High income OECD countries Compared by People > Median age > Total

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.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
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

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