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.

Currently, the median age ranges from a low of about 15 in Niger to 40 or more in several European countries, Canada and Japan. 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 2017 est.

Country/Territory	Rank	Total (Year)	Male (Year)	Female (Year)
Afghanistan	208	18.8	18.8	18.9
Albania	95	32.9	31.6	34.3
Algeria	136	28.1	27.8	28.4
American Samoa	122	25.5	25.1	26.0
Andorra	10	44.3	44.4	44.1
Angola	214	15.9	15.4	16.3
Anguilla	79	34.8	32.9	36.7
Antigua and Barbuda	102	31.9	30.0	33.5
Argentina	105	31.7	30.5	32.9
Armenia	80	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	107	31.3	29.8	33.0
The Bahamas	100	32.0	30.9	33.2
Bahrain	99	32.3	33.8	29.5
Bangladesh	148	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	216	18.2	17.9	18.6
Bermuda	17	43.4	41.5	45.3
Bhutan	144	27.6	28.2	27.1
Bolivia	162	24.3	23.6	25.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	32	42.1	40.5	43.5
Botswana	170	24.5	23.5	25.6
Brazil	103	32.0	31.1	32.8
British Virgin Islands	72	36.5	36.3	36.6
Brunei	116	30.2	29.7	30.7
Bulgaria	21	42.7	40.9	44.7
Burkina Faso	221	17.3	17.1	17.4
Burma	128	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	210	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	195	19.7	19.4	20.0
Chad	219	17.8	16.8	18.8
Chile	85	34.4	33.2	35.6
China	67	37.4	36.5	38.4
Colombia	120	30.0	29.0	31.0
Comoros	196	19.9	19.2	20.5
Democratic Republic of the Congo	211	18.6	18.3	18.8
Republic of the Congo	193	19.7	19.5	19.8
Cook Islands	74	36.5	36.0	37.0
Costa Rica	108	31.3	30.8	31.8
Cote d'Ivoire	187	20.9	21.0	20.9
Croatia	19	43.0	41.1	45.0
Cuba	37	41.5	40.1	42.6
Curacao	73	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	167	23.9	22.1	25.3
Dominica	89	33.5	33.0	34.0
Dominican Republic	137	28.1	27.9	28.3
Ecuador	143	27.7	27.0	28.4
Egypt	165	23.9	23.6	24.2
El Salvador	147	27.1	25.6	28.6
Equatorial Guinea	197	19.8	19.3	20.3
Eritrea	201	19.7	19.2	20.1
Estonia	22	42.7	39.4	46.1
Eswatini (Swaziland)	182	21.7	21.5	21.9
Ethiopia	218	17.9	17.7	18.1
European Union	20	42.9	41.5	44.3
Faroe Islands	64	37.6	37.1	38.3
Fiji	129	28.9	28.7	29.1
Finland	26	42.5	40.9	44.3
France	40	41.4	39.6	43.1
French Polynesia	106	31.9	31.7	32.1
Gabon	209	18.6	18.4	18.8
The Gambia	188	21.0	20.7	21.3
Gaza Strip	225	17.2	16.8	17.5
Georgia	60	38.1	35.3	40.9
Germany	3	47.1	46.0	48.2
Ghana	184	21.1	20.6	21.6
Gibraltar	81	34.7	33.8	35.7
Greece	6	44.5	43.5	45.6
Greenland	86	33.9	35.0	32.7
Grenada	109	31.5	31.5	31.6
Guam	111	29.0	28.3	29.7
Guatemala	180	22.1	21.4	22.8
Guernsey	14	43.8	42.5	45.1
Guinea-Bissau	191	20.1	19.7	20.6
Guinea	205	18.9	18.7	19.1
Guyana	151	26.2	25.9	26.6
Haiti	174	23.0	22.7	23.2
Honduras	175	23.0	22.6	23.3
Hong Kong	8	44.4	43.5	45.0
Hungary	28	42.3	40.4	44.3
Iceland	70	36.5	35.9	37.1
India	141	27.9	27.2	28.6
Indonesia	117	30.2	29.6	30.8
Iran	123	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	119	29.9	29.3	30.6
Italy	5	45.5	44.4	46.5
Jamaica	152	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	112	30.6	29.3	31.9
Kenya	199	19.7	19.6	19.9
