.3 years (2012 est.)
Uganda total: 15.1 years
male: 15 years
female: 15.2 years (2012 est.)
Ukraine total: 40.1 years
male: 36.9 years
female: 43.3 years (2012 est.)
United Arab Emirates total: 30.2 years
male: 32.1 years
female: 25 years (2012 est.)
United Kingdom total: 40.2 years
male: 39 years
female: 41.2 years (2012 est.)
United States total: 37.1 years
male: 35.8 years
female: 38.5 years (2012 est.)
Uruguay total: 33.8 years
male: 32.2 years
female: 35.5 years (2012 est.)
Uzbekistan total: 26.2 years
male: 25.7 years
female: 26.8 years (2012 est.)
Vanuatu total: 25.4 years
male: 25.3 years
female: 25.4 years (2012 est.)
Venezuela total: 26.3 years
male: 25.6 years
female: 27.1 years (2012 est.)
Vietnam total: 28.2 years
male: 27.1 years
female: 29.2 years (2012 est.)
Virgin Islands total: 40.9 years
male: 40.4 years
female: 41.4 years (2012 est.)
Wallis and Futuna total: 29 years
male: 28 years
female: 30.2 years (2012 est.)
West Bank total: 21.7 years
male: 21.5 years
female: 21.9 years (2012 est.)
Western Sahara total: 20.5 years
male: 20 years
female: 21 years (2012 est.)
World total: 28.4 years
male: 27.7 years
female: 29 years (2009 est.)
Yemen total: 18.3 years
male: 18.3 years
female: 18.4 years (2012 est.)
Zambia total: 16.5 years
male: 16.5 years
female: 16.6 years (2012 est.)
Zimbabwe total: 18.9 years
male: 18.2 years
female: 19.6 years (2012 est.)
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