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This chart shows the World Median Ages by Country.

Median age 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 Niger and Monaco to 50 or more in several European countries and Japan.

YOUNGEST :

Niger (15.2)
Uganda (15.6)
Mali (16.1)
Malawi (16.4)
Zambia (16.7)

OLDEST :

Monaco (51.7)
Germany (46.5)
Japan (46.5)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (45.2)
Virgin Islands (44.9)

Last updated: 9 years ago

Category: People

Country	Total Median age	Male	Female
Afghanistan	18.4	18.3	18.4
Albania	32	30.8	33.3
Algeria	27.5	27.2	27.8
American Samoa	28.8	29.4	28.3
Andorra	43	43.2	42.8
Angola	18	17.8	18.2
Anguilla	34.3	32.5	36.1
Antigua and Barbuda	31.4	29.6	32.9
Argentina	31.4	30.3	32.6
Armenia	34.2	32.3	32.6
Aruba	39	37.1	40.8
Australia	38.4	37.7	39.2
Austria	43.6	42.5	44.6
Azerbaijan	30.5	28.9	32.2
Bahamas, The	31.5	30.4	32.6
Bahrain	31.8	33.3	29.1
Bangladesh	24.7	24.2	25.1
Barbados	38	36.9	39.1
Belarus	39.6	36.5	42.6
Belgium	41.4	40.2	42.6
Belize	22.1	21.9	22.3
Benin	17.9	17.5	18.3
Bermuda	43.1	41.2	44.9
Bhutan	26.7	27.2	26.1
Bolivia	23.7	22.9	24.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.2	39.8	42.6
Botswana	23.1	23.1	23
Brazil	31.1	30.3	31.9
British Virgin Islands	35.9	35.8	36
Brunei	29.6	29.2	29.9
Bulgaria	42.1	40.2	44.2
Burkina Faso	17.1	17	17.3
Burma	28.3	27.7	28.9
Burundi	17	16.8	17.2
Cambodia	24.5	23.8	25.2
Cameroon	18.4	18.3	18.5
Canada	41.8	40.6	43.1
Cape Verde	24.5	23.6	25.3
Cayman Islands	39.7	39	40.3
Central African Republic	19.5	19.2	19.9
Chad	17.4	16.4	18.4
Chile	33.7	32.5	34.9
China	36.8	36	37.7
Colombia	29.3	28.3	30.3
Comoros	19.4	18.7	20
Cook Islands	35.25	34.26	35.7
Costa Rica	30.4	30	30.9
Cote d'Ivoire	20.5	20.6	20.4
Croatia	42.63	40.5	44.1
Cuba	40.4	39.5	41.3
Curacao	36.1	33	39.9
Cyprus	36.1	34.7	37.7
Czech Republic	41.3	40	42.6
Democratic Republic of the Congo	18.1	17.9	18.4
Denmark	41.8	40.9	42.8
Djibouti	23.2	21.5	24.5
Dominica	32.6	32.1	33
Dominican Republic	27.4	27.2	27.6
Ecuador	27	26.3	27.7
Egypt	25.3	24.9	25.6
El Salvador	26.1	24.6	27.6
Equatorial Guinea	19.5	19	20
Eritrea	19.3	19	19.7
Estonia	42.1	38.7	45.5
Ethiopia	17.7	17.5	17.8
European Union	42.5	41	43.9
Faroe Islands	37.7	37.1	38.4
Fiji	28.2	28	28.4
Finland	42.4	40.7	44.3
France	41.1	39.4	42.6
French Polynesia	31	30.9	31.2
Gabon	18.6	18.4	18.8
Gambia, The	20.5	20.2	20.8
Gaza Strip	18.4	18.2	18.6
Georgia	37.9	35	40.5
Germany	46.5	45.4	47.5
Ghana	20.9	20.5	21.4
Gibraltar	34.2	33.3	35.2
Greece	43.8	42.8	44.9
Greenland	33.7	34.9	32.5
Grenada	30.4	30.4	30.4
Guam	30.1	29.6	30.7
Guatemala	21.4	20.7	22
Guernsey	43.4	42.1	44.5
Guinea	18.8	18.5	19
Guinea-Bissau	19.9	19.4	20.4
Guyana	25.4	25	25.8
Haiti	22.5	22.3	22.7
Honduras	22.3	21.9	22.7
Hong Kong	43.6	43	44
Hungary	41.4	39.5	43.8
Iceland	36	35.4	36.7
India	27.3	26.7	28
Indonesia	29.6	29	30.2
Iran	28.8	28.6	29.1
Iraq	19.7	19.4	20
Ireland	36.1	35.8	36.4
Isle of Man	43.7	42.9	44.4
Israel	39.6	28.9	30.2
Italy	44.8	43.7	45.9
Jamaica	25.3	24.8	25.8
Japan	46.5	45.2	47.9
Jersey	39	36.6	41.4
Jordan	22	21.7	22.4
Kazakhstan	30	28.7	31.3
Kenya	19.3	19.1	19.4
Kiribati	23.9	23.1	24.8
Kosovo	28.2	27.9	28.6
