List of countries by median age

Median age by country, 2005.

This article is a list of countries by median age.

Methodology

Median age 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.^[1]

Currently, the median age ranges from a low of about 15 in Uganda to 40 or more in several European countries, Canada and Japan.^[2] The median age for females tends to be much greater than that of men in some of the ex-Soviet republics, while in the Global South the difference is far smaller or is reversed.

Countries

Country/Territory	CIA World Factbook 2014 est.[3]
	Rank	Total (Year)	Male (Year)	Female (Year)
World	0	29.7	28.9	30.4
Afghanistan	211	18.1	18.1	18.2
Albania	95	31.6	30.3	32.9
Algeria	131	27.3	27.0	27.5
Andorra	18	42.4	42.6	42.2
Angola	212	17.9	17.7	18.1
Anguilla	76	34.1	32.4	35.7
Antigua and Barbuda	102	31.1	29.4	32.6
Netherlands Antilles	77	34.1	32.1	35.8
Argentina	100	31.2	30.1	32.3
Armenia	82	33.7	31.8	35.8
Aruba	55	38.8	36.9	40.6
Australia	57	38.3	37.5	39.0
Austria	6	44.3	43.2	45.3
Azerbaijan	108	30.1	28.5	31.9
Bahamas	101	31.2	30.1	32.3
Bahrain	96	31.6	33.0	28.8
Bangladesh	154	24.3	23.8	24.8
Barbados	61	37.6	36.5	38.7
Belarus	49	39.4	36.3	42.4
Belgium	14	43.1	41.7	44.4
Belize	178	21.8	21.6	22.0
Benin	216	17.7	17.4	18.1
Bermuda	16	42.9	41.1	44.6
Bhutan	144	26.2	26.8	25.6
Bolivia	163	23.4	22.6	24.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	37	40.8	39.4	42.2
Botswana	166	22.9	22.9	22.8
Brazil	104	30.7	29.9	31.5
Brunei	115	29.3	28.9	29.6
Bulgaria	17	42.6	40.3	44.8
Burkina Faso	222	17.0	16.9	17.2
Burundi	223	17.0	16.7	17.2
Cambodia	156	24.1	23.4	24.8
Cameroon	208	18.3	18.2	18.4
Canada	25	41.7	40.4	42.9
Cape Verde	157	24.0	23.2	24.8
Cayman Islands	46	39.5	38.8	40.1
Central African Republic	194	19.4	19.1	19.8
Chad	221	17.2	16.1	18.2
Chile	86	33.3	32.2	34.6
China	65	36.7	35.8	37.5
Colombia	119	28.9	27.9	29.9
Comoros	196	19.2	18.5	19.8
DR Congo	213	17.9	17.7	18.1
Congo	191	19.8	19.7	20.0
Cook Islands	73	34.4	33.8	35.0
Costa Rica	109	30.0	29.5	30.5
Ivory Coast	187	20.3	20.3	20.2
Croatia	21	42.1	40.2	43.9
Cuba	42	39.9	39.1	40.8
Curaçao	67	36.2	32.7	39.9
Guernsey (Channel Islands, UK)	15	43.1	41.9	44.2
Jersey (Channel Islands, UK)	47	39.5	37.1	41.6
Cyprus	69	35.7	34.4	37.4
Czech Republic	34	40.9	39.6	42.3
Denmark	26	41.6	40.7	42.5
Djibouti	168	22.8	21.1	24.1
Dominica	90	32.1	31.7	32.6
Dominican Republic	133	27.1	26.9	27.3
Ecuador	141	26.7	26.0	27.3
Egypt	149	25.1	24.7	25.4
El Salvador	147	25.6	24.1	27.1
Equatorial Guinea	195	19.4	18.8	19.9
Eritrea	198	19.1	18.8	19.5
Estonia	29	41.2	37.6	44.5
