High income OECD countries Compared by People > Median age > Total
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DEFINITION:
This entry is derived from People > Median age, which 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.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Japan | 45.8 years | 2013 | ||
2 | Germany | 45.7 years | 2013 | ||
3 | Italy | 44.2 years | 2013 | ||
4 | Austria | 43.9 years | 2013 | ||
5 | Greece | 43.2 years | 2013 | ||
6 | Slovenia | 43.1 years | 2013 | ||
7 | Finland | 43 years | 2013 | ||
8 | Belgium | 42.8 years | 2013 | ||
9 | Sweden | 42.4 years | 2013 | ||
=10 | Switzerland | 41.8 years | 2013 | ||
=10 | Netherlands | 41.8 years | 2013 | ||
12 | Canada | 41.5 years | 2013 | ||
=13 | Czech Republic | 41.4 years | 2013 | ||
=13 | Denmark | 41.4 years | 2013 | ||
15 | Spain | 41.3 years | 2013 | ||
16 | Estonia | 41 years | 2013 | ||
17 | Portugal | 40.7 years | 2013 | ||
=18 | Norway | 40.6 years | 2013 | ||
=18 | France | 40.6 years | 2013 | ||
20 | United Kingdom | 40.3 years | 2013 | ||
21 | South Korea | 39.7 years | 2013 | ||
22 | Luxembourg | 39.6 years | 2013 | ||
23 | Poland | 39.1 years | 2013 | ||
24 | Slovakia | 38.4 years | 2013 | ||
25 | Australia | 38.1 years | 2013 | ||
26 | New Zealand | 37.4 years | 2013 | ||
27 | United States | 37.2 years | 2013 | ||
28 | Iceland | 36.2 years | 2013 | ||
29 | Ireland | 35.4 years | 2013 | ||
30 | Chile | 33 years | 2013 | ||
31 | Israel | 29.7 years | 2013 |