Kuwait	29	30.2	27
Kyrgyzstan	26	25	27
Laos	22.3	22	22.6
Latvia	42.9	39.2	46.3
Lebanon	29.4	28.8	30
Lesotho	23.8	23.8	23.8
Liberia	18.1	17.9	18.3
Libya	28	28.2	27.8
Liechtenstein	42.7	41.5	43.8
Lithuania	43.1	39.3	46.3
Luxembourg	39.2	38.6	39.9
Macau	38.2	38.7	37.9
Macedonia	37.2	36.1	38.3
Madagascar	19.4	19.2	19.5
Malawi	16.4	16.3	16.5
Malaysia	27.9	27.7	28.2
Maldives	27.4	27.5	27.3
Mali	16.1	15.5	16.8
Malta	41.2	40	42.4
Marshall Islands	22.6	22.5	22.7
Mauritania	20.1	19.2	21
Mauritius	34.4	33.5	35.3
Mexico	27.6	26.6	28.7
Micronesia, Federated States of	24.2	23.6	24.9
Moldova	36	34.2	38
Monaco	51.7	50.6	53
Mongolia	27.5	26.7	28.3
Montenegro	39.7	38.7	40.9
Montserrat	31.9	31.5	32.5
Morocco	28.5	27.9	29.1
Mozambique	17	16.4	17.6
Namibia	23.1	23.1	23.1
Nauru	25.7	26.1	25.3
Nepal	23.4	22.8	24
Netherlands	42.3	41.3	43.2
New Caledonia	31.4	30.7	32
New Zealand	37.7	36.8	38.5
Nicaragua	24.7	23.8	25.5
Niger	15.2	15.1	15.3
Nigeria	18.2	18.2	18.3
North Korea	33.6	32	35.2
Northern Mariana Islands	32.1	29.6	33
Norway	39.1	38.3	39.9
Oman	25.1	26.3	23.7
Pakistan	23	22.9	23
Palau	33.2	32.6	34.4
Panama	28.6	28.2	29
Papua New Guinea	22.6	22.8	22.5
Paraguay	27.3	27	27.5
Peru	27.3	26.6	28.1
Philippines	23.2	22.8	23.7
Poland	39.9	38.2	43.6
Portugal	41.5	39.4	43.6
Puerto Rico	39.1	37.1	41
Qatar	32.8	33.9	28.1
Republic of the Congo	19.8	19.6	19.9
Romania	40.2	38.8	41.7
Russia	39.1	36.2	42.1
Rwanda	18.8	18.6	19
Saint Barthelemy	43	43	43
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	41	41	41
Saint Kitts and Nevis	34	34.2	33.9
Saint Lucia	33.5	32.4	34.6
Saint Martin	32	31	32.9
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	45.2	44.8	45.6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	32.5	32.6	32.3
Samoa	23.5	23.3	23.8
San Marino	43.9	42.9	44.7
Sao Tome and Principe	17.9	17.5	18.4
Saudi Arabia	26.8	27.6	25.8
Senegal	18.5	17.7	19.4
Serbia	42.1	40.4	43.8
Seychelles	34.4	33.9	35
Sierra Leone	19	18.4	19.6
Singapore	34	33.9	34.1
Sint Maarten	40.4	39.6	41.3
Slovakia	39.6	37.9	41.4
Slovenia	43.8	42.1	45.6
Solomon Islands	21.9	21.7	22.1
Somalia	17.8	18	17.7
South Africa	26.5	26.2	26.7
South Korea	40.8	39.2	42.2
South Sudan	17	16.8	17.1
Spain	42	40.8	43.2
Sri Lanka	32.1	30.9	33.3
Sudan	19.3	19.1	19.6
Suriname	29.1	28.7	29.4
Swaziland	21.2	21	21.5
Sweden	41.2	40.2	42.2
Switzerland	42.1	41.1	43.1
Syria	23.8	23.3	24.1
Taiwan	39.7	39	40.4
Tajikistan	23.9	23.4	24.4
Tanzania	17.5	17.2	17.8
Thailand	36.7	35.7	37.7
Timor-Leste	18.6	18	19.2
Togo	19.6	19.4	19.9
Tonga	22.3	21.9	22.8
Trinidad and Tobago	35	34.5	35.5
Tunisia	31.9	31.5	32.3
Turkey	30.1	29.7	30.6
Turkmenistan	27.1	26.6	27.5
Turks and Caicos Islands	32.4	32.7	32
Tuvalu	25.2	24.1	26.6
Uganda	15.6	15.6	15.7
Ukraine	40.1	37	43.3
United Arab Emirates	30.3	32.1	25.1
United Kingdom	40.4	39.2	41.6
United States	37.8	36.5	39.2
Uruguay	34.5	32.8	36.2
Uzbekistan	27.6	27.1	28.2
Vanuatu	21.4	21	21.7
Venezuela	27.2	26.4	27.9
Vietnam	29.6	28.5	30.7
Virgin Islands	44.9	45.2	44.7
Wallis and Futuna	30.9	30	32.2
West Bank	22.7	22.6	22.9
Western Sahara	20.9	20.5	21.4
Yemen	18.9	18.8	19
Zambia	16.7	16.6	16.8
Zimbabwe	20.35	20.4	20.7

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