List of countries by median age

This article is a list of countries by median age.

Median age by country, CIA World Factbook 2018 est.

Methodology

Median age is the age that divides a population into two numerically equally sized 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 most European countries, Canada, Japan and South Korea.[2] The median age for women 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 2018 est.[3]

Country/Territory	Rank	Median (Years)	Male (Years)	Female (Years)
Afghanistan	207	18.9	18.8	18.9
Albania	95	32.9	31.6	34.3
Algeria	139	28.1	27.8	28.4
American Samoa	155	25.5	25.1	26.0
Andorra	10	44.3	44.4	44.1
Angola	227	15.9	15.4	16.3
Anguilla	81	34.8	32.9	36.7
Antigua and Barbuda	104	31.9	30.0	33.5
Argentina	106	31.7	30.5	32.9
Armenia	78	35.1	33.3	36.9
Aruba	55	39.3	37.5	41.1
Australia	58	38.7	37.9	39.5
Austria	13	44.0	42.8	45.1
Azerbaijan	100	32.3	30.8	33.0
The Bahamas	102	32.0	30.9	33.2
Bahrain	99	32.3	33.8	29.5
Bangladesh	147	26.7	26.0	27.3
Barbados	59	38.6	37.5	39.8
Belarus	51	40.0	37.1	43.1
Belgium	39	41.4	40.2	42.7
Belize	177	22.7	22.5	22.9
Benin	214	18.2	17.9	18.6
Bermuda	17	43.4	41.5	45.3
Bhutan	143	27.6	28.2	27.1
Bolivia	164	24.3	23.6	25.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	32	42.1	40.5	43.5
Botswana	161	24.5	23.5	25.6
Brazil	97	32.6	31.1	32.8
British Virgin Islands	72	36.5	36.3	36.6
Brunei	117	30.2	29.7	30.7
Bulgaria	21	42.7	40.9	44.7
Burkina Faso	220	17.3	17.1	17.4
Burma	136	28.2	27.4	29.0
Burundi	224	17.0	16.8	17.3
Cabo Verde	156	25.4	24.6	26.2
Cambodia	157	25.3	24.6	26.0
Cameroon	211	18.5	18.4	18.7
Canada	29	42.2	40.9	43.5
Cayman Islands	52	40.0	39.3	40.7
Central African Republic	197	19.7	19.4	20.0
Chad	218	17.8	16.8	18.8
Chile	85	34.4	33.2	35.6
China	67	37.4	36.5	38.4
Colombia	119	30.0	29.0	31.0
Comoros	193	19.9	19.2	20.5
Democratic Republic of the Congo	210	18.6	18.3	18.8
Republic of the Congo	201	19.7	19.5	19.8
Cook Islands	73	36.5	36.0	37.0
Costa Rica	109	31.3	30.8	31.8
Cote d'Ivoire	188	20.9	21.0	20.9
Croatia	19	43.0	41.1	45.0
Cuba	37	41.5	40.1	42.6
Curacao	74	36.1	33.5	39.7
Cyprus	68	36.8	35.5	38.3
Czech Republic	33	42.1	40.8	43.4
Denmark	30	42.2	41.2	43.2
Djibouti	168	23.9	22.1	25.3
Dominica	90	33.5	33.0	34.0
Dominican Republic	137	28.1	27.9	28.3
Ecuador	142	27.7	27.0	28.4
Egypt	167	23.9	23.6	24.2
El Salvador	146	27.1	25.6	28.6
Equatorial Guinea	196	19.8	19.3	20.3
Eritrea	200	19.7	19.2	20.1
Estonia	22	42.7	39.4	46.1
Eswatini (Swaziland)	182	21.7	21.5	21.9
Ethiopia	216	17.9	17.7	18.1
EU	20	42.9	41.5	44.3
