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Country | Median age (years)
Afghanistan | total: 18.9 years male: 19.1 years female: 18.7 years (2002)
Albania | total: 26.5 years male: 24.8 years female: 28.1 years (2002)
Algeria | total: 22.5 years male: 22.3 years female: 22.6 years (2002)
American Samoa | total: 21.6 years male: 21.1 years female: 22.2 years (2002)
Andorra | total: 39.1 years male: 39.4 years female: 38.8 years (2002)
Angola | total: 18.2 years male: 18.2 years female: 18.2 years (2002)
Anguilla | total: 30 years male: 30 years female: 29.9 years (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda | total: 29.1 years male: 28.6 years female: 29.6 years (2002)
Argentina | total: 29 years male: 28 years female: 29.9 years (2002)
Armenia | total: 32.3 years male: 30.6 years female: 34.1 years (2002)
Aruba | total: 37.1 years male: 35.3 years female: 38.5 years (2002)
Australia | total: 36 years male: 35.2 years female: 36.8 years (2002)
Austria | total: 39.4 years male: 38.2 years female: 40.7 years (2002)
Azerbaijan | total: 27.1 years male: 25.7 years female: 28.6 years (2002)
Bahamas, The | total: 27 years male: 26.2 years female: 27.7 years (2002)
Bahrain | total: 28.7 years male: 31.6 years female: 25.1 years (2002)
Bangladesh | total: 21.2 years male: 21.2 years female: 21.1 years (2002)
Barbados | total: 33.3 years male: 32.2 years female: 34.4 years (2002)
Belarus | total: 36.7 years male: 34.1 years female: 39.3 years (2002)
Belgium | total: 40 years male: 38.7 years female: 41.3 years (2002)
Belize | total: 18.9 years male: 18.8 years female: 19 years (2002)
Benin | total: 16.4 years male: 15.9 years female: 16.9 years (2002)
Bermuda | total: 38.7 years male: 37.8 years female: 39.6 years (2002)
Bhutan | total: 20.1 years male: 19.9 years female: 20.3 years (2002)
Bolivia | total: 20.8 years male: 20.1 years female: 21.5 years (2002)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | total: 35.5 years male: 35.1 years female: 35.9 years (2002)
Botswana | total: 19.1 years male: 18.4 years female: 19.8 years (2002)
Brazil | total: 27 years male: 26.2 years female: 27.7 years (2002)
British Virgin Islands | total: 30.7 years male: 31 years female: 30.4 years (2002)
Brunei | total: 26.4 years male: 27 years female: 25.7 years (2002)
Bulgaria | total: 40.5 years male: 38.4 years female: 42.4 years (2002)
Burkina Faso | total: 16.8 years male: 16.4 years female: 17.2 years (2002)
Burma | total: 25.3 years male: 24.8 years female: 25.9 years (2002)
Burundi | total: 16.3 years male: 15.9 years female: 16.7 years (2002)
Cambodia | total: 19.2 years male: 18.4 years female: 20 years (2002)
Cameroon | total: 18.4 years male: 18.2 years female: 18.5 years (2002)
Canada | total: 37.8 years male: 36.9 years female: 38.8 years (2002)
Cape Verde | total: 18.7 years male: 17.9 years female: 19.6 years (2002)
Cayman Islands | total: 36.1 years male: 35.8 years female: 36.4 years (2002)
Central African Republic | total: 17.9 years male: 17.6 years female: 18.3 years (2002)
Chad | total: 16 years male: 15.2 years female: 16.8 years (2002)
Chile | total: 29.5 years male: 28.6 years female: 30.4 years (2002)
China | total: 31.5 years male: 31.2 years female: 31.7 years (2002)
Colombia | total: 25.6 years male: 24.8 years female: 26.4 years (2002)
Comoros | total: 18.6 years male: 18.3 years female: 18.9 years (2002)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total: 15.8 years male: 15.4 years female: 16.1 years (2002)
Congo, Republic of the | total: 20.2 years male: 19.8 years female: 20.7 years (2002)
Costa Rica | total: 25.4 years male: 24.9 years female: 25.8 years (2002)
Cote d'Ivoire | total: 17 years male: 17.3 years female: 16.6 years (2002)
Croatia | total: 38.9 years male: 37.1 years female: 40.7 years (2002)
Cuba | total: 34.5 years male: 33.9 years female: 35.1 years (2002)
Cyprus | total: 34.2 years male: 33.1 years female: 35.2 years (2002)
Czech Republic | total: 38.4 years male: 36.6 years female: 40.2 years (2002)
Denmark | total: 39.1 years male: 38.1 years female: 40.1 years (2002)
