List of countries by median age

Median age by country, CIA World Factbook 2016 est.

This article is a list of countries by median age.

Methodology

Median age 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.^[1]

Currently, the median age ranges from a low of about 15 in Niger to 40 or more in several European countries, Canada and Japan.^[2] The median age for females tends to be much greater than that of men in some of the ex-Soviet republics, while in the Global South the difference is far smaller or is reversed.

Countries

CIA World Factbook 2016 est.^[3]

Country/Territory	Rank	Total (Year)	Male (Year)	Female (Year)
Afghanistan	208	18.6	18.5	18.6
Albania	95	32.5	31.2	33.8
Algeria	136	27.8	27.5	28.1
American Samoa	122	29.4	29.9	28.8
Andorra	13	43.7	43.8	43.5
Angola	214	18.2	18	18.3
Anguilla	79	34.6	32.7	36.4
Antigua and Barbuda	102	31.6	29.8	33.2
Argentina	105	31.5	30.3	32.7
Armenia	80	34.6	32.8	36.5
Aruba	55	39.1	37.3	40.9
Australia	58	38.6	37.8	39.4
Austria	12	43.8	42.7	44.9
Azerbaijan	107	30.9	29.3	32.6
The Bahamas	100	31.8	30.6	32.9
Bahrain	99	32.1	33.5	29.3
Bangladesh	148	26.3	25.6	26.9
Barbados	60	38.3	37.2	39.4
Belarus	51	39.8	36.8	42.9
Belgium	37	41.4	40.2	42.7
Belize	177	22.4	22.2	22.6
Benin	216	18	17.7	18.4
Bermuda	18	43.2	41.4	45.1
Bhutan	144	27.2	27.7	26.6
Bolivia	162	24	23.3	24.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	33	41.7	40.2	43.1
Botswana	170	23.2	23.4	23.1
Brazil	103	31.6	30.7	32.4
British Virgin Islands	72	36.2	36	36.3
Brunei	116	29.9	29.5	30.3
Bulgaria	23	42.4	40.6	44.5
Burkina Faso	221	17.2	17	17.3
Burundi	224	17	16.8	17.2
Cabo Verde	156	24.9	24.1	25.7
Cambodia	157	24.9	24.2	25.6
Cameroon	210	18.5	18.4	18.6
Canada	29	42	40.8	43.3
Cayman Islands	50	39.9	39.2	40.5
Central African Republic	195	19.6	19.3	19.9
Chad	219	17.6	16.6	18.6
Chile	85	34	32.9	35.2
China	67	37.1	36.2	38.1
Colombia	120	29.6	28.7	30.6
Comoros	196	19.6	19	20.2
Democratic Republic of the Congo	211	18.4	18.1	18.6
Republic of the Congo	193	19.7	19.6	19.9
Cook Islands	74	35.9	35.3	36.4
Costa Rica	108	30.9	30.4	31.3
Cote d'Ivoire	187	20.7	20.8	20.6
Croatia	20	42.7	40.8	44.8
Cuba	41	41.1	40	42.2
Curacao	73	36	33.3	39.8
Cyprus	68	36.4	35.1	38
Czech Republic	34	41.7	40.4	43
Denmark	30	42	41.1	43
Djibouti	167	23.5	21.8	24.9
Dominica	89	33	32.5	33.5
Dominican Republic	137	27.8	27.6	28
Ecuador	143	27.4	26.7	28.1
Egypt	165	23.8	23.5	24.1
El Salvador	147	26.6	25.1	28.1
Equatorial Guinea	197	19.6	19.1	20.1