Faroe Islands	66	37.6	37.1	38.3
Fiji	127	28.9	28.7	29.1
Finland	26	42.5	40.9	44.3
France	40	41.4	39.6	43.1
French Polynesia	104	31.9	31.7	32.1
Gabon	209	18.6	18.4	18.8
The Gambia	187	21.0	20.7	21.3
Palestine (Gaza Strip)	223	17.2	16.8	17.5
Georgia	60	38.1	35.3	40.9
Germany	3	47.1	46.0	48.2
Ghana	185	21.1	20.6	21.6
Gibraltar	83	34.7	33.8	35.7
Greece	6	44.5	43.5	45.6
Greenland	87	33.9	35.0	32.7
Grenada	108	31.5	31.5	31.6
Guam	126	29.0	28.3	29.7
Guatemala	180	22.1	21.4	22.8
Guernsey	14	43.8	42.5	45.1
Guinea-Bissau	190	20.1	19.7	20.6
Guinea	205	18.9	18.7	19.1
Guyana	150	26.2	25.9	26.6
Haiti	173	23.0	22.7	23.2
Honduras	174	23.0	22.6	23.3
Hong Kong	8	44.4	43.5	45.0
Hungary	28	42.3	40.4	44.3
Iceland	71	36.5	35.9	37.1
India	138	28.1	27.2	28.6
Indonesia	117	30.2	29.6	30.8
Iran	115	30.3	30.0	30.5
Iraq	192	20.0	19.8	20.3
Ireland	69	36.8	36.4	37.1
Isle of Man	11	44.2	43.3	44.9
Israel	120	29.9	29.3	30.6
Italy	5	45.5	44.4	46.5
Jamaica	151	26.0	25.5	26.5
Japan	2	47.3	46.0	48.7
Jersey	62	38.0	36.3	40.7
Jordan	178	22.5	22.9	22.0
Kazakhstan	111	30.6	29.3	31.9
Kenya	198	19.7	19.6	19.9
Kiribati	159	24.6	23.8	25.5
North Korea	86	34.0	32.5	35.6
South Korea	36	41.8	40.2	43.4
Kosovo	125	29.1	28.8	29.5
Kuwait	122	29.3	30.4	27.4
Kyrgyzstan	148	26.5	25.4	27.6
Laos	172	23.0	22.7	23.3
Latvia	16	43.6	39.7	46.9
Lebanon	112	30.5	29.9	31.1
Lesotho	165	24.2	24.2	24.2
Liberia	217	17.8	17.5	18.0
Libya	128	28.9	29.1	28.7
Liechtenstein	18	43.2	41.7	44.5
Lithuania	15	43.7	39.7	47.1
Luxembourg	54	39.3	38.7	39.9
Macau	56	39.3	39.5	39.1
North Macedonia	63	37.9	36.8	39.0
Madagascar	199	19.7	19.5	19.9
Malawi	226	16.5	16.4	16.7
Malaysia	130	28.5	28.2	28.8
Maldives	134	28.2	28.1	28.3
Mali	228	15.8	15.1	16.4
Malta	35	41.8	40.8	43.0
Marshall Islands	176	22.9	22.8	23.0
Mauritania	189	20.5	19.5	21.4
Mauritius	77	35.3	34.2	36.3
Mexico	130	28.3	27.2	29.4
Federated States of Micronesia	158	25.1	24.4	25.8
Moldova	70	36.7	34.9	38.6
Monaco	1	53.1	51.7	54.5
Mongolia	133	28.3	27.5	29.2
Montenegro	45	40.7	39.9	41.8
Montserrat	93	33.2	32.6	33.7
Morocco	123	29.3	28.6	29.9
Mozambique	222	17.2	16.6	17.8
Namibia	183	21.2	20.4	21.9
Nauru	149	26.4	27.0	25.7
Nepal	166	24.1	22.8	25.3
Netherlands	24	42.6	41.5	43.6
New Caledonia	102	32.0	31.3	32.7
New Zealand	64	37.9	37.1	38.8
Nicaragua	152	25.7	24.8	26.6
Nigeria	212	18.4	18.3	18.5
Niger	230	15.4	15.3	15.5
Northern Mariana Islands	89	33.6	32.8	34.4
Norway	57	39.2	38.4	40.0
Oman	154	25.6	26.6	24.2
Pakistan	169	23.8	23.7	23.8
Palau	91	33.4	32.7	35.0
Panama	124	29.2	28.8	29.6
Papua New Guinea	171	23.1	23.2	23.1
