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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 | Monaco | 50.5 years | 2013 | ||
2 | Japan | 45.8 years | 2013 | ||
3 | Germany | 45.7 years | 2013 | ||
4 | Hong Kong | 44.5 years | 2013 | ||
5 | Italy | 44.2 years | 2013 | ||
=6 | Austria | 43.9 years | 2013 | ||
=6 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 43.9 years | 2013 | ||
8 | Virgin Islands | 43.5 years | 2013 | ||
=9 | San Marino | 43.2 years | 2013 | ||
=9 | Greece | 43.2 years | 2013 | ||
=11 | Slovenia | 43.1 years | 2013 | ||
=11 | Isle of Man | 43.1 years | 2013 | ||
13 | Finland | 43 years | 2013 | ||
=14 | Belgium | 42.8 years | 2013 | ||
=14 | Guernsey | 42.8 years | 2013 | ||
16 | Bermuda | 42.6 years | 2013 | ||
17 | Sweden | 42.4 years | 2013 | ||
18 | Bulgaria | 42.3 years | 2013 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 42.19 years | 2013 | |||
Western Europe average (profile) | 42.14 years | 2013 | |||
19 | Liechtenstein | 42.1 years | 2013 | ||
=20 | Switzerland | 41.8 years | 2013 | ||
=20 | Croatia | 41.8 years | 2013 | ||
=20 | Andorra | 41.8 years | 2013 | ||
=20 | Netherlands | 41.8 years | 2013 | ||
=24 | Saint Barthelemy | 41.7 years | 2013 | ||
=24 | Serbia | 41.7 years | 2013 | ||
26 | Canada | 41.5 years | 2013 | ||
=27 | Czech Republic | 41.4 years | 2013 | ||
=27 | Denmark | 41.4 years | 2013 | ||
29 | Spain | 41.3 years | 2013 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 41.21 years | 2013 | |||
30 | Latvia | 41.2 years | 2013 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 41.12 years | 2013 | |||
31 | Estonia | 41 years | 2013 | ||
=32 | Lithuania | 40.8 years | 2013 | ||
=32 | Hungary | 40.8 years | 2013 | ||
34 | Portugal | 40.7 years | 2013 | ||
=35 | Norway | 40.6 years | 2013 | ||
=35 | France | 40.6 years | 2013 | ||
37 | Malta | 40.5 years | 2013 | ||
38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40.4 years | 2013 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 40.36 years | 2013 | |||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 40.33 years | 2013 | |||
=39 | Ukraine | 40.3 years | 2013 | ||
=39 | United Kingdom | 40.3 years | 2013 | ||
Southern Europe average (profile) | 40.29 years | 2013 | |||
41 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 40 years | 2013 | ||
42 | Jersey | 39.9 years | 2013 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 39.77 years | 2013 | |||
43 | South Korea | 39.7 years | 2013 | ||
=44 | Georgia | 39.6 years | 2013 | ||
=44 | Luxembourg | 39.6 years | 2013 | ||
46 | Cuba | 39.5 years | 2013 | ||
47 | Romania | 39.4 years | 2013 | ||
48 | Cayman Islands | 39.3 years | 2013 | ||
49 | Belarus | 39.2 years | 2013 | ||
50 | Poland | 39.1 years | 2013 | ||
=51 | Russia | 38.8 years | 2013 | ||
=51 | Saint Helena | 38.8 years | 2011 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 38.77 years | 2013 | |||
=53 | Taiwan | 38.7 years | 2013 | ||
=53 | Montenegro | 38.7 years | 2013 | ||
55 | Aruba | 38.6 years | 2013 | ||
56 | Slovakia | 38.4 years | 2013 | ||
57 | Puerto Rico | 38.2 years | 2013 | ||
58 | Australia | 38.1 years | 2013 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 38.09 years | 2013 | |||
59 | Faroe Islands | 37.6 years | 2013 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 37.57 years | 2013 | |||