Ethiopia	218	17.6	17.4	17.7
Faroe Islands	58	37.7	37.1	38.4
Fiji	126	27.9	27.7	28.1
Finland	12	43.2	41.2	45.0
France	35	40.9	39.3	42.4
French Polynesia	105	30.6	30.5	30.7
Gabon	204	18.6	18.4	18.8
Gambia	188	20.2	19.9	20.5
Georgia	59	37.7	34.9	40.4
Germany	2	46.1	45.1	47.2
Ghana	185	20.8	20.4	21.3
Gibraltar (UK)	78	34.0	33.1	35.0
Greece	9	43.5	42.4	44.6
Greenland	83	33.6	34.9	32.3
Grenada	110	29.9	29.8	29.9
Guam	111	29.9	29.4	30.4
Guatemala	183	21.0	20.4	21.7
Guinea	202	18.7	18.4	18.9
Guinea-Bissau	192	19.8	19.3	20.3
Guyana	150	25.0	24.6	25.4
Haiti	174	22.2	22.0	22.4
Honduras	177	21.9	21.6	22.3
Hong Kong	13	43.2	42.8	43.4
Hungary	32	41.1	39.1	43.5
Iceland	66	36.4	35.9	36.9
India	137	27.0	26.4	27.7
Indonesia	117	29.2	28.7	29.8
Iran	122	28.3	28.0	28.6
Iraq	181	21.5	21.4	21.6
Ireland	70	35.7	35.4	36.1
Isle of Man	11	43.4	42.7	44.1
Israel	112	29.9	29.2	30.6
Italy	5	44.5	43.3	45.6
Jamaica	151	24.9	24.4	25.4
Japan	3	46.1	44.8	47.5
Jordan	179	21.8	21.5	22.1
Kazakhstan	113	29.7	28.4	31.1
Kenya	199	19.1	18.9	19.2
Kiribati	159	23.6	22.7	24.4
North Korea	85	33.4	31.8	35.0
South Korea	41	40.2	38.7	41.6
Kosovo	128	27.8	27.4	28.2
Kuwait	120	28.9	30.1	26.8
Kyrgyzstan	145	25.7	24.7	26.7
Laos	175	22.0	21.7	22.3
Latvia	28	41.4	38.4	44.3
Lebanon	116	29.3	28.7	29.8
Lesotho	160	23.6	23.6	23.6
Liberia	214	17.9	17.7	18.1
Libya	130	27.5	27.7	27.4
Liechtenstein	19	42.4	41.3	43.5
Lithuania	30	41.2	38.5	43.7
Luxembourg	45	39.6	38.5	40.7
Macau	60	37.7	38.3	37.3
Macedonia	64	36.8	35.7	37.9
Madagascar	197	19.2	19.0	19.4
Malawi	227	16.3	16.2	16.4
Malaysia	129	27.7	27.4	27.9
Maldives	134	27.1	27.3	26.7
Mali	228	16.0	15.4	16.7
Malta	36	40.9	39.7	42.1
Marshall Islands	171	22.5	22.5	22.6
Mauritania	190	19.9	19.0	20.9
Mauritius	79	33.9	33.1	34.8
Mayotte	220	17.3	18.1	16.5
Mexico	132	27.3	26.3	28.4
F.S. Micronesia	158	23.8	23.2	24.4
Moldova	71	35.7	33.9	37.7
Monaco	1	51.1	50.0	52.3
Mongolia	135	27.1	26.3	27.8
Montenegro	50	39.2	38.2	40.5
Montserrat	98	31.4	30.9	31.9
Morocco	125	28.1	27.5	28.7
Mozambique	224	16.9	16.3	17.5
Burma	127	27.9	27.3	28.5
Namibia	169	22.8	22.8	22.8
Nauru	148	25.3	25.6	25.0
Nepal	167	22.9	22.2	23.6
Netherlands	22	42.1	41.2	42.9
New Caledonia	103	31.1	30.4	31.7
New Zealand	62	37.6	36.7	38.4
Nicaragua	155	24.2	23.3	25.1
Niger	230	15.1	15.0	15.2
Nigeria	209	18.2	18.1	18.3
Northern Mariana Islands	97	31.6	29.4	32.2
Norway	53	39.1	38.2	39.9
Oman	152	24.9	26.1	23.4
Pakistan	170	22.6	22.6	22.6
Palau	87	33.0	32.5	34.2
Palestine/Gaza Strip	210	18.2	18.0	18.4
Palestine/West Bank	172	22.4	22.2	22.5
Panama	123	28.3	27.9	28.7