Paraguay	135	28.2	28.0	28.5
Peru	140	28.0	27.2	28.8
Philippines	170	23.5	23.1	24.0
Poland	46	40.7	39.0	42.4
Portugal	31	42.2	40.2	44.4
Puerto Rico	38	41.5	39.5	43.2
Qatar	93	33.2	34.3	28.1
Romania	42	41.1	39.7	42.6
Russia	53	39.6	36.6	42.5
Rwanda	203	19.0	18.3	19.8
Saint Barthelemy	12	44.1	44.1	44.2
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	34	41.9	42.0	41.9
Saint Kitts and Nevis	80	35.0	35.2	34.8
Saint Lucia	82	34.8	33.7	36.0
Saint Martin	98	32.5	31.6	33.4
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4	46.5	46.0	47.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	88	33.6	33.8	33.4
Samoa	162	24.4	24.1	24.6
San Marino	9	44.4	43.3	45.4
Sao Tome and Principe	213	18.4	18.0	18.8
Saudi Arabia	144	27.5	28.2	26.7
Senegal	208	18.8	18.0	19.7
Serbia	25	42.6	40.9	44.3
Seychelles	76	35.4	34.9	36.0
Sierra Leone	204	19.0	18.4	19.6
Singapore	84	34.6	34.5	34.7
Sint Maarten	43	41.0	39.9	42.0
Slovakia	49	40.5	38.8	42.3
Slovenia	7	44.5	42.8	46.2
Solomon Islands	179	22.5	22.3	22.8
Somalia	215	18.1	18.3	17.9
South Africa	145	27.1	26.9	27.3
South Sudan	221	17.3	17.2	17.5
Spain	23	42.7	41.5	43.9
Sri Lanka	96	32.8	31.5	34.0
Sudan	194	19.9	19.7	20.1
Suriname	121	29.8	29.4	30.2
Sweden	41	41.2	40.2	42.2
Switzerland	27	42.4	41.4	43.4
Syria	163	24.3	23.9	24.8
Taiwan	47	40.7	40.0	41.5
Tajikistan	160	24.5	23.9	25.1
Tanzania	219	17.7	17.5	18.0
Thailand	65	37.7	36.6	38.7
East Timor	206	18.9	18.3	19.6
Togo	195	19.8	19.5	20.1
Tonga	175	23.0	22.5	23.4
Trinidad and Tobago	75	36.0	35.6	36.6
Tunisia	107	31.6	31.0	32.2
Turkey	110	30.9	30.5	31.4
Turkmenistan	140	27.9	27.5	28.4
Turks and Caicos Islands	92	33.3	33.6	33.0
Tuvalu	153	25.7	24.7	26.9
Uganda	229	15.8	15.7	15.9
Ukraine	48	40.6	37.4	43.7
United Arab Emirates	115	30.3	32.1	25.0
United Kingdom	50	40.5	39.3	41.7
United States	61	38.1	36.8	39.4
Uruguay	79	35.0	33.1	36.7
Uzbekistan	129	28.6	28.0	29.2
Vanuatu	181	22.0	21.6	22.4
Venezuela	132	28.3	27.6	29.0
Vietnam	112	30.5	29.4	31.7
Virgin Islands	44	41.0	39.9	41.9
Wallis and Futuna	101	32.2	31.3	33.4
Palestine (West Bank)	186	21.1	20.9	21.3
Western Sahara	184	21.1	20.9	21.3
World	114	30.4	29.6	31.1
Yemen	202	19.5	19.3	19.6
Zambia	225	16.8	16.6	16.9
Zimbabwe	191	20.0	19.6	20.4

See also

• Population pyramid
• List of U.S. states and territories by median age

References

1. Field Listing - Median age, The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency. Data last updated on April 2, 2009.
3. CIA The World Factbook/ Median Age 2018. Retrieved 03/12/2017.

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