60 | New Zealand | 37.4 years | 2013 | ||
61 | Barbados | 37.3 years | 2013 | ||
=62 | United States | 37.2 years | 2013 | ||
=62 | Macau | 37.2 years | 2013 | ||
Tourist destinations average (profile) | 36.72 years | 2013 | |||
64 | Republic of Macedonia | 36.5 years | 2013 | ||
65 | China | 36.3 years | 2013 | ||
66 | Iceland | 36.2 years | 2013 | ||
=67 | Cyprus | 35.4 years | 2013 | ||
=67 | Moldova | 35.4 years | 2013 | ||
=67 | Ireland | 35.4 years | 2013 | ||
70 | British Virgin Islands | 35.3 years | 2013 | ||
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 35.16 years | 2013 | |||
71 | Thailand | 35.1 years | 2013 | ||
72 | Uruguay | 34.1 years | 2013 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 33.99 years | 2013 | |||
=73 | Trinidad and Tobago | 33.9 years | 2013 | ||
=73 | Anguilla | 33.9 years | 2013 | ||
75 | Gibraltar | 33.8 years | 2013 | ||
76 | Cook Islands | 33.7 years | 2013 | ||
=77 | Singapore | 33.6 years | 2013 | ||
=77 | Greenland | 33.6 years | 2013 | ||
79 | Mauritius | 33.5 years | 2013 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 33.46 years | 2013 | |||
80 | Seychelles | 33.4 years | 2013 | ||
Densely populated countries average (profile) | 33.34 years | 2013 | |||
81 | North Korea | 33.2 years | 2013 | ||
=82 | Chile | 33 years | 2013 | ||
=82 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 33 years | 2013 | ||
=84 | Armenia | 32.9 years | 2013 | ||
=84 | Palau | 32.9 years | 2013 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 32.89 years | 2013 | |||
86 | Qatar | 32.4 years | 2013 | ||
87 | Saint Lucia | 32.2 years | 2013 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 31.81 years | 2013 | |||
88 | Dominica | 31.7 years | 2013 | ||
89 | Saint Martin | 31.5 years | 2013 | ||
=90 | Sri Lanka | 31.4 years | 2013 | ||
=90 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 31.4 years | 2013 | ||
=90 | Bahrain | 31.4 years | 2013 | ||
93 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31.3 years | 2013 | ||
94 | Albania | 31.2 years | 2013 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 31.13 years | 2013 | |||
95 | Northern Mariana Islands | 31.1 years | 2013 | ||
=96 | Tunisia | 31 years | 2013 | ||
=96 | Argentina | 31 years | 2013 | ||
98 | Lebanon | 30.9 years | 2013 | ||
=99 | Montserrat | 30.8 years | 2013 | ||
=99 | Antigua and Barbuda | 30.8 years | 2013 | ||
=99 | The Bahamas | 30.8 years | 2013 | ||
102 | New Caledonia | 30.7 years | 2013 | ||
=103 | Brazil | 30.3 years | 2013 | ||
=103 | United Arab Emirates | 30.3 years | 2013 | ||
105 | French Polynesia | 30.2 years | 2013 | ||
106 | Azerbaijan | 29.8 years | 2013 | ||
=107 | Guam | 29.7 years | 2013 | ||
=107 | Israel | 29.7 years | 2013 | ||
=109 | Costa Rica | 29.6 years | 2013 | ||
=109 | Wallis and Futuna | 29.6 years | 2013 | ||
111 | Kazakhstan | 29.5 years | 2013 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 29.45 years | 2013 | |||
112 | Grenada | 29.3 years | 2013 | ||
113 | Turkey | 29.2 years | 2013 | ||
114 | Brunei | 29 years | 2013 | ||
115 | Indonesia | 28.9 years | 2013 | ||
116 | Kuwait | 28.8 years | 2013 | ||
117 | Vietnam | 28.7 years | 2013 | ||
118 | Colombia | 28.6 years | 2013 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 28.43 years | 2013 | |||