Eritrea	201	19.4	19	19.9
Estonia	24	42.4	39	45.8
Ethiopia	218	17.8	17.6	18
Europe	21	42.7	41.3	44.1
Faroe Islands	64	37.7	37.1	38.4
Fiji	129	28.6	28.4	28.8
Finland	25	42.4	40.8	44.3
France	38	41.2	39.5	42.9
French Polynesia	106	31.5	31.3	31.7
Gabon	209	18.6	18.4	18.8
The Gambia	188	20.7	20.4	21
Gaza Strip	225	16.9	16.6	17.2
Georgia	61	38	35.1	40.7
Germany	3	46.8	45.7	47.9
Ghana	184	21	20.5	21.5
Gibraltar	81	34.5	33.6	33.5
Greece	7	44.2	43.1	45.3
Greenland	86	33.8	35	32.6
Grenada	109	30.9	30.9	31
Guam	111	30.4	29.8	30.9
Guatemala	180	21.7	21	22.4
Guernsey	14	43.6	42.3	44.8
Guinea-Bissau	191	20	19.5	20.5
Guinea	205	18.8	18.6	19.1
Guyana	151	25.8	25.5	26.2
Haiti	174	22.6	22.4	22.8
Honduras	175	22.6	22.3	23
Hong Kong	10	44	43.2	44.5
Hungary	31	41.8	39.9	44.1
Iceland	70	36.3	35.7	36.9
India	141	27.6	26.9	28.3
Indonesia	117	29.9	29.3	30.5
Iran	123	29.4	29.1	29.7
Iraq	192	19.9	19.6	20.2
Ireland	69	36.4	36.1	36.8
Isle of Man	11	43.9	43.2	44.7
Israel	119	29.7	29.1	30.4
Italy	6	45.1	44	46.2
Jamaica	152	25.6	25.1	26.1
Japan	2	46.9	45.6	48.3
Jersey	59	38.5	36.2	41.2
Jordan	178	22.3	21.9	22.7
Kazakhstan	112	30.3	29	31.6
Kenya	199	19.5	19.4	19.6
Kiribati	159	24.3	23.2	25.1
North Korea	87	33.8	32.3	35.4
South Korea	39	41.2	39.7	42.8
Kosovo	127	28.7	28.3	29
Kuwait	124	29.2	30.3	27.2
Kyrgyzstan	149	26.2	25.2	27.3
Laos	172	22.7	22.4	23
Latvia	17	43.3	39.5	46.6
Lebanon	118	29.9	29.3	30.5
Lesotho	163	24	24	24
Liberia	212	18.3	18.1	18.5
Libya	130	28.5	28.6	28.3
Liechtenstein	19	42.9	41.7	44.1
Lithuania	16	43.4	39.5	46.7
Luxembourg	54	39.2	38.6	39.9
Macau	57	38.7	39.1	38.5
Macedonia	65	37.5	36.4	38.6
Madagascar	200	19.5	19.3	19.7
Malawi	227	16.5	16.3	16.6
Malaysia	131	28.2	28	28.5
Maldives	138	27.8	27.8	27.8
Mali	228	16.2	15.5	16.8
Malta	35	41.5	40.4	42.7
Marshall Islands	173	22.7	22.6	22.8
Mauritania	190	20.3	19.3	21.2
Mauritius	77	34.8	33.9	35.8
Mexico	133	28	26.9	29.1
Federated States of Micronesia	158	24.7	24	25.3
Moldova	71	36.3	34.5	38.3
Monaco	1	52.4	51.1	53.7
Mongolia	135	27.9	27.1	28.7
Montenegro	47	40.2	39.3	41.3
Montserrat	94	32.6	32.1	33.1
Morocco	125	28.9	28.3	29.5
Mozambique	222	17.1	16.5	17.7
Myanmar	128	28.6	28	29.3
Namibia	185	21	20.2	21.7
Nauru	150	26.1	26.5	25.5
Nepal	166	23.6	22.4	24.8
Netherlands	22	42.5	41.4	43.4
New Caledonia	101	31.7	31	32.4
New Zealand	63	37.8	36.9	38.7
Nicaragua	154	25.2	24.3	26
Nigeria	213	18.3	18.2	18.4
Niger	230	15.3	15.2	15.4
Northern Mariana Islands	93	32.7	30	33.7
