People > Median age > Male: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
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.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Monaco | 49.4 years | 2013 | ||
2 | Germany | 44.7 years | 2013 | ||
3 | Japan | 44.4 years | 2013 | ||
4 | Hong Kong | 43.8 years | 2013 | ||
5 | Virgin Islands | 43.7 years | 2013 | ||
6 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 43.5 years | 2013 | ||
7 | Italy | 43 years | 2013 | ||
8 | Austria | 42.8 years | 2013 | ||
9 | Isle of Man | 42.4 years | 2013 | ||
10 | San Marino | 42.3 years | 2013 | ||
11 | Greece | 42.1 years | 2013 | ||
12 | Andorra | 42 years | 2013 | ||
13 | Saint Barthelemy | 41.8 years | 2013 | ||
14 | Guernsey | 41.7 years | 2013 | ||
15 | Belgium | 41.5 years | 2013 | ||
16 | Slovenia | 41.4 years | 2013 | ||
=17 | Finland | 41.2 years | 2013 | ||
=17 | Sweden | 41.2 years | 2013 | ||
Western Europe average (profile) | 41.13 years | 2013 | |||
19 | Liechtenstein | 41.1 years | 2013 | ||
20 | Netherlands | 41 years | 2013 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 40.91 years | 2013 | |||
21 | Bermuda | 40.9 years | 2013 | ||
22 | Switzerland | 40.8 years | 2013 | ||
23 | Denmark | 40.5 years | 2013 | ||
24 | Canada | 40.2 years | 2013 | ||
=25 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 40 years | 2013 | ||
=25 | Serbia | 40 years | 2013 | ||
=25 | Spain | 40 years | 2013 | ||
=25 | Czech Republic | 40 years | 2013 | ||
=25 | Bulgaria | 40 years | 2013 | ||
=25 | Croatia | 40 years | 2013 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 39.71 years | 2013 | |||
31 | Norway | 39.7 years | 2013 | ||
32 | Serbia and Montenegro | 39.6 years | 2011 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 39.57 years | 2013 | |||
33 | Malta | 39.3 years | 2013 | ||
=34 | United Kingdom | 39.1 years | 2013 | ||
=34 | France | 39.1 years | 2013 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 39.07 years | 2013 | |||
Southern Europe average (profile) | 39.02 years | 2013 | |||
36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39 years | 2013 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 38.84 years | 2013 | |||
37 | Saint Helena | 38.8 years | 2011 | ||
=38 | Cayman Islands | 38.6 years | 2013 | ||
=38 | Cuba | 38.6 years | 2013 | ||
=38 | Hungary | 38.6 years | 2013 | ||
=38 | Portugal | 38.6 years | 2013 | ||
42 | Luxembourg | 38.5 years | 2013 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 38.26 years | 2013 | |||
=43 | Latvia | 38.2 years | 2013 | ||
=43 | Lithuania | 38.2 years | 2013 | ||
=43 | South Korea | 38.2 years | 2013 | ||
=46 | Romania | 38 years | 2013 | ||
=46 | Taiwan | 38 years | 2013 | ||
48 | Macau | 37.9 years | 2013 | ||
49 | Jersey | 37.7 years | 2013 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 37.68 years | 2013 | |||
50 | Montenegro | 37.6 years | 2013 | ||
51 | Poland | 37.5 years | 2013 | ||
52 | Estonia | 37.4 years | 2013 | ||
53 | Australia | 37.3 years | 2013 | ||
=54 | Ukraine | 37.1 years | 2013 | ||
=54 | Georgia | 37.1 years | 2013 | ||
56 | Faroe Islands | 37 years | 2013 | ||
57 | Slovakia | 36.9 years | 2013 | ||
58 | Aruba | 36.8 years | 2013 | ||
59 | New Zealand | 36.6 years | 2013 | ||
60 | Puerto Rico | 36.4 years | 2013 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 36.21 years | 2013 | |||
61 | Barbados | 36.2 years | 2013 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 36.2 years | 2013 | |||
62 | Belarus | 36.1 years | 2013 | ||
Tourist destinations average (profile) | 35.98 years | 2013 | |||
63 | United States | 35.9 years | 2013 | ||
64 | Russia | 35.8 years | 2013 | ||
