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 Comparison to the World

Country | MEDIAN AGE(YEARS)
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Afghanistan | total: 18.1 years male: 18.1 years female: 18.2 years (2014 est.)
Albania | total: 31.6 years male: 30.3 years female: 32.9 years (2014 est.)
Algeria | total: 27.3 years male: 27 years female: 27.5 years (2014 est.)
American Samoa | total: 28.3 years male: 28.8 years female: 27.8 years (2014 est.)
Andorra | total: 42.4 years male: 42.6 years female: 42.2 years (2014 est.)
Angola | total: 17.9 years male: 17.7 years female: 18.1 years (2014 est.)
Anguilla | total: 34.1 years male: 32.4 years female: 35.7 years (2014 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda | total: 31.1 years male: 29.4 years female: 32.6 years (2014 est.)
Argentina | total: 31.2 years male: 30.1 years female: 32.3 years (2014 est.)
Armenia | total: 33.7 years male: 31.8 years female: 35.8 years (2014 est.)
Aruba | total: 38.8 years male: 36.9 years female: 40.6 years (2014 est.)
Australia | total: 38.3 years male: 37.5 years female: 39 years (2014 est.)
Austria | total: 44.3 years male: 43.2 years female: 45.3 years (2014 est.)
Azerbaijan | total: 30.1 years male: 28.5 years female: 31.9 years (2014 est.)
Bahamas, The | total: 31.2 years male: 30.1 years female: 32.3 years (2014 est.)
Bahrain | total: 31.6 years male: 33 years female: 28.8 years (2014 est.)
Bangladesh | total: 24.3 years male: 23.8 years female: 24.8 years (2014 est.)
Barbados | total: 37.6 years male: 36.5 years female: 38.7 years (2014 est.)
Belarus | total: 39.4 years male: 36.3 years female: 42.4 years (2014 est.)
Belgium | total: 43.1 years male: 41.7 years female: 44.4 years (2014 est.)
Belize | total: 21.8 years male: 21.6 years female: 22 years (2014 est.)
Benin | total: 17.7 years male: 17.4 years female: 18.1 years (2014 est.)
Bermuda | total: 42.9 years male: 41.1 years female: 44.6 years (2014 est.)
Bhutan | total: 26.2 years male: 26.8 years female: 25.6 years (2014 est.)
Bolivia | total: 23.4 years male: 22.6 years female: 24.1 years (2014 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | total: 40.8 years male: 39.4 years female: 42.2 years (2014 est.)
Botswana | total: 22.9 years male: 22.9 years female: 22.8 years (2014 est.)
Brazil | total: 30.7 years male: 29.9 years female: 31.5 years (2014 est.)
British Virgin Islands | total: 35.6 years male: 35.5 years female: 35.7 years (2014 est.)
Brunei | total: 29.3 years male: 28.9 years female: 29.6 years (2014 est.)
Bulgaria | total: 42.6 years male: 40.3 years female: 44.8 years (2014 est.)
Burkina Faso | total: 17 years male: 16.9 years female: 17.2 years (2014 est.)
Burma | total: 27.9 years male: 27.3 years female: 28.5 years (2014 est.)
Burundi | total: 17 years male: 16.7 years female: 17.2 years (2014 est.)
Cabo Verde | total: 24 years male: 23.2 years female: 24.8 years (2014 est.)
Cambodia | total: 24.1 years male: 23.4 years female: 24.8 years (2014 est.)
Cameroon | total: 18.3 years male: 18.2 years female: 18.4 years (2014 est.)
Canada | total: 41.7 years male: 40.4 years female: 42.9 years (2014 est.)
Cayman Islands | total: 39.5 years male: 38.8 years female: 40.1 years (2014 est.)
Central African Republic | total: 19.4 years male: 19.1 years female: 19.8 years (2014 est.)
Chad | total: 17.2 years male: 16.1 years female: 18.2 years (2014 est.)
Chile | total: 33.3 years male: 32.2 years female: 34.6 years (2014 est.)
China | total: 36.7 years male: 35.8 years female: 37.5 years (2014 est.)
Colombia | total: 28.9 years male: 27.9 years female: 29.9 years (2014 est.)
