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| Field Listing :: Median age |
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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. |
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Country |
Median age(years)
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| Afghanistan
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total: 17.9 years
male: 17.9 years
female: 18 years (2013 est.)
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| Albania
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total: 31.2 years
male: 29.9 years
female: 32.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Algeria
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total: 27 years
male: 26.7 years
female: 27.2 years (2013 est.)
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| American Samoa
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total: 27.8 years
male: 28.3 years
female: 27.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Andorra
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total: 41.8 years
male: 42 years
female: 41.5 years (2013 est.)
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| Angola
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total: 17.7 years
male: 17.5 years
female: 17.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Anguilla
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total: 33.9 years
male: 32.2 years
female: 35.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Argentina
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total: 31 years
male: 29.9 years
female: 32.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Armenia
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total: 32.9 years
male: 30.3 years
female: 35.7 years (2013 est.)
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| Aruba
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total: 38.6 years
male: 36.8 years
female: 40.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Australia
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total: 38.1 years
male: 37.3 years
female: 38.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Austria
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total: 43.9 years
male: 42.8 years
female: 44.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Azerbaijan
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total: 29.8 years
male: 28.2 years
female: 31.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Bahamas, The
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total: 30.8 years
male: 29.7 years
female: 32 years (2013 est.)
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| Bahrain
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total: 31.4 years
male: 32.8 years
female: 28.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Bangladesh
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total: 23.9 years
male: 23.4 years
female: 24.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Barbados
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total: 37.3 years
male: 36.2 years
female: 38.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Belarus
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total: 39.2 years
male: 36.1 years
female: 42.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Belgium
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total: 42.8 years
male: 41.5 years
female: 44.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Belize
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total: 21.5 years
male: 21.4 years
female: 21.7 years (2013 est.)
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| Benin
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total: 17.6 years
male: 17.2 years
female: 18 years (2013 est.)
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| Bermuda
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total: 42.6 years
male: 40.9 years
female: 44.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Bhutan
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total: 25.7 years
male: 26.3 years
female: 25.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Bolivia
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total: 23.1 years
male: 22.3 years
female: 23.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Botswana
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total: 22.7 years
male: 22.6 years
female: 22.7 years (2013 est.)
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| Brazil
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total: 30.3 years
male: 29.5 years
female: 31.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Brunei
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total: 29 years
male: 28.7 years
female: 29.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Bulgaria
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total: 42.3 years
male: 40 years
female: 44.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Burkina Faso
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total: 17 years
male: 16.8 years
female: 17.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Burma
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total: 27.6 years
male: 27 years
female: 28.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Burundi
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total: 16.9 years
male: 16.6 years
female: 17.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Cabo Verde
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total: 23.5 years
male: 22.7 years
female: 24.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Cambodia
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total: 23.7 years
male: 23 years
female: 24.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Cameroon
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total: 19.7 years
male: 19.6 years
female: 19.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Canada
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total: 41.5 years
male: 40.2 years
female: 42.7 years (2013 est.)
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| Cayman Islands
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total: 39.3 years
male: 38.6 years
female: 39.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Chad
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total: 17 years
male: 15.9 years
female: 18.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Chile
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total: 33 years
male: 31.8 years
female: 34.3 years (2013 est.)
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| China
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total: 36.3 years
male: 35.5 years
female: 37.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Colombia
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total: 28.6 years
male: 27.6 years
female: 29.5 years (2013 est.)
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| Comoros
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total: 19 years
male: 18.3 years
female: 19.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Cook Islands
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total: 33.7 years
male: 33 years
female: 34.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Costa Rica
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total: 29.6 years
male: 29.1 years
female: 30 years (2013 est.)
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| Cote d'Ivoire
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total: 20 years
male: 20.1 years
female: 19.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Croatia
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total: 41.8 years
male: 40 years
female: 43.7 years (2013 est.)
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| Cuba
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total: 39.5 years
male: 38.6 years
female: 40.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Curacao
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total: 36.2 years
male: 32.7 years
female: 39.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Cyprus
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total: 35.4 years
male: 34 years
female: 37.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Czech Republic
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total: 41.4 years
male: 40 years
female: 43.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Denmark
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total: 41.4 years
male: 40.5 years
female: 42.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Djibouti
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total: 22.4 years
male: 20.8 years
female: 23.7 years (2013 est.)
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| Dominica
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total: 31.7 years
male: 31.2 years
female: 32.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Ecuador
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total: 26.3 years
male: 25.7 years
female: 26.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Egypt
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total: 24.8 years
male: 24.5 years
female: 25.2 years (2013 est.)