Djibouti | total: 18.3 years male: 18.9 years female: 17.7 years (2002)
Dominica | total: 28.4 years male: 28.1 years female: 28.8 years (2002)
Dominican Republic | total: 23.5 years male: 23.3 years female: 23.7 years (2002)
East Timor | total: 19.7 years male: 19.8 years female: 19.6 years (2002)
Ecuador | total: 22.5 years male: 22 years female: 23 years (2002)
Egypt | total: 23.1 years male: 22.8 years female: 23.5 years (2002)
El Salvador | total: 21.1 years male: 20 years female: 22.2 years (2002)
Equatorial Guinea | total: 18.7 years male: 18 years female: 19.3 years (2002)
Eritrea | total: 17.6 years male: 17.4 years female: 17.7 years (2002)
Estonia | total: 38.1 years male: 34.7 years female: 41.3 years (2002)
Ethiopia | total: 17.3 years male: 17.3 years female: 17.4 years (2002)
Faroe Islands | total: 35.1 years male: 34.5 years female: 35.8 years (2002)
Fiji | total: 23.7 years male: 23.3 years female: 24.2 years (2002)
Finland | total: 40.3 years male: 38.8 years female: 41.8 years (2002)
France | total: 38.3 years male: 36.8 years female: 39.8 years (2002)
French Guiana | total: 28.2 years male: 29.2 years female: 27.1 years (2002)
French Polynesia | total: 26.7 years male: 27.1 years female: 26.3 years (2002)
Gabon | total: 18.5 years male: 18.3 years female: 18.7 years (2002)
Gambia, The | total: 17.4 years male: 17.3 years female: 17.6 years (2002)
Gaza Strip | total: 15.3 years male: 15.1 years female: 15.5 years (2002)
Georgia | total: 34.8 years male: 32.6 years female: 37 years (2002)
Germany | total: 41.3 years male: 39.9 years female: 42.8 years (2002)
Ghana | total: 19.8 years male: 19.5 years female: 20 years (2002)
Gibraltar | total: 38.8 years male: 38.6 years female: 39 years (2002)
Greece | total: 39.8 years male: 38.6 years female: 41 years (2002)
Greenland | total: 33.1 years male: 34.3 years female: 31.7 years (2002)
Grenada | total: 20.5 years male: 21 years female: 20 years (2002)
Guadeloupe | total: 31 years male: 30.2 years female: 31.9 years (2002)
Guam | total: 25.2 years male: 25.6 years female: 24.9 years (2002)
Guatemala | total: 18.3 years male: 18.1 years female: 18.5 years (2002)
Guernsey | total: 40.2 years male: 39.3 years female: 41.1 years (2002)
Guinea | total: 17.7 years male: 17.4 years female: 17.9 years (2002)
Guinea-Bissau | total: 18.8 years male: 18.2 years female: 19.4 years (2002)
Guyana | total: 25.7 years male: 25.2 years female: 26.3 years (2002)
Haiti | total: 17.9 years male: 17.4 years female: 18.5 years (2002)
Honduras | total: 18.8 years male: 18.4 years female: 19.2 years (2002)
Hong Kong | total: 37.5 years male: 37.1 years female: 37.7 years (2002)
Hungary | total: 38.4 years male: 35.7 years female: 41.1 years (2002)
Iceland | total: 34 years male: 33.2 years female: 34.7 years (2002)
India | total: 24.1 years male: 24.1 years female: 24.2 years (2002)
Indonesia | total: 25.8 years male: 25.4 years female: 26.2 years (2002)
Iran | total: 22.9 years male: 22.7 years female: 23.2 years (2002)
Iraq | total: 19 years male: 18.9 years female: 19.1 years (2002)
Ireland | total: 33.1 years male: 32.2 years female: 34 years (2002)
Israel | total: 28.9 years male: 28.1 years female: 29.8 years (2002)
Italy | total: 41 years male: 39.4 years female: 42.6 years (2002)
Jamaica | total: 26.5 years male: 25.8 years female: 27.2 years (2002)
Japan | total: 42 years male: 40.3 years female: 43.8 years (2002)
Jersey | total: 39.8 years male: 39.1 years female: 40.6 years (2002)
Jordan | total: 21.8 years male: 22.4 years female: 21.1 years (2002)
Kazakhstan | total: 28.2 years male: 26.6 years female: 29.7 years (2002)
Kenya | total: 18.4 years male: 18.2 years female: 18.5 years (2002)
Kiribati | total: 19.7 years male: 19.3 years female: 20.2 years (2002)
Korea, North | total: 31.1 years male: 30 years female: 32.3 years (2002)
Korea, South | total: 33.2 years male: 32.2 years female: 34.2 years (2002)
Kuwait | total: 25.9 years male: 28.4 years female: 21.8 years (2002)
Kyrgyzstan | total: 22.7 years male: 21.8 years female: 23.6 years (2002)
Laos | total: 18.5 years male: 18.1 years female: 18.9 years (2002)