Kiribati	159	24.6	23.8	25.5
North Korea	87	34.0	32.5	35.6
South Korea	36	41.8	40.2	43.4
Kosovo	127	29.1	28.8	29.5
Kuwait	124	29.3	30.4	27.4
Kyrgyzstan	149	26.5	25.4	27.6
Laos	172	23.0	22.7	23.3
Latvia	16	43.6	39.7	46.9
Lebanon	118	30.5	29.9	31.1
Lesotho	163	24.2	24.2	24.2
Liberia	212	17.8	17.5	18.0
Libya	130	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
Macedonia	65	37.9	36.8	39.0
Madagascar	200	19.7	19.5	19.9
Malawi	227	16.5	16.4	16.7
Malaysia	131	28.5	28.2	28.8
Maldives	138	28.2	28.1	28.3
Mali	228	15.8	15.1	16.4
Malta	35	41.8	40.8	43.0
Marshall Islands	173	22.9	22.8	23.0
Mauritania	190	20.5	19.5	21.4
Mauritius	77	35.3	34.2	36.3
Mexico	133	28.3	27.2	29.4
Federated States of Micronesia	158	25.1	24.4	25.8
Moldova	71	36.7	34.9	38.6
Monaco	1	53.1	51.7	54.5
Mongolia	135	28.3	27.5	29.2
Montenegro	45	40.7	39.9	41.8
Montserrat	94	33.2	32.6	33.7
Morocco	125	29.3	28.6	29.9
Mozambique	222	17.2	16.6	17.8
Namibia	185	21.2	20.4	21.9
Nauru	150	26.4	27.0	25.7
Nepal	166	24.1	22.8	25.3
Netherlands	24	42.6	41.5	43.6
New Caledonia	101	32.0	31.3	32.7
New Zealand	63	37.9	37.1	38.8
Nicaragua	154	25.7	24.8	26.6
Nigeria	213	18.4	18.3	18.5
Niger	230	15.4	15.3	15.5
Northern Mariana Islands	93	33.6	32.8	34.4
Norway	57	39.2	38.4	40.0
Oman	153	25.6	26.6	24.2
Pakistan	168	23.8	23.7	23.8
Palau	88	33.4	32.7	35.0
Panama	126	29.2	28.8	29.6
Papua New Guinea	171	23.1	23.2	23.1
Paraguay	139	28.2	28.0	28.5
Peru	140	28.0	27.2	28.8
Philippines	169	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	90	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	82	35.0	35.2	34.8
Saint Lucia	84	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	91	33.6	33.8	33.4
Samoa	164	24.4	24.1	24.6
San Marino	9	44.4	43.3	45.4
Sao Tome and Principe	215	18.4	18.0	18.8
Saudi Arabia	145	27.5	28.2	26.7
Senegal	207	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	83	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	217	18.1	18.3	17.9
South Africa	146	27.1	26.9	27.3
South Sudan	223	17.3	17.2	17.5
Spain	23	42.7	41.5	43.9
Sri Lanka	96	32.8	31.5	34.0
Sudan	198	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	161	24.3	23.9	24.8
Taiwan	47	40.7	40.0	41.5
Tajikistan	160	24.5	23.9	25.1
Tanzania	220	17.7	17.5	18.0
Thailand	66	37.7	36.6	38.7
Timor-Leste	206	18.9	18.3	19.6
Togo	194	19.8	19.5	20.1
Tonga	176	23.0	22.5	23.4
Trinidad and Tobago	75	36.0	35.6	36.6
Tunisia	97	31.6	31.0	32.2
Turkey	110	30.9	30.5	31.4
Turkmenistan	142	27.9	27.5	28.4
Turks and Caicos Islands	92	33.3	33.6	33.0
Tuvalu	155	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	113	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	78	35.0	33.1	36.7
Uzbekistan	132	28.6	28.0	29.2
Vanuatu	181	22.0	21.6	22.4
Venezuela	134	28.3	27.6	29.0
Vietnam	114	30.5	29.4	31.7
Virgin Islands	44	41.0	39.9	41.9
Wallis and Futuna	104	32.2	31.3	33.4
West Bank	186	21.1	20.9	21.3
Western Sahara	183	21.1	20.9	21.3
World	115	30.4	29.6	31.1
Yemen	202	19.5	19.3	19.6
Zambia	226	16.8	16.6	16.9
Zimbabwe	189	20.0	19.6	20.4

See also

• Youth bulge

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