People > Median age > Female: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: This entry is derived from People > Median age, which 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.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Monaco	51.7 years	2013
2	Japan	47.2 years	2013
3	Germany	46.8 years	2013
4	Italy	45.3 years	2013
5	Hong Kong	45 years	2013
=6	Austria	44.9 years	2013
=6	Slovenia	44.9 years	2013
8	Finland	44.8 years	2013
9	Bulgaria	44.4 years	2013
=10	Bermuda	44.3 years	2013
=10	Greece	44.3 years	2013
=10	Estonia	44.3 years	2013
=10	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	44.3 years	2013
14	Belgium	44.2 years	2013
15	Latvia	44.1 years	2013
16	San Marino	44 years	2013
17	Guernsey	43.9 years	2013
18	Isle of Man	43.8 years	2013
19	Croatia	43.7 years	2013
=20	Sweden	43.5 years	2013
=20	Ukraine	43.5 years	2013
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	43.43 years	2013
22	Serbia	43.4 years	2013
=23	Lithuania	43.3 years	2013
=23	Virgin Islands	43.3 years	2013
25	Hungary	43.2 years	2013
	Western Europe average (profile)	43.12 years	2013
=26	Czech Republic	43.1 years	2013
=26	Liechtenstein	43.1 years	2013
28	Portugal	42.9 years	2013
	Eurozone average (profile)	42.72 years	2013
	European Union average (profile)	42.71 years	2013
=29	Switzerland	42.7 years	2013
=29	Canada	42.7 years	2013
=31	Spain	42.6 years	2013
=31	Netherlands	42.6 years	2013
33	Denmark	42.3 years	2013
34	Belarus	42.2 years	2013
=35	Georgia	42.1 years	2013
=35	France	42.1 years	2013
	NATO countries average (profile)	41.87 years	2013
=37	Malta	41.8 years	2013
=37	Russia	41.8 years	2013
=39	Jersey	41.7 years	2013
=39	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.7 years	2013
41	Saint Barthelemy	41.6 years	2013
	Southern Europe average (profile)	41.6 years	2013
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	41.58 years	2013
42	Andorra	41.5 years	2013
=43	United Kingdom	41.4 years	2013
=43	Norway	41.4 years	2013
	Europe average (profile)	41.3 years	2013
=45	Romania	41 years	2013
=45	South Korea	41 years	2013
47	Poland	40.9 years	2013
48	Luxembourg	40.6 years	2013
49	Aruba	40.4 years	2013
50	Cuba	40.3 years	2013
51	Montenegro	40.1 years	2013
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	40.04 years	2013
52	Puerto Rico	40 years	2013
=53	Slovakia	39.9 years	2013
=53	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	39.9 years	2013
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	39.85 years	2013
55	Cayman Islands	39.8 years	2013
56	Taiwan	39.4 years	2013
	Cold countries average (profile)	38.93 years	2013
57	Australia	38.8 years	2013
58	Saint Helena	38.7 years	2011
59	United States	38.5 years	2013
60	Barbados	38.4 years	2013
61	Faroe Islands	38.3 years	2013
62	New Zealand	38.2 years	2013
63	Republic of Macedonia	37.6 years	2013
64	Moldova	37.4 years	2013
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	37.23 years	2013
65	China	37.2 years	2013
66	Cyprus	37.1 years	2013
67	Macau	36.7 years	2013
68	Iceland	36.6 years	2013
	Potential Future EU Members average (profile)	36.15 years	2013
69	Thailand	36.1 years	2013
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	36.05 years	2013
=70	Ireland	35.8 years	2013
=70	Netherlands Antilles	35.8 years	2010
=72	Uruguay	35.7 years	2013
=72	Armenia	35.7 years	2013
=74	British Virgin Islands	35.4 years	2013
=74	Anguilla	35.4 years	2013
=76	North Korea	34.8 years	2013
=76	Gibraltar	34.8 years	2013
=78	Trinidad and Tobago	34.4 years	2013
=78	Mauritius	34.4 years	2013
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	34.35 years	2013
=80	Chile	34.3 years	2013
=80	Cook Islands	34.3 years	2013
	Emerging markets average (profile)	34.25 years	2013
	Densely populated countries average (profile)	34.04 years	2013
82	Seychelles	34 years	2013
83	Palau	33.9 years	2013
84	Singapore	33.7 years	2013
85	Saint Lucia	33.3 years	2013
86	Saint Kitts and Nevis	32.9 years	2013
	Catholic countries average (profile)	32.67 years	2013
87	Sri Lanka	32.5 years	2013
=88	Albania	32.4 years	2013
=88	Saint Martin	32.4 years	2013
90	Antigua and Barbuda	32.3 years	2013
91	Greenland	32.2 years	2013
=92	Argentina	32.1 years	2013
=92	Lebanon	32.1 years	2013
=92	Dominica	32.1 years	2013
95	The Bahamas	32 years	2013
	Christian countries average (profile)	31.97 years	2013
96	Azerbaijan	31.6 years	2013
97	Northern Mariana Islands	31.5 years	2013
=98	Tunisia	31.3 years	2013
=98	New Caledonia	31.3 years	2013
=98	Montserrat	31.3 years	2013
101	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	31.2 years	2013
102	Brazil	31.1 years	2013
103	Turks and Caicos Islands	31 years	2013
=104	Kazakhstan	30.9 years	2013
=104	Wallis and Futuna	30.9 years	2013
106	Israel	30.4 years	2013
107	French Polynesia	30.3 years	2013