Latvia | total: 39 years male: 35.5 years female: 42.1 years (2002)
Lebanon | total: 26.4 years male: 25.4 years female: 27.5 years (2002)
Lesotho | total: 19.8 years male: 19.3 years female: 20.4 years (2002)
Liberia | total: 18.1 years male: 17.7 years female: 18.4 years (2002)
Libya | total: 22.1 years male: 22.2 years female: 21.9 years (2002)
Liechtenstein | total: 38.3 years male: 37.9 years female: 38.8 years (2002)
Lithuania | total: 36.6 years male: 33.9 years female: 39.2 years (2002)
Luxembourg | total: 38.1 years male: 37.2 years female: 38.9 years (2002)
Macau | total: 33.1 years male: 32.9 years female: 33.3 years (2002)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | total: 32.5 years male: 31.4 years female: 33.6 years (2002)
Madagascar | total: 17.4 years male: 17.2 years female: 17.6 years (2002)
Malawi | total: 16.4 years male: 16.1 years female: 16.7 years (2002)
Malaysia | total: 23.6 years male: 23 years female: 24.3 years (2002)
Maldives | total: 17.3 years male: 17.2 years female: 17.4 years (2002)
Mali | total: 16.3 years male: 15.7 years female: 16.9 years (2002)
Malta | total: 37.2 years male: 35.6 years female: 38.8 years (2002)
Man, Isle of | total: 39.1 years male: 37.8 years female: 40.6 years (2002)
Marshall Islands | total: 19.3 years male: 19.3 years female: 19.2 years (2002)
Martinique | total: 32.7 years male: 32 years female: 33.3 years (2002)
Mauritania | total: 16.9 years male: 16.6 years female: 17.2 years (2002)
Mauritius | total: 29.8 years male: 29.1 years female: 30.8 years (2002)
Mayotte | total: 16.9 years male: 18.1 years female: 15.7 years (2002)
Mexico | total: 23.8 years male: 22.9 years female: 24.6 years (2002)
Moldova | total: 32 years male: 29.8 years female: 34.2 years (2002)
Monaco | total: 45 years male: 43 years female: 47 years (2002)
Mongolia | total: 23.5 years male: 23.2 years female: 23.9 years (2002)
Montserrat | total: 27.8 years male: 27.7 years female: 27.9 years (2002)
Morocco | total: 23 years male: 22.5 years female: 23.5 years (2002)
Mozambique | total: 19 years male: 18.7 years female: 19.3 years (2002)
Namibia | total: 18.3 years male: 17.9 years female: 18.6 years (2002)
Nauru | total: 19.6 years male: 19.3 years female: 20 years (2002)
Nepal | total: 19.7 years male: 19.6 years female: 19.9 years (2002)
Netherlands | total: 38.6 years male: 37.7 years female: 39.5 years (2002)
Netherlands Antilles | total: 31.8 years male: 30.3 years female: 33.2 years (2002)
New Caledonia | total: 26.9 years male: 26.7 years female: 27.2 years (2002)
New Zealand | total: 33.1 years male: 32.4 years female: 33.9 years (2002)
Nicaragua | total: 20.4 years male: 20 years female: 20.8 years (2002)
Niger | total: 16.1 years male: 15.6 years female: 16.6 years (2002)
Nigeria | total: 18 years male: 18.1 years female: 17.9 years (2002)
Northern Mariana Islands | total: 30.4 years male: 31 years female: 30.1 years (2002)
Norway | total: 37.7 years male: 36.7 years female: 38.7 years (2002)
Oman | total: 19.4 years male: 22.3 years female: 16.5 years (2002)
Pakistan | total: 19.8 years male: 19.7 years female: 20 years (2002)
Palau | total: 30.8 years male: 31.8 years female: 29.7 years (2002)
Panama | total: 25.6 years male: 25.4 years female: 25.9 years (2002)
Papua New Guinea | total: 20.8 years male: 21 years female: 20.6 years (2002)
Paraguay | total: 20.9 years male: 20.7 years female: 21.2 years (2002)
Peru | total: 23.5 years male: 23.2 years female: 23.7 years (2002)
Philippines | total: 21.8 years male: 21.3 years female: 22.4 years (2002)
Poland | total: 36 years male: 34.1 years female: 38 years (2002)
Portugal | total: 37.6 years male: 35.8 years female: 39.3 years (2002)
Puerto Rico | total: 33.3 years male: 31.6 years female: 34.9 years (2002)
Qatar | total: 31.2 years male: 36.4 years female: 21.6 years (2002)
Reunion | total: 26.4 years male: 25.2 years female: 27.5 years (2002)
Romania | total: 35.4 years male: 34 years female: 37.1 years (2002)
Russia | total: 37.6 years male: 34.7 years female: 40.3 years (2002)
Rwanda | total: 18.1 years male: 17.8 years female: 18.3 years (2002)