Norway	56	39.1	38.4	40
Oman	153	25.4	26.5	24
Pakistan	168	23.4	23.3	23.4
Palau	88	33.3	32.7	34.7
Panama	126	28.9	28.5	29.3
Papua New Guinea	171	22.9	23	22.8
Paraguay	139	27.8	27.5	28
Peru	140	27.7	26.9	28.4
Philippines	169	23.4	22.9	23.8
Poland	46	40.3	38.6	42
Portugal	32	41.8	39.8	44
Puerto Rico	52	39.5	37.5	41.4
Qatar	90	33	24.1	28.1
Romania	42	40.7	39.3	42.1
Russia	53	39.3	36.4	42.3
Rwanda	203	19	18.7	19.2
Saint Barthelemy	15	43.6	43.5	43.6
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	36	41.5	41.5	41.4
Saint Kitts and Nevis	82	34.5	34.7	34.3
Saint Lucia	84	34.2	33	35.3
Saint Martin	98	32.3	31.3	33.2
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4	45.9	45.4	46.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	91	33	33.2	32.9
Samoa	164	23.9	23.7	24.2
San Marino	8	44.2	43.1	45.1
Sao Tome and Principe	215	18.2	17.8	18.6
Saudi Arabia	145	27.2	27.9	26.2
Senegal	207	18.7	17.8	19.6
Serbia	26	42.3	40.7	44
Seychelles	76	34.9	34.4	35.5
Sierra Leone	204	19	18.4	19.6
Singapore	83	34.3	34.2	34.4
Sint Maarten	43	40.7	39.8	41.7
Slovakia	49	40.1	38.4	41.9
Slovenia	9	44.1	42.5	45.9
Solomon Islands	179	22.2	22	22.4
Somalia	217	17.9	18.1	17.8
South Africa	146	26.8	26.5	27
South Sudan	223	17.1	17	17.3
Spain	27	42.3	41.2	43.6
Sri Lanka	96	32.5	31.2	33.7
Sudan	198	19.6	19.4	19.9
Suriname	121	29.5	29.1	29.9
Swaziland	182	21.4	21.2	21.7
Sweden	40	41.2	40.2	42.2
Switzerland	28	42.2	41.3	43.2
Syria	161	24.1	23.7	24.6
Taiwan	48	40.2	39.5	40.9
Tajikistan	160	24.2	23.6	24.8
Tanzania	220	17.6	17.3	17.9
Thailand	66	37.2	36.2	38.2
Timor-Leste	206	18.8	18.2	19.4
Togo	194	19.7	19.4	20
Tonga	176	22.6	22.2	23.1
Trinidad and Tobago	75	35.5	35	36
Tunisia	97	32.4	31.9	32.7
Turkey	110	30.5	30.1	31
Turkmenistan	142	27.5	27	28
Turks and Caicos Islands	92	32.9	33.2	32.5
Tuvalu	155	25.2	24.4	26.8
Uganda	229	15.7	15.6	15.8
Ukraine	45	40.4	37.2	43.5
United Arab Emirates	113	30.3	32.1	25.1
United Kingdom	44	40.5	39.3	41.7
United States	62	37.9	36.6	39.3
Uruguay	78	34.7	33	36.4
Uzbekistan	132	28.1	27.6	28.7
Vanuatu	181	21.7	21.3	22.1
Venezuela	134	28	27.3	28.7
Vietnam	114	30.1	28.9	31.2
Virgin Islands	5	45.6	45.9	45.3
Wallis and Futuna	104	31.6	30.6	32.8
West Bank	186	20.8	20.7	21
Western Sahara	183	21.1	20.7	21.6
World	115	30.1	29.4	30.9
Yemen	202	19.2	19.1	19.3
Zambia	226	16.7	16.6	16.9
Zimbabwe	189	20.6	20.5	20.8

See also

• Youth bulge

References

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