65 | Iceland | 35.7 years | 2013 | ||
66 | China | 35.5 years | 2013 | ||
67 | Republic of Macedonia | 35.4 years | 2013 | ||
68 | British Virgin Islands | 35.3 years | 2013 | ||
69 | Ireland | 35.1 years | 2013 | ||
70 | Greenland | 35 years | 2013 | ||
71 | Thailand | 34.2 years | 2013 | ||
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 34.17 years | 2013 | |||
72 | Cyprus | 34 years | 2013 | ||
=73 | Singapore | 33.5 years | 2013 | ||
=73 | Moldova | 33.5 years | 2013 | ||
=75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 33.4 years | 2013 | ||
=75 | Qatar | 33.4 years | 2013 | ||
=75 | Martinique | 33.4 years | 2006 | ||
78 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 33.1 years | 2013 | ||
=79 | Seychelles | 33 years | 2013 | ||
=79 | Cook Islands | 33 years | 2013 | ||
81 | Gibraltar | 32.9 years | 2013 | ||
82 | Bahrain | 32.8 years | 2013 | ||
83 | Mauritius | 32.6 years | 2013 | ||
Densely populated countries average (profile) | 32.6 years | 2013 | |||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 32.58 years | 2013 | |||
84 | Palau | 32.5 years | 2013 | ||
85 | Uruguay | 32.4 years | 2013 | ||
86 | Anguilla | 32.2 years | 2013 | ||
87 | Netherlands Antilles | 32.1 years | 2010 | ||
88 | United Arab Emirates | 32 years | 2013 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 31.94 years | 2013 | |||
89 | Chile | 31.8 years | 2013 | ||
90 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 31.7 years | 2013 | ||
91 | North Korea | 31.6 years | 2013 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 31.54 years | 2013 | |||
92 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31.4 years | 2013 | ||
93 | Guadeloupe | 31.3 years | 2006 | ||
94 | Dominica | 31.2 years | 2013 | ||
95 | Saint Lucia | 31.1 years | 2013 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 30.96 years | 2013 | |||
=96 | Saint Martin | 30.5 years | 2013 | ||
=96 | Tunisia | 30.5 years | 2013 | ||
=98 | Sri Lanka | 30.3 years | 2013 | ||
=98 | Montserrat | 30.3 years | 2013 | ||
=98 | Armenia | 30.3 years | 2013 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 30.29 years | 2013 | |||
=101 | New Caledonia | 30.1 years | 2013 | ||
=101 | French Polynesia | 30.1 years | 2013 | ||
103 | Kuwait | 30 years | 2013 | ||
=104 | Albania | 29.9 years | 2013 | ||
=104 | Argentina | 29.9 years | 2013 | ||
=106 | The Bahamas | 29.7 years | 2013 | ||
=106 | Lebanon | 29.7 years | 2013 | ||
108 | French Guiana | 29.6 years | 2006 | ||
=109 | Northern Mariana Islands | 29.5 years | 2013 | ||
=109 | Brazil | 29.5 years | 2013 | ||
111 | Grenada | 29.3 years | 2013 | ||
112 | Guam | 29.2 years | 2013 | ||
=113 | Antigua and Barbuda | 29.1 years | 2013 | ||
=113 | Costa Rica | 29.1 years | 2013 | ||
115 | Israel | 29 years | 2013 | ||
116 | Turkey | 28.8 years | 2013 | ||
=117 | Brunei | 28.7 years | 2013 | ||
=117 | Wallis and Futuna | 28.7 years | 2013 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 28.69 years | 2013 | |||
119 | Indonesia | 28.4 years | 2013 | ||
120 | American Samoa | 28.3 years | 2013 | ||
121 | Azerbaijan | 28.2 years | 2013 | ||
122 | Kazakhstan | 28.1 years | 2013 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 27.85 years | 2013 | |||
123 | Suriname | 27.8 years | 2013 | ||
=124 | Vietnam | 27.6 years | 2013 | ||
=124 | Colombia | 27.6 years | 2013 | ||
=124 | Panama | 27.6 years | 2013 | ||
127 | Iran | 27.5 years | 2013 | ||
128 | Fiji | 27.4 years | 2013 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 27.21 years | 2013 | |||
=129 | Malaysia | 27.2 years | 2013 | ||
=129 | Libya | 27.2 years | 2013 | ||
131 | Morocco | 27.1 years | 2013 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 27.09 years | 2013 | |||