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| El Salvador
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total: 25.1 years
male: 23.7 years
female: 26.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Eritrea
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total: 18.9 years
male: 18.6 years
female: 19.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Estonia
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total: 41 years
male: 37.4 years
female: 44.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Ethiopia
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total: 17.5 years
male: 17.3 years
female: 17.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Faroe Islands
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total: 37.6 years
male: 37 years
female: 38.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Fiji
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total: 27.6 years
male: 27.4 years
female: 27.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Finland
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total: 43 years
male: 41.2 years
female: 44.8 years (2013 est.)
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| France
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total: 40.6 years
male: 39.1 years
female: 42.1 years (2013 est.)
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| French Polynesia
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total: 30.2 years
male: 30.1 years
female: 30.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Gabon
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total: 18.6 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 18.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Gambia, The
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total: 19.9 years
male: 19.6 years
female: 20.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Gaza Strip
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total: 18.1 years
male: 17.9 years
female: 18.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Georgia
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total: 39.6 years
male: 37.1 years
female: 42.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Germany
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total: 45.7 years
male: 44.7 years
female: 46.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Ghana
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total: 20.7 years
male: 20.3 years
female: 21.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Gibraltar
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total: 33.8 years
male: 32.9 years
female: 34.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Greece
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total: 43.2 years
male: 42.1 years
female: 44.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Greenland
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total: 33.6 years
male: 35 years
female: 32.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Grenada
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total: 29.3 years
male: 29.3 years
female: 29.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Guam
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total: 29.7 years
male: 29.2 years
female: 30.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Guatemala
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total: 20.7 years
male: 20 years
female: 21.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Guernsey
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total: 42.8 years
male: 41.7 years
female: 43.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Guinea
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total: 18.6 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 18.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Guinea-Bissau
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total: 19.7 years
male: 19.1 years
female: 20.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Guyana
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total: 24.5 years
male: 23.7 years
female: 25.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Haiti
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total: 21.9 years
male: 21.6 years
female: 22.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Honduras
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total: 21.6 years
male: 21.3 years
female: 22 years (2013 est.)
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| Hong Kong
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total: 44.5 years
male: 43.8 years
female: 45 years (2013 est.)
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| Hungary
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total: 40.8 years
male: 38.6 years
female: 43.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Iceland
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total: 36.2 years
male: 35.7 years
female: 36.6 years (2013 est.)
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| India
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total: 26.7 years
male: 26.1 years
female: 27.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Indonesia
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total: 28.9 years
male: 28.4 years
female: 29.5 years (2013 est.)
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| Iran
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total: 27.8 years
male: 27.5 years
female: 28.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Iraq
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total: 21.3 years
male: 21.2 years
female: 21.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Ireland
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total: 35.4 years
male: 35.1 years
female: 35.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Isle of Man
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total: 43.1 years
male: 42.4 years
female: 43.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Israel
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total: 29.7 years
male: 29 years
female: 30.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Italy
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total: 44.2 years
male: 43 years
female: 45.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Jamaica
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total: 24.6 years
male: 24.1 years
female: 25.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Japan
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total: 45.8 years
male: 44.4 years
female: 47.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Jersey
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total: 39.9 years
male: 37.7 years
female: 41.7 years (2013 est.)
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| Jordan
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total: 22.6 years
male: 22.2 years
female: 22.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Kazakhstan
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total: 29.5 years
male: 28.1 years
female: 30.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Kenya
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total: 18.9 years
male: 18.8 years
female: 19 years (2013 est.)
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| Kiribati
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total: 23.2 years
male: 22.4 years
female: 24.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Korea, North
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total: 33.2 years
male: 31.6 years
female: 34.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Korea, South
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total: 39.7 years
male: 38.2 years
female: 41 years (2013 est.)
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| Kosovo
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total: 27.4 years
male: 27 years
female: 27.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Kuwait
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total: 28.8 years
male: 30 years
female: 26.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Kyrgyzstan
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total: 25.4 years
male: 24.5 years
female: 26.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Laos
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total: 21.6 years
male: 21.4 years
female: 21.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Latvia
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total: 41.2 years
male: 38.2 years
female: 44.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Lebanon
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total: 30.9 years
male: 29.7 years
female: 32.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Lesotho
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total: 23.4 years
male: 23.3 years
female: 23.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Liberia
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total: 17.9 years
male: 17.7 years
female: 18.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Libya
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total: 27.1 years
male: 27.2 years
female: 26.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Liechtenstein
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total: 42.1 years
male: 41.1 years
female: 43.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Lithuania
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total: 40.8 years
male: 38.2 years
female: 43.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Luxembourg
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total: 39.6 years
male: 38.5 years
female: 40.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Macau
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total: 37.2 years
male: 37.9 years
female: 36.7 years (2013 est.)
