Country Comparison :: Median age

This entry 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.

All data in the table below is based on 2010 estimates.

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Rank	Country	(Years)
1	Monaco	48.90
2	Japan	44.60
3	Germany	44.30
4	Italy	43.70
5	Hong Kong	42.80
6	Austria	42.60
7	Finland	42.30
8	Isle of Man	42.30
9	Greece	42.20
10	San Marino	42.10
11	Slovenia	42.10
12	Belgium	42.00
13	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	42.00
14	Guernsey	41.90
15	Sweden	41.70
16	Bermuda	41.60
17	Bulgaria	41.60
18	Liechtenstein	41.40
19	Switzerland	41.30
20	Croatia	41.20
21	Serbia	41.10
22	Netherlands	40.80
23	Canada	40.70
24	Denmark	40.70
25	Czech Republic	40.40
26	Latvia	40.40
27	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40.30
28	Estonia	40.20
29	Jersey	40.10
30	Spain	40.10
31	Hungary	40.00
32	Andorra	39.90
33	Saint Barthelemy	39.80
34	Virgin Islands	39.80
35	United Kingdom	39.80
36	France	39.70
37	Norway	39.70
38	Ukraine	39.70
39	Portugal	39.70
40	Lithuania	39.70
41	Malta	39.70
42	Singapore	39.60
43	Luxembourg	39.30
44	Belarus	38.80
45	Georgia	38.80
46	Russia	38.50
47	Cayman Islands	38.40
48	Romania	38.40
49	Poland	38.20
50	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	38.20
51	Aruba	38.00
52	Korea, South	37.90
53	Cuba	37.80
54	Australia	37.50
55	Slovakia	37.30
56	Montenegro	37.20
57	Faroe Islands	37.10
58	Taiwan	37.00
59	New Zealand	36.80
60	Puerto Rico	36.80
61	United States	36.80
62	Barbados	36.20
63	Macau	35.60
64	Iceland	35.40
65	Macedonia	35.40
66	China	35.20
67	Moldova	35.00
68	Cyprus	34.50
69	Ireland	34.50
70	Thailand	34.00
71	Korea, North	33.90
72	Uruguay	33.70
73	Greenland	33.50
74	Gibraltar	33.10
75	Anguilla	33.00
76	British Virgin Islands	32.60
77	Trinidad and Tobago	32.60
78	Palau	32.40
79	Mauritius	32.30
80	Seychelles	32.00
81	Armenia	31.90
82	Chile	31.70
83	Saint Kitts and Nevis	31.50
84	Sri Lanka	31.30
85	Cook Islands	31.20
86	Qatar	30.80
87	Saint Martin	30.80
88	Bahrain	30.40
89	Argentina	30.30
90	Dominica	30.30
91	Saint Lucia	30.30
92	United Arab Emirates	30.20
93	Albania	30.00
94	Antigua and Barbuda	30.00
95	Bahamas, The	29.90
96	Kazakhstan	29.90
97	New Caledonia	29.80
98	Tunisia	29.70
99	French Polynesia	29.50
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29.50
101	Lebanon	29.40
102	Israel	29.30
103	Northern Mariana Islands	29.30
104	Montserrat	29.10
105	Brazil	28.90
106	Azerbaijan	28.50
107	Costa Rica	28.40
108	Suriname	28.30
109	Grenada	28.20
110	Brunei	28.10
111	Turkey	28.10
112	Turks and Caicos Islands	28.00
113	Indonesia	27.90
114	Wallis and Futuna	27.90
115	Colombia	27.60
116	Vietnam	27.40
117	Panama	27.20
118	Algeria	27.10
119	Mexico	26.70
120	Fiji	26.60
121	Burma	26.50
122	Morocco	26.50
123	Malaysia	26.50
124	Kuwait	26.40
125	Peru	26.40
126	Iran	26.30
127	Kosovo	26.30
128	India	25.90
129	Maldives	25.90
130	Dominican Republic	25.80
131	Mongolia	25.80
132	Venezuela	25.80
133	Ecuador	25.30
134	Uzbekistan	25.20
135	Paraguay	24.90
136	Saudi Arabia	24.90
137	Turkmenistan	24.80
138	Kyrgyzstan	24.70
139	South Africa	24.70
140	Vanuatu	24.60
141	Bhutan	24.30
142	Libya	24.20
143	Egypt	24.00
144	El Salvador	23.90
145	Jamaica	23.90
146	Oman	23.90
147	Tuvalu	23.90
148	Nauru	23.80
149	Guyana	23.60
150	American Samoa	23.40
151	Bangladesh	22.90
152	Philippines	22.70
153	Tonga	22.70
154	Cambodia	22.60
155	Lesotho	22.60
156	Nicaragua	22.50
157	Micronesia, Federated States of	22.40
158	Cape Verde	22.30
159	Bolivia	22.20
160	Timor-Leste	22.20
161	Tajikistan	22.20
162	Kiribati	22.20
163	Botswana	22.00
164	Jordan	21.80
165	Samoa	21.80
166	Papua New Guinea	21.60
167	Marshall Islands	21.50
168	Syria	21.50
169	Djibouti	21.40
170	Namibia	21.40
171	Nepal	21.20
172	Pakistan	21.20
173	Ghana	21.10
174	Haiti	21.10
175	West Bank	20.90
176	Belize	20.70
177	Laos	20.70
178	Honduras	20.70
179	Iraq	20.60
180	Solomon Islands	20.60
181	Swaziland	20.10
182	Western Sahara	20.10
183	Guatemala	19.70
184	Cote d’Ivoire	19.40
185	Guinea-Bissau	19.40
186	Cameroon	19.30
187	Mauritania	19.30
188	Togo	19.20
189	Central African Republic	19.10
190	Nigeria	19.10
191	Equatorial Guinea	19.00
192	Sierra Leone	19.00
193	Comoros	18.90
194	Kenya	18.80
195	Gabon	18.60
196	Rwanda	18.60
197	Eritrea	18.50
198	Guinea	18.50
199	Liberia	18.40
200	Sudan	18.40
201	Tanzania	18.30
202	Madagascar	18.10
203	Afghanistan	18.00
204	Angola	18.00
205	Gambia, The	18.00
206	Senegal	17.90
207	Yemen	17.90
208	Zimbabwe	17.80
209	Somalia	17.60
210	Gaza Strip	17.50
211	Mozambique	17.50
212	Sao Tome and Principe	17.50
213	Benin	17.30
214	Mayotte	17.30
215	Malawi	17.10
216	Congo, Republic of the	16.90
217	Burkina Faso	16.80
218	Ethiopia	16.80
219	Burundi	16.80
220	Chad	16.60
221	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	16.50
222	Zambia	16.50
223	Mali	16.20
224	Niger	15.20
225	Uganda	15.00

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