Comoros | total: 19.2 years male: 18.5 years female: 19.8 years (2014 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total: 17.9 years male: 17.7 years female: 18.1 years (2014 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | total: 19.8 years male: 19.7 years female: 20 years (2014 est.)
Cook Islands | total: 34.4 years male: 33.8 years female: 35 years (2014 est.)
Costa Rica | total: 30 years male: 29.5 years female: 30.5 years (2014 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | total: 20.3 years male: 20.3 years female: 20.2 years (2014 est.)
Croatia | total: 42.1 years male: 40.2 years female: 43.9 years (2014 est.)
Cuba | total: 39.9 years male: 39.1 years female: 40.8 years (2014 est.)
Curacao | total: 36.2 years male: 32.7 years female: 39.9 years (2013 est.)
Cyprus | total: 35.7 years male: 34.4 years female: 37.4 years (2014 est.)
Czech Republic | total: 40.9 years male: 39.6 years female: 42.3 years (2014 est.)
Denmark | total: 41.6 years male: 40.7 years female: 42.5 years (2014 est.)
Djibouti | total: 22.8 years male: 21.1 years female: 24.1 years (2014 est.)
Dominica | total: 32.1 years male: 31.7 years female: 32.6 years (2014 est.)
Dominican Republic | total: 27.1 years male: 26.9 years female: 27.3 years (2014 est.)
Ecuador | total: 26.7 years male: 26 years female: 27.3 years (2014 est.)
Egypt | total: 25.1 years male: 24.7 years female: 25.4 years (2014 est.)
El Salvador | total: 25.6 years male: 24.1 years female: 27.1 years (2014 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | total: 19.4 years male: 18.8 years female: 19.9 years (2014 est.)
Eritrea | total: 19.1 years male: 18.8 years female: 19.5 years (2014 est.)
Estonia | total: 41.2 years male: 37.6 years female: 44.5 years (2014 est.)
Ethiopia | total: 17.6 years male: 17.4 years female: 17.7 years (2014 est.)
European Union | note - see individual country entries of member states
Faroe Islands | total: 37.7 years male: 37.1 years female: 38.4 years (2014 est.)
Fiji | total: 27.9 years male: 27.7 years female: 28.1 years (2014 est.)
Finland | total: 43.2 years male: 41.2 years female: 45 years (2014 est.)
France | total: 40.9 years male: 39.3 years female: 42.4 years (2014 est.)
French Polynesia | total: 30.6 years male: 30.5 years female: 30.7 years (2014 est.)
Gabon | total: 18.6 years male: 18.4 years female: 18.8 years (2014 est.)
Gambia, The | total: 20.2 years male: 19.9 years female: 20.5 years (2014 est.)
Gaza Strip | total: 18.2 years male: 18 years female: 18.4 years (2014 est.)
Georgia | total: 37.7 years male: 34.9 years female: 40.4 years (2014 est.)
Germany | total: 46.1 years male: 45.1 years female: 47.2 years (2014 est.)
Ghana | total: 20.8 years male: 20.4 years female: 21.3 years (2014 est.)
Gibraltar | total: 34 years male: 33.1 years female: 35 years (2014 est.)
Greece | total: 43.5 years male: 42.4 years female: 44.6 years (2014 est.)
Greenland | total: 33.6 years male: 34.9 years female: 32.3 years (2014 est.)
Grenada | total: 29.9 years male: 29.8 years female: 29.9 years (2014 est.)
Guam | total: 29.9 years male: 29.4 years female: 30.4 years (2014 est.)
Guatemala | total: 21 years male: 20.4 years female: 21.7 years (2014 est.)
Guernsey | total: 43.1 years male: 41.9 years female: 44.2 years (2014 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | total: 19.8 years male: 19.3 years female: 20.3 years (2014 est.)
Guinea | total: 18.7 years male: 18.4 years female: 18.9 years (2014 est.)
Guyana | total: 25 years male: 24.6 years female: 25.4 years (2014 est.)
Haiti | total: 22.2 years male: 22 years female: 22.4 years (2014 est.)
Honduras | total: 21.9 years male: 21.6 years female: 22.3 years (2014 est.)
Hong Kong | total: 43.2 years male: 42.8 years female: 43.4 years (2014 est.)
Hungary | total: 41.1 years male: 39.1 years female: 43.5 years (2014 est.)