119 | Suriname | 28.2 years | 2013 | ||
120 | Panama | 28 years | 2013 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 27.95 years | 2013 | |||
=121 | Iran | 27.8 years | 2013 | ||
=121 | American Samoa | 27.8 years | 2013 | ||
=123 | Mexico | 27.7 years | 2013 | ||
=123 | Morocco | 27.7 years | 2013 | ||
=125 | Burma | 27.6 years | 2013 | ||
=125 | Fiji | 27.6 years | 2013 | ||
=127 | Kosovo | 27.4 years | 2013 | ||
=127 | Malaysia | 27.4 years | 2013 | ||
129 | Libya | 27.1 years | 2013 | ||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 27.07 years | 2013 | |||
130 | Algeria | 27 years | 2013 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 26.93 years | 2013 | |||
131 | Mongolia | 26.9 years | 2013 | ||
132 | Dominican Republic | 26.8 years | 2013 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 26.74 years | 2013 | |||
=133 | Peru | 26.7 years | 2013 | ||
=133 | India | 26.7 years | 2013 | ||
=133 | Maldives | 26.7 years | 2013 | ||
=136 | Venezuela | 26.6 years | 2013 | ||
=136 | Uzbekistan | 26.6 years | 2013 | ||
=138 | Paraguay | 26.3 years | 2013 | ||
=138 | Ecuador | 26.3 years | 2013 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 26.22 years | 2013 | |||
140 | Turkmenistan | 26.2 years | 2013 | ||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 26.11 years | 2013 | |||
141 | Saudi Arabia | 26 years | 2013 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 25.72 years | 2013 | |||
142 | Bhutan | 25.7 years | 2013 | ||
143 | South Africa | 25.5 years | 2013 | ||
144 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.4 years | 2013 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 25.22 years | 2013 | |||
145 | El Salvador | 25.1 years | 2013 | ||
Hot countries average (profile) | 25.01 years | 2013 | |||
146 | Nauru | 25 years | 2013 | ||
147 | Egypt | 24.8 years | 2013 | ||
148 | Oman | 24.7 years | 2013 | ||
=149 | Jamaica | 24.6 years | 2013 | ||
=149 | Tuvalu | 24.6 years | 2013 | ||
151 | Guyana | 24.5 years | 2013 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 24.17 years | 2013 | |||
152 | Bangladesh | 23.9 years | 2013 | ||
=153 | Nicaragua | 23.7 years | 2013 | ||
=153 | Cambodia | 23.7 years | 2013 | ||
155 | Cape Verde | 23.5 years | 2013 | ||
=156 | Federated States of Micronesia | 23.4 years | 2013 | ||
=156 | Lesotho | 23.4 years | 2013 | ||
158 | Philippines | 23.3 years | 2013 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 23.28 years | 2013 | |||
=159 | Kiribati | 23.2 years | 2013 | ||
=159 | Tajikistan | 23.2 years | 2013 | ||
161 | Bolivia | 23.1 years | 2013 | ||
=162 | Samoa | 22.7 years | 2013 | ||
=162 | Botswana | 22.7 years | 2013 | ||
=162 | Syria | 22.7 years | 2013 | ||
165 | Jordan | 22.6 years | 2013 | ||
=166 | Namibia | 22.4 years | 2013 | ||
=166 | Djibouti | 22.4 years | 2013 | ||
=166 | Marshall Islands | 22.4 years | 2013 | ||
=166 | Nepal | 22.4 years | 2013 | ||
=170 | Pakistan | 22.2 years | 2013 | ||
=170 | Papua New Guinea | 22.2 years | 2013 | ||
172 | West Bank | 22 years | 2013 | ||
173 | Haiti | 21.9 years | 2013 | ||
174 | Tonga | 21.8 years | 2013 | ||
=175 | Honduras | 21.6 years | 2013 | ||
=175 | Laos | 21.6 years | 2013 | ||
177 | Belize | 21.5 years | 2013 | ||