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| Macedonia
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total: 36.5 years
male: 35.4 years
female: 37.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Madagascar
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total: 19 years
male: 18.8 years
female: 19.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Malawi
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total: 17.3 years
male: 17.2 years
female: 17.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Malaysia
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total: 27.4 years
male: 27.2 years
female: 27.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Maldives
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total: 26.7 years
male: 27 years
female: 26.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Mali
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total: 16 years
male: 15.4 years
female: 16.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Malta
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total: 40.5 years
male: 39.3 years
female: 41.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Marshall Islands
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total: 22.4 years
male: 22.4 years
female: 22.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Mauritania
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total: 19.8 years
male: 18.8 years
female: 20.7 years (2013 est.)
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| Mauritius
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total: 33.5 years
male: 32.6 years
female: 34.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Mexico
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total: 27.7 years
male: 26.6 years
female: 28.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Moldova
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total: 35.4 years
male: 33.5 years
female: 37.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Monaco
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total: 50.5 years
male: 49.4 years
female: 51.7 years (2013 est.)
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| Mongolia
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total: 26.9 years
male: 26.5 years
female: 27.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Montenegro
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total: 38.7 years
male: 37.6 years
female: 40.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Montserrat
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total: 30.8 years
male: 30.3 years
female: 31.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Morocco
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total: 27.7 years
male: 27.1 years
female: 28.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Mozambique
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total: 16.8 years
male: 16.2 years
female: 17.5 years (2013 est.)
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| Namibia
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total: 22.4 years
male: 22.4 years
female: 22.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Nauru
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total: 25 years
male: 25.2 years
female: 24.7 years (2013 est.)
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| Nepal
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total: 22.4 years
male: 21.7 years
female: 23.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Netherlands
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total: 41.8 years
male: 41 years
female: 42.6 years (2013 est.)
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| New Caledonia
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total: 30.7 years
male: 30.1 years
female: 31.3 years (2013 est.)
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| New Zealand
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total: 37.4 years
male: 36.6 years
female: 38.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Nicaragua
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total: 23.7 years
male: 22.8 years
female: 24.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Niger
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total: 15 years
male: 14.9 years
female: 15.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Nigeria
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total: 17.9 years
male: 17.4 years
female: 18.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Norway
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total: 40.6 years
male: 39.7 years
female: 41.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Oman
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total: 24.7 years
male: 25.9 years
female: 23.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Pakistan
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total: 22.2 years
male: 22.2 years
female: 22.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Palau
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total: 32.9 years
male: 32.5 years
female: 33.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Panama
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total: 28 years
male: 27.6 years
female: 28.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Papua New Guinea
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total: 22.2 years
male: 22.4 years
female: 21.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Paraguay
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total: 26.3 years
male: 26.1 years
female: 26.5 years (2013 est.)
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| Peru
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total: 26.7 years
male: 26 years
female: 27.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Philippines
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total: 23.3 years
male: 22.8 years
female: 23.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Poland
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total: 39.1 years
male: 37.5 years
female: 40.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Portugal
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total: 40.7 years
male: 38.6 years
female: 42.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Puerto Rico
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total: 38.2 years
male: 36.4 years
female: 40 years (2013 est.)
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| Qatar
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total: 32.4 years
male: 33.4 years
female: 28 years (2013 est.)
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| Romania
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total: 39.4 years
male: 38 years
female: 41 years (2013 est.)
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| Russia
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total: 38.8 years
male: 35.8 years
female: 41.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Rwanda
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total: 18.7 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 19 years (2013 est.)
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| Saint Barthelemy
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total: 41.7 years
male: 41.8 years
female: 41.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Saint Lucia
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total: 32.2 years
male: 31.1 years
female: 33.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Saint Martin
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total: 31.5 years
male: 30.5 years
female: 32.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Samoa
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total: 22.7 years
male: 22.5 years
female: 22.9 years (2013 est.)
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| San Marino
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total: 43.2 years
male: 42.3 years
female: 44 years (2013 est.)
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| Saudi Arabia
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total: 26 years
male: 27 years
female: 24.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Senegal
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total: 18.2 years
male: 17.4 years
female: 19.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Serbia
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total: 41.7 years
male: 40 years
female: 43.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Seychelles
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total: 33.4 years
male: 33 years
female: 34 years (2013 est.)