Iceland | total: 36.4 years male: 35.9 years female: 36.9 years (2014 est.)
India | total: 27 years male: 26.4 years female: 27.7 years (2014 est.)
Indonesia | total: 29.2 years male: 28.7 years female: 29.8 years (2014 est.)
Iran | total: 28.3 years male: 28 years female: 28.6 years (2014 est.)
Iraq | total: 21.5 years male: 21.4 years female: 21.6 years (2014 est.)
Ireland | total: 35.7 years male: 35.4 years female: 36.1 years (2014 est.)
Isle of Man | total: 43.4 years male: 42.7 years female: 44.1 years (2014 est.)
Israel | total: 29.9 years male: 29.2 years female: 30.6 years (2014 est.)
Italy | total: 44.5 years male: 43.3 years female: 45.6 years (2014 est.)
Jamaica | total: 24.9 years male: 24.4 years female: 25.4 years (2014 est.)
Japan | total: 46.1 years male: 44.8 years female: 47.5 years (2014 est.)
Jersey | total: 39.5 years male: 37.1 years female: 41.6 years (2014 est.)
Jordan | total: 21.8 years male: 21.5 years female: 22.1 years (2014 est.)
Kazakhstan | total: 29.7 years male: 28.4 years female: 31.1 years (2014 est.)
Kenya | total: 19.1 years male: 18.9 years female: 19.2 years (2014 est.)
Kiribati | total: 23.6 years male: 22.7 years female: 24.4 years (2014 est.)
Korea, North | total: 33.4 years male: 31.8 years female: 35 years (2014 est.)
Korea, South | total: 40.2 years male: 38.7 years female: 41.6 years (2014 est.)
Kosovo | total: 27.8 years male: 27.4 years female: 28.2 years (2014 est.)
Kuwait | total: 28.9 years male: 30.1 years female: 26.8 years (2014 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | total: 25.7 years male: 24.7 years female: 26.7 years (2014 est.)
Laos | total: 22 years male: 21.7 years female: 22.3 years (2014 est.)
Latvia | total: 41.4 years male: 38.4 years female: 44.3 years (2014 est.)
Lebanon | total: 29.3 years male: 28.7 years female: 29.8 years (2014 est.)
Lesotho | total: 23.6 years male: 23.6 years female: 23.6 years (2014 est.)
Liberia | total: 17.9 years male: 17.7 years female: 18.1 years (2014 est.)
Libya | total: 27.5 years male: 27.7 years female: 27.4 years (2014 est.)
Liechtenstein | total: 42.4 years male: 41.3 years female: 43.5 years (2014 est.)
Lithuania | total: 41.2 years male: 38.5 years female: 43.7 years (2014 est.)
Luxembourg | total: 39.6 years male: 38.5 years female: 40.7 years (2014 est.)
Macau | total: 37.7 years male: 38.3 years female: 37.3 years (2014 est.)
Macedonia | total: 36.8 years male: 35.7 years female: 37.9 years (2014 est.)
Madagascar | total: 19.2 years male: 19 years female: 19.4 years (2014 est.)
Malawi | total: 16.3 years male: 16.2 years female: 16.4 years (2014 est.)
Malaysia | total: 27.7 years male: 27.4 years female: 27.9 years (2014 est.)
Maldives | total: 27.1 years male: 27.3 years female: 26.7 years (2014 est.)
Mali | total: 16 years male: 15.4 years female: 16.7 years (2014 est.)
Malta | total: 40.9 years male: 39.7 years female: 42.1 years (2014 est.)
Marshall Islands | total: 22.5 years male: 22.5 years female: 22.6 years (2014 est.)
Mauritania | total: 19.9 years male: 19 years female: 20.9 years (2014 est.)
Mauritius | total: 33.9 years male: 33.1 years female: 34.8 years (2014 est.)
Mexico | total: 27.3 years male: 26.3 years female: 28.4 years (2014 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | total: 23.8 years male: 23.2 years female: 24.4 years (2014 est.)
Moldova | total: 35.7 years male: 33.9 years female: 37.7 years (2014 est.)
Monaco | total: 51.1 years male: 50 years female: 52.3 years (2014 est.)
Mongolia | total: 27.1 years male: 26.3 years female: 27.8 years (2014 est.)