Papua New Guinea	173	22.4	22.6	22.2
Paraguay	140	26.8	26.6	27.0
Peru	138	27.0	26.3	27.7
Philippines	161	23.5	23.0	24.0
Poland	48	39.5	37.9	41.3
Portugal	33	41.1	39.0	43.3
Puerto Rico	56	38.7	36.8	40.5
Qatar	89	32.6	33.6	28.0
Romania	43	39.8	38.4	41.4
Russia	54	38.9	36.0	41.9
Rwanda	203	18.7	18.4	18.9
Saint Barthélemy	20	42.4	42.4	42.3
Saint Helena	39	40.5	40.5	40.4
Saint Kitts and Nevis	84	33.5	33.6	33.4
Saint Lucia	88	32.9	31.7	34.0
Saint Martin	93	31.8	30.7	32.7
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4	44.6	44.2	45.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	91	31.9	32.0	31.7
Samoa	165	23.1	22.9	23.4
American Samoa	124	28.3	28.8	27.8
San Marino	8	43.6	42.6	44.4
São Tomé and Príncipe	215	17.8	17.3	18.2
Saudi Arabia	143	26.4	27.3	25.3
Senegal	207	18.4	17.5	19.3
Serbia	24	41.9	40.2	43.6
Seychelles	80	33.9	33.4	34.5
Sierra Leone	201	19.0	18.5	19.6
Singapore	81	33.8	33.7	33.9
Sint Maarten	44	39.7	38.9	40.4
Slovakia	51	39.2	37.5	41.0
Slovenia	10	43.5	41.7	45.2
Solomon Islands	180	21.6	21.4	21.8
Somalia	217	17.7	17.9	17.6
South Africa	146	25.7	25.4	26.0
South Sudan	225	16.8	16.6	17.0
Spain	27	41.6	40.4	42.9
Sri Lanka	94	31.8	30.6	32.9
Sudan	200	19.1	18.9	19.4
Suriname	121	28.6	28.3	29.0
Swaziland	184	21.0	20.7	21.3
Sweden	31	41.2	40.2	42.2
Switzerland	23	42.0	41.0	42.9
Syria	164	23.3	22.9	23.7
Taiwan	52	39.2	38.5	39.9
Tajikistan	162	23.5	23.0	24.0
Tanzania	219	17.4	17.1	17.7
Thailand	68	36.2	35.3	37.2
Timor-Leste	206	18.5	17.9	19.1
Togo	193	19.6	19.3	19.8
Tonga	176	22.0	21.6	22.5
Trinidad and Tobago	74	34.4	34.0	34.9
Tunisia	99	31.4	31.0	31.8
Turkey	114	29.6	29.2	30.0
Turkmenistan	142	26.6	26.2	27.1
Turks and Caicos Islands	92	31.9	32.2	31.5
Tuvalu	153	24.9	23.7	26.4
Uganda	229	15.5	15.5	15.6
Ukraine	38	40.6	37.3	43.7
United Arab Emirates	106	30.3	32.0	25.0
United Kingdom	40	40.4	39.2	41.6
United States	63	37.6	36.3	39.0
Uruguay	75	34.3	32.6	35.9
Uzbekistan	136	27.1	26.6	27.7
Vanuatu	182	21.1	20.7	21.4
Venezuela	139	26.9	26.1	27.6
Vietnam	118	29.2	28.1	30.2
British Virgin Islands	72	35.6	35.5	35.7
U.S. Virgin Islands	7	44.2	44.5	44.0
Wallis and Futuna	107	30.3	29.3	31.5
Western Sahara (Sahrawi ADR)	186	20.8	20.3	21.3
Yemen	205	18.6	18.5	18.7
Zambia	226	16.7	16.6	16.8
Zimbabwe	189	20.2	19.9	20.4

See also

• Youth bulge

References

1. Field Listing - Median age, The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency. Data last updated on April 2, 2009.
3. CIA The World Factbook/ Median Age 2014. Retrieved 15/07/2015.

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