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| Sierra Leone
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total: 19 years
male: 18.5 years
female: 19.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Singapore
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total: 33.6 years
male: 33.5 years
female: 33.7 years (2013 est.)
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| Sint Maarten
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total: 39.7 years
male: 38.9 years
female: 40.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Slovakia
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total: 38.4 years
male: 36.9 years
female: 39.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Slovenia
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total: 43.1 years
male: 41.4 years
female: 44.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Solomon Islands
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total: 21.3 years
male: 21.1 years
female: 21.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Somalia
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total: 17.7 years
male: 17.8 years
female: 17.6 years (2013 est.)
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| South Africa
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total: 25.5 years
male: 25.2 years
female: 25.8 years (2013 est.)
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| South Sudan
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total: 16.6 years
male: 16.5 years
female: 16.8 years (2013 est.)
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| Spain
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total: 41.3 years
male: 40 years
female: 42.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Sri Lanka
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total: 31.4 years
male: 30.3 years
female: 32.5 years (2013 est.)
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| Sudan
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total: 18.9 years
male: 18.6 years
female: 19.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Suriname
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total: 28.2 years
male: 27.8 years
female: 28.5 years (2013 est.)
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| Swaziland
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total: 20.7 years
male: 20.4 years
female: 21.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Sweden
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total: 42.4 years
male: 41.2 years
female: 43.5 years (2013 est.)
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| Switzerland
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total: 41.8 years
male: 40.8 years
female: 42.7 years (2013 est.)
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| Syria
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total: 22.7 years
male: 22.5 years
female: 22.9 years (2013 est.)
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| Taiwan
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total: 38.7 years
male: 38 years
female: 39.4 years (2013 est.)
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| Tajikistan
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total: 23.2 years
male: 22.7 years
female: 23.7 years (2013 est.)
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| Tanzania
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total: 17.3 years
male: 17 years
female: 17.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Thailand
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total: 35.1 years
male: 34.2 years
female: 36.1 years (2013 est.)
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| Timor-Leste
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total: 18.4 years
male: 17.8 years
female: 19 years (2013 est.)
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| Togo
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total: 19.5 years
male: 19.2 years
female: 19.7 years (2013 est.)
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| Tonga
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total: 21.8 years
male: 21.3 years
female: 22.2 years (2013 est.)
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| Tunisia
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total: 31 years
male: 30.5 years
female: 31.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Turkey
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total: 29.2 years
male: 28.8 years
female: 29.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Turkmenistan
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total: 26.2 years
male: 25.8 years
female: 26.6 years (2013 est.)
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| Tuvalu
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total: 24.6 years
male: 23.4 years
female: 26.3 years (2013 est.)
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| Uganda
|
total: 15.5 years
male: 15.4 years
female: 15.5 years (2013 est.)
|
|
| Ukraine
|
total: 40.3 years
male: 37.1 years
female: 43.5 years (2013 est.)
|
|
| United Kingdom
|
total: 40.3 years
male: 39.1 years
female: 41.4 years (2013 est.)
|
|
| United States
|
total: 37.2 years
male: 35.9 years
female: 38.5 years (2013 est.)
|
|
| Uruguay
|
total: 34.1 years
male: 32.4 years
female: 35.7 years (2013 est.)
|
|
| Uzbekistan
|
total: 26.6 years
male: 26.1 years
female: 27.2 years (2013 est.)
|
|
| Vanuatu
|
total: 20.8 years
male: 20.4 years
female: 21.1 years (2013 est.)
|
|
| Venezuela
|
total: 26.6 years
male: 25.9 years
female: 27.3 years (2013 est.)
|
|
| Vietnam
|
total: 28.7 years
male: 27.6 years
female: 29.7 years (2013 est.)
|
|
| Virgin Islands
|
total: 43.5 years
male: 43.7 years
female: 43.3 years (2013 est.)
|
|
| West Bank
|
total: 22 years
male: 21.8 years
female: 22.1 years (2013 est.)
|
|
| Western Sahara
|
total: 20.6 years
male: 20.2 years
female: 21.1 years (2013 est.)
|
|
| World
|
total: 29.4 years
male: 28.7 years
female: 30.2 years (2013 est.)
|
|
| Yemen
|
total: 18.5 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 18.6 years (2013 est.)
|
|
| Zambia
|
total: 16.7 years
male: 16.5 years
female: 16.8 years (2013 est.)
|
|
| Zimbabwe
|
total: 19.5 years
male: 19 years
female: 20 years (2013 est.)
|
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Central Intelligence Agency