Montenegro | total: 39.2 years male: 38.2 years female: 40.5 years (2014 est.)
Montserrat | total: 31.4 years male: 30.9 years female: 31.9 years (2014 est.)
Morocco | total: 28.1 years male: 27.5 years female: 28.7 years (2014 est.)
Mozambique | total: 16.9 years male: 16.3 years female: 17.5 years (2014 est.)
Namibia | total: 22.8 years male: 22.8 years female: 22.8 years (2014 est.)
Nauru | total: 25.3 years male: 25.6 years female: 25 years (2014 est.)
Nepal | total: 22.9 years male: 22.2 years female: 23.6 years (2014 est.)
Netherlands | total: 42.1 years male: 41.2 years female: 42.9 years (2014 est.)
New Caledonia | total: 31.1 years male: 30.4 years female: 31.7 years (2014 est.)
New Zealand | total: 37.6 years male: 36.7 years female: 38.4 years (2014 est.)
Nicaragua | total: 24.2 years male: 23.3 years female: 25.1 years (2014 est.)
Nigeria | total: 18.2 years male: 18.1 years female: 18.3 years (2014 est.)
Niger | total: 15.1 years male: 15 years female: 15.2 years (2014 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands | total: 31.6 years male: 29.4 years female: 32.2 years (2014 est.)
Norway | total: 39.1 years male: 38.2 years female: 39.9 years (2014 est.)
Oman | total: 24.9 years male: 26.1 years female: 23.4 years (2014 est.)
Pakistan | total: 22.6 years male: 22.6 years female: 22.6 years (2014 est.)
Palau | total: 33 years male: 32.5 years female: 34.2 years (2014 est.)
Panama | total: 28.3 years male: 27.9 years female: 28.7 years (2014 est.)
Papua New Guinea | total: 22.4 years male: 22.6 years female: 22.2 years (2014 est.)
Paraguay | total: 26.8 years male: 26.6 years female: 27 years (2014 est.)
Peru | total: 27 years male: 26.3 years female: 27.7 years (2014 est.)
Philippines | total: 23.5 years male: 23 years female: 24 years (2014 est.)
Poland | total: 39.5 years male: 37.9 years female: 41.3 years (2014 est.)
Portugal | total: 41.1 years male: 39 years female: 43.3 years (2014 est.)
Puerto Rico | total: 38.7 years male: 36.8 years female: 40.5 years (2014 est.)
Qatar | total: 32.6 years male: 33.6 years female: 28 years (2014 est.)
Romania | total: 39.8 years male: 38.4 years female: 41.4 years (2014 est.)
Russia | total: 38.9 years male: 36 years female: 41.9 years (2014 est.)
Rwanda | total: 18.7 years male: 18.4 years female: 18.9 years (2014 est.)
Saint Barthelemy | total: 42.4 years male: 42.4 years female: 42.3 years (2014 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | total: 40.5 years male: 40.5 years female: 40.4 years (2014 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | total: 33.5 years male: 33.6 years female: 33.4 years (2014 est.)
Saint Lucia | total: 32.9 years male: 31.7 years female: 34 years (2014 est.)
Saint Martin | total: 31.8 years male: 30.7 years female: 32.7 years (2014 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | total: 44.6 years male: 44.2 years female: 45 years (2014 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | total: 31.9 years male: 32 years female: 31.7 years (2014 est.)
Samoa | total: 23.1 years male: 22.9 years female: 23.4 years (2014 est.)
San Marino | total: 43.6 years male: 42.6 years female: 44.4 years (2014 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe | total: 17.8 years male: 17.3 years female: 18.2 years (2014 est.)
Saudi Arabia | total: 26.4 years male: 27.3 years female: 25.3 years (2014 est.)
Senegal | total: 18.4 years male: 17.5 years female: 19.3 years (2014 est.)
Serbia | total: 41.9 years male: 40.2 years female: 43.6 years (2014 est.)
Seychelles | total: 33.9 years male: 33.4 years female: 34.5 years (2014 est.)
Sierra Leone | total: 19 years male: 18.5 years female: 19.6 years (2014 est.)
Singapore | total: 33.8 years male: 33.7 years female: 33.9 years (2014 est.)