=178 | Iraq | 21.3 years | 2013 | ||
=178 | Solomon Islands | 21.3 years | 2013 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 21.19 years | 2013 | |||
180 | Vanuatu | 20.8 years | 2013 | ||
=181 | Guatemala | 20.7 years | 2013 | ||
=181 | Ghana | 20.7 years | 2013 | ||
=181 | Swaziland | 20.7 years | 2013 | ||
184 | Western Sahara | 20.6 years | 2013 | ||
185 | Cote d'Ivoire | 20 years | 2013 | ||
186 | The Gambia | 19.9 years | 2013 | ||
187 | Mauritania | 19.8 years | 2013 | ||
=188 | Guinea-Bissau | 19.7 years | 2013 | ||
=188 | Cameroon | 19.7 years | 2013 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 19.51 years | 2013 | |||
=190 | Togo | 19.5 years | 2013 | ||
=190 | Zimbabwe | 19.5 years | 2013 | ||
192 | Central African Republic | 19.3 years | 2013 | ||
193 | Equatorial Guinea | 19.2 years | 2013 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 19.04 years | 2013 | |||
=194 | Comoros | 19 years | 2013 | ||
=194 | Sierra Leone | 19 years | 2013 | ||
=194 | Madagascar | 19 years | 2013 | ||
=197 | Eritrea | 18.9 years | 2013 | ||
=197 | Kenya | 18.9 years | 2013 | ||
=197 | Sudan | 18.9 years | 2013 | ||
200 | Rwanda | 18.7 years | 2013 | ||
=201 | Gabon | 18.6 years | 2013 | ||
=201 | Guinea | 18.6 years | 2013 | ||
203 | Yemen | 18.5 years | 2013 | ||
204 | East Timor | 18.4 years | 2013 | ||
205 | Senegal | 18.2 years | 2013 | ||
206 | Gaza Strip | 18.1 years | 2013 | ||
=207 | Nigeria | 17.9 years | 2013 | ||
=207 | Afghanistan | 17.9 years | 2013 | ||
=207 | Liberia | 17.9 years | 2013 | ||
=210 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 17.7 years | 2013 | ||
=210 | Angola | 17.7 years | 2013 | ||
=210 | Somalia | 17.7 years | 2013 | ||
=213 | Benin | 17.6 years | 2013 | ||
=213 | Sao Tome and Principe | 17.6 years | 2013 | ||
215 | Ethiopia | 17.5 years | 2013 | ||
=216 | Malawi | 17.3 years | 2013 | ||
=216 | Tanzania | 17.3 years | 2013 | ||
=216 | Mayotte | 17.3 years | 2010 | ||
219 | Congo, Republic of the | 17.1 years | 2013 | ||
=220 | Chad | 17 years | 2013 | ||
=220 | Burkina Faso | 17 years | 2013 | ||
222 | Burundi | 16.9 years | 2013 | ||
223 | Mozambique | 16.8 years | 2013 | ||
224 | Zambia | 16.7 years | 2013 | ||
225 | South Sudan | 16.6 years | 2013 | ||
226 | Mali | 16 years | 2013 | ||
227 | Uganda | 15.5 years | 2013 | ||
228 | Niger | 15 years | 2013 |
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Interesting observations about People > Median age > Total
- Hong Kong ranked first for median age > total amongst Hot countries in 2013.
- Monaco ranked first for median age > total amongst Christian countries in 2013.
- Canada ranked first for median age > total amongst Former British colonies in 2013.
- Japan ranked second for median age > total globally in 2013.
- Italy ranked first for median age > total amongst Catholic countries in 2013.
- Qatar ranked first for median age > total amongst Muslim countries in 2013.
- Germany ranked first for median age > total amongst Cold countries in 2013.
- Austria ranked first for median age > total amongst Landlocked countries in 2013.
- Mauritius ranked first for median age > total amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2013.
- Bulgaria ranked first for median age > total amongst Emerging markets in 2013.