Saint Helena | total: 34.2 years male: 34.4 years female: 33.9 years (2002)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | total: 27.1 years male: 26.3 years female: 27.9 years (2002)
Saint Lucia | total: 24.1 years male: 23.3 years female: 24.9 years (2002)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | total: 32.9 years male: 32.7 years female: 33.1 years (2002)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | total: 25.3 years male: 25.1 years female: 25.5 years (2002)
Samoa | total: 23.7 years male: 26.3 years female: 20.2 years (2002)
San Marino | total: 39.6 years male: 39.2 years female: 40 years (2002)
Sao Tome and Principe | total: 16.1 years male: 15.5 years female: 16.7 years (2002)
Saudi Arabia | total: 18.8 years male: 20.9 years female: 16.8 years (2002)
Senegal | total: 17.8 years male: 17.2 years female: 18.4 years (2002)
Serbia and Montenegro | total: 36.2 years male: 34.3 years female: 37.9 years (2002)
Seychelles | total: 26.9 years male: 25.8 years female: 27.9 years (2002)
Sierra Leone | total: 17.5 years male: 17.2 years female: 17.8 years (2002)
Singapore | total: 34.5 years male: 34.3 years female: 34.8 years (2002)
Slovakia | total: 35 years male: 33.3 years female: 36.7 years (2002)
Slovenia | total: 38.6 years male: 37.1 years female: 40.2 years (2002)
Solomon Islands | total: 18.2 years male: 18.1 years female: 18.3 years (2002)
Somalia | total: 17.6 years male: 17.6 years female: 17.6 years (2002)
South Africa | total: 24.5 years male: 24 years female: 25 years (2002)
Spain | total: 38.7 years male: 37.4 years female: 40.1 years (2002)
Sri Lanka | total: 28.7 years male: 27.7 years female: 29.7 years (2002)
Sudan | total: 17.7 years male: 17.5 years female: 17.9 years (2002)
Suriname | total: 25.5 years male: 25.1 years female: 26 years (2002)
Swaziland | total: 18.5 years male: 18.2 years female: 18.8 years (2002)
Sweden | total: 40.1 years male: 39 years female: 41.4 years (2002)
Switzerland | total: 40.2 years male: 39.3 years female: 41.2 years (2002)
Syria | total: 19.7 years male: 19.6 years female: 19.9 years (2002)
Taiwan | total: 33.2 years male: 32.9 years female: 33.6 years (2002)
Tajikistan | total: 19.3 years male: 19 years female: 19.6 years (2002)
Tanzania | total: 17.5 years male: 17.2 years female: 17.7 years (2002)
Thailand | total: 30.1 years male: 29.4 years female: 30.8 years (2002)
Togo | total: 17.3 years male: 16.9 years female: 17.7 years (2002)
Tonga | total: 19.8 years male: 19.3 years female: 20.3 years (2002)
Trinidad and Tobago | total: 29.9 years male: 29.5 years female: 30.4 years (2002)
Tunisia | total: 26.2 years male: 25.7 years female: 26.7 years (2002)
Turkey | total: 26.8 years male: 26.7 years female: 27 years (2002)
Turkmenistan | total: 21.1 years male: 20.2 years female: 22 years (2002)
Turks and Caicos Islands | total: 27 years male: 27.7 years female: 26.3 years (2002)
Tuvalu | total: 24.2 years male: 22.9 years female: 25.8 years (2002)
Uganda | total: 14.7 years male: 14.6 years female: 14.8 years (2002)
Ukraine | total: 38 years male: 34.8 years female: 40.9 years (2002)
United Arab Emirates | total: 27.6 years male: 36.1 years female: 21.9 years (2002)
United Kingdom | total: 38.4 years male: 37.3 years female: 39.5 years (2002)
United States | total: 35.8 years male: 34.5 years female: 37.1 years (2002)
Uruguay | total: 31.8 years male: 30.2 years female: 33.4 years (2002)
Uzbekistan | total: 21.8 years male: 21.2 years female: 22.5 years (2002)
Vanuatu | total: 21.9 years male: 22 years female: 21.8 years (2002)
Venezuela | total: 24.8 years male: 24.3 years female: 25.4 years (2002)
Vietnam | total: 24.5 years male: 23.6 years female: 25.5 years (2002)
Virgin Islands | total: 31.2 years male: 28.6 years female: 33.7 years (2002)
West Bank | total: 17.9 years male: 17.7 years female: 18 years (2002)
Yemen | total: 16.4 years male: 16.4 years female: 16.4 years (2002)
Zambia | total: 16.5 years male: 16.4 years female: 16.6 years (2002)
Zimbabwe | total: 18.9 years male: 18.9 years female: 18.9 years (2002)
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