Sint Maarten | total: 39.7 years male: 38.9 years female: 40.4 years (2013 est.)
Slovakia | total: 39.2 years male: 37.5 years female: 41 years (2014 est.)
Slovenia | total: 43.5 years male: 41.7 years female: 45.2 years (2014 est.)
Solomon Islands | total: 21.6 years male: 21.4 years female: 21.8 years (2014 est.)
Somalia | total: 17.7 years male: 17.9 years female: 17.6 years (2014 est.)
South Africa | total: 25.7 years male: 25.4 years female: 26 years (2014 est.)
South Sudan | total: 16.8 years male: 16.6 years female: 17 years (2014 est.)
Spain | total: 41.6 years male: 40.4 years female: 42.9 years (2014 est.)
Sri Lanka | total: 31.8 years male: 30.6 years female: 32.9 years (2014 est.)
Sudan | total: 19.1 years male: 18.9 years female: 19.4 years (2014 est.)
Suriname | total: 28.6 years male: 28.3 years female: 29 years (2014 est.)
Swaziland | total: 21 years male: 20.7 years female: 21.3 years (2014 est.)
Sweden | total: 41.2 years male: 40.2 years female: 42.2 years (2014 est.)
Switzerland | total: 42 years male: 41 years female: 42.9 years (2014 est.)
Syria | total: 23.3 years male: 22.9 years female: 23.7 years (2014 est.)
Taiwan | total: 39.2 years male: 38.5 years female: 39.9 years (2014 est.)
Tajikistan | total: 23.5 years male: 23 years female: 24 years (2014 est.)
Tanzania | total: 17.4 years male: 17.1 years female: 17.7 years (2014 est.)
Thailand | total: 36.2 years male: 35.3 years female: 37.2 years (2014 est.)
Timor-Leste | total: 18.5 years male: 17.9 years female: 19.1 years (2014 est.)
Togo | total: 19.6 years male: 19.3 years female: 19.8 years (2014 est.)
Tonga | total: 22 years male: 21.6 years female: 22.5 years (2014 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | total: 34.4 years male: 34 years female: 34.9 years (2014 est.)
Tunisia | total: 31.4 years male: 31 years female: 31.8 years (2014 est.)
Turkey | total: 29.6 years male: 29.2 years female: 30 years (2014 est.)
Turkmenistan | total: 26.6 years male: 26.2 years female: 27.1 years (2014 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | total: 31.9 years male: 32.2 years female: 31.5 years (2014 est.)
Tuvalu | total: 24.9 years male: 23.7 years female: 26.4 years (2014 est.)
Uganda | total: 15.5 years male: 15.5 years female: 15.6 years (2014 est.)
Ukraine | total: 40.6 years male: 37.3 years female: 43.7 years (2014 est.)
United Arab Emirates | total: 30.3 years male: 32 years female: 25 years (2014 est.)
United Kingdom | total: 40.4 years male: 39.2 years female: 41.6 years (2014 est.)
United States | total: 37.6 years male: 36.3 years female: 39 years (2014 est.)
Uruguay | total: 34.3 years male: 32.6 years female: 35.9 years (2014 est.)
Uzbekistan | total: 27.1 years male: 26.6 years female: 27.7 years (2014 est.)
Vanuatu | total: 21.1 years male: 20.7 years female: 21.4 years (2014 est.)
Venezuela | total: 26.9 years male: 26.1 years female: 27.6 years (2014 est.)
Vietnam | total: 29.2 years male: 28.1 years female: 30.2 years (2014 est.)
Virgin Islands | total: 44.2 years male: 44.5 years female: 44 years (2014 est.)
Wallis and Futuna | total: 30.3 years male: 29.3 years female: 31.5 years (2014 est.)
West Bank | total: 22.4 years male: 22.2 years female: 22.5 years (2014 est.)
Western Sahara | total: 20.8 years male: 20.3 years female: 21.3 years (2014 est.)
World | total: 29.7 years male: 28.9 years female: 30.4 years (2014 est.)
Yemen | total: 18.6 years male: 18.5 years female: 18.7 years (2014 est.)
Zambia | total: 16.7 years male: 16.6 years female: 16.8 years (2014 est.)
Zimbabwe | total: 20.2 years male: 19.9 years female: 20.4 years (2014 est.)