108	Guam	30.2 years	2013
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	30.19 years	2013
109	Costa Rica	30 years	2013
110	Vietnam	29.7 years	2013
111	Turkey	29.6 years	2013
=112	Colombia	29.5 years	2013
=112	Indonesia	29.5 years	2013
114	Grenada	29.3 years	2013
115	Brunei	29.2 years	2013
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	29.03 years	2013
116	Mexico	28.8 years	2013
	Religious countries average (profile)	28.71 years	2013
117	Bahrain	28.6 years	2013
118	Suriname	28.5 years	2013
119	Panama	28.4 years	2013
=120	Burma	28.2 years	2013
=120	Morocco	28.2 years	2013
122	Iran	28.1 years	2013
123	Qatar	28 years	2013
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	27.81 years	2013
=124	Fiji	27.8 years	2013
=124	Kosovo	27.8 years	2013
126	Malaysia	27.6 years	2013
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	27.48 years	2013
=127	Peru	27.4 years	2013
=127	India	27.4 years	2013
=129	Mongolia	27.3 years	2013
=129	Venezuela	27.3 years	2013
=129	American Samoa	27.3 years	2013
=132	Algeria	27.2 years	2013
=132	Uzbekistan	27.2 years	2013
=134	Ecuador	26.9 years	2013
=134	Libya	26.9 years	2013
=134	Dominican Republic	26.9 years	2013
=137	Kuwait	26.6 years	2013
=137	El Salvador	26.6 years	2013
=137	Turkmenistan	26.6 years	2013
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	26.5 years	2013
140	Paraguay	26.5 years	2013
141	Kyrgyzstan	26.4 years	2013
	Former British colonies average (profile)	26.34 years	2013
142	Tuvalu	26.3 years	2013
143	Maldives	26.2 years	2013
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	26.18 years	2013
144	South Africa	25.8 years	2013
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	25.68 years	2013
	Hot countries average (profile)	25.35 years	2013
145	Guyana	25.3 years	2013
=146	Egypt	25.2 years	2013
=146	Jamaica	25.2 years	2013
148	Bhutan	25.1 years	2013
149	United Arab Emirates	25 years	2013
150	Saudi Arabia	24.8 years	2013
151	Nauru	24.7 years	2013
	OPEC countries average (profile)	24.69 years	2013
152	Nicaragua	24.6 years	2013
=153	Cape Verde	24.4 years	2013
=153	Cambodia	24.4 years	2013
=153	Bangladesh	24.4 years	2013
	Muslim countries average (profile)	24.21 years	2013
156	Kiribati	24.1 years	2013
157	Federated States of Micronesia	24 years	2013
=158	Bolivia	23.8 years	2013
=158	Philippines	23.8 years	2013
=160	Djibouti	23.7 years	2013
=160	Tajikistan	23.7 years	2013
	South Asia average (profile)	23.44 years	2013
162	Lesotho	23.4 years	2013
163	Nepal	23.2 years	2013
164	Oman	23.1 years	2013
=165	Samoa	22.9 years	2013
=165	Syria	22.9 years	2013
=165	Jordan	22.9 years	2013
168	Botswana	22.7 years	2013
=169	Namibia	22.4 years	2013
=169	Marshall Islands	22.4 years	2013
171	Pakistan	22.3 years	2013
172	Tonga	22.2 years	2013
=173	Haiti	22.1 years	2013
=173	West Bank	22.1 years	2013
175	Honduras	22 years	2013
=176	Laos	21.9 years	2013
=176	Papua New Guinea	21.9 years	2013
178	Belize	21.7 years	2013
	Former French colonies average (profile)	21.66 years	2013
179	Solomon Islands	21.6 years	2013
180	Iraq	21.4 years	2013
181	Guatemala	21.3 years	2013
182	Ghana	21.2 years	2013
=183	Western Sahara	21.1 years	2013
=183	Vanuatu	21.1 years	2013
=183	Swaziland	21.1 years	2013
186	Mauritania	20.7 years	2013
=187	Guinea-Bissau	20.2 years	2013
=187	The Gambia	20.2 years	2013
189	Zimbabwe	20 years	2013
190	Cote d'Ivoire	19.9 years	2013
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	19.87 years	2013
=191	Equatorial Guinea	19.8 years	2013
=191	Cameroon	19.8 years	2013
=193	Togo	19.7 years	2013
=193	Central African Republic	19.7 years	2013
=195	Comoros	19.6 years	2013
=195	Sierra Leone	19.6 years	2013
	failed states average (profile)	19.31 years	2013
197	Eritrea	19.3 years	2013
198	Madagascar	19.2 years	2013
=199	Senegal	19.1 years	2013
=199	Sudan	19.1 years	2013
=201	Kenya	19 years	2013
=201	Rwanda	19 years	2013
=201	East Timor	19 years	2013
=204	Gabon	18.8 years	2013
=204	Guinea	18.8 years	2013
206	Yemen	18.6 years	2013
207	Nigeria	18.4 years	2013
208	Gaza Strip	18.2 years	2013
=209	Chad	18.1 years	2013
=209	Sao Tome and Principe	18.1 years	2013
=209	Liberia	18.1 years	2013
=212	Benin	18 years	2013
=212	Afghanistan	18 years	2013
=214	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17.9 years	2013
=214	Angola	17.9 years	2013
=216	Somalia	17.6 years	2013
=216	Tanzania	17.6 years	2013
=216	Ethiopia	17.6 years	2013
219	Mozambique	17.5 years	2013
220	Malawi	17.4 years	2013
221	Congo, Republic of the	17.3 years	2013
222	Burundi	17.2 years	2013
223	Burkina Faso	17.1 years	2013
=224	South Sudan	16.8 years	2013
=224	Zambia	16.8 years	2013
226	Mali	16.6 years	2013
227	Mayotte	16.5 years	2010
228	Uganda	15.5 years	2013
229	Niger	15.1 years	2013

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