=132 | Burma | 27 years | 2013 | ||
=132 | Saudi Arabia | 27 years | 2013 | ||
=132 | Maldives | 27 years | 2013 | ||
=132 | Kosovo | 27 years | 2013 | ||
136 | Algeria | 26.7 years | 2013 | ||
=137 | Mexico | 26.6 years | 2013 | ||
=137 | Dominican Republic | 26.6 years | 2013 | ||
139 | Mongolia | 26.5 years | 2013 | ||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 26.34 years | 2013 | |||
140 | Bhutan | 26.3 years | 2013 | ||
=141 | India | 26.1 years | 2013 | ||
=141 | Paraguay | 26.1 years | 2013 | ||
=141 | Uzbekistan | 26.1 years | 2013 | ||
144 | Peru | 26 years | 2013 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 25.99 years | 2013 | |||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 25.98 years | 2013 | |||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 25.92 years | 2013 | |||
=145 | Oman | 25.9 years | 2013 | ||
=145 | Venezuela | 25.9 years | 2013 | ||
147 | Turkmenistan | 25.8 years | 2013 | ||
=148 | Ecuador | 25.7 years | 2013 | ||
=148 | Reunion | 25.7 years | 2006 | ||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 25.67 years | 2013 | |||
=150 | South Africa | 25.2 years | 2013 | ||
=150 | Nauru | 25.2 years | 2013 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 24.78 years | 2013 | |||
Hot countries average (profile) | 24.61 years | 2013 | |||
=152 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.5 years | 2013 | ||
=152 | Egypt | 24.5 years | 2013 | ||
154 | Jamaica | 24.1 years | 2013 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 23.9 years | 2013 | |||
=155 | Guyana | 23.7 years | 2013 | ||
=155 | El Salvador | 23.7 years | 2013 | ||
=157 | Tuvalu | 23.4 years | 2013 | ||
=157 | Bangladesh | 23.4 years | 2013 | ||
159 | Lesotho | 23.3 years | 2013 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 23.18 years | 2013 | |||
160 | Cambodia | 23 years | 2013 | ||
=161 | Nicaragua | 22.8 years | 2013 | ||
=161 | Federated States of Micronesia | 22.8 years | 2013 | ||
=161 | Philippines | 22.8 years | 2013 | ||
=164 | Cape Verde | 22.7 years | 2013 | ||
=164 | Tajikistan | 22.7 years | 2013 | ||
166 | Botswana | 22.6 years | 2013 | ||
=167 | Samoa | 22.5 years | 2013 | ||
=167 | Syria | 22.5 years | 2013 | ||
=169 | Namibia | 22.4 years | 2013 | ||
=169 | Kiribati | 22.4 years | 2013 | ||
=169 | Marshall Islands | 22.4 years | 2013 | ||
=169 | Papua New Guinea | 22.4 years | 2013 | ||
173 | Bolivia | 22.3 years | 2013 | ||
=174 | Pakistan | 22.2 years | 2013 | ||
=174 | Jordan | 22.2 years | 2013 | ||
176 | West Bank | 21.8 years | 2013 | ||
177 | Nepal | 21.7 years | 2013 | ||
178 | Haiti | 21.6 years | 2013 | ||
=179 | Belize | 21.4 years | 2013 | ||
=179 | Laos | 21.4 years | 2013 | ||
=181 | Tonga | 21.3 years | 2013 | ||
=181 | Honduras | 21.3 years | 2013 | ||
183 | Iraq | 21.2 years | 2013 | ||
184 | Solomon Islands | 21.1 years | 2013 | ||
185 | Djibouti | 20.8 years | 2013 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 20.68 years | 2013 | |||
=186 | Swaziland | 20.4 years | 2013 | ||
=186 | Vanuatu | 20.4 years | 2013 | ||
188 | Ghana | 20.3 years | 2013 | ||
189 | Western Sahara | 20.2 years | 2013 | ||
190 | Cote d'Ivoire | 20.1 years | 2013 | ||
191 | Guatemala | 20 years | 2013 | ||
=192 | Cameroon | 19.6 years | 2013 | ||
=192 | The Gambia | 19.6 years | 2013 | ||
194 | Togo | 19.2 years | 2013 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 19.14 years | 2013 | |||
195 | Guinea-Bissau | 19.1 years | 2013 | ||
=196 | Central African Republic | 19 years | 2013 | ||
=196 | Zimbabwe | 19 years | 2013 | ||
=198 | Madagascar | 18.8 years | 2013 | ||
=198 | Mauritania | 18.8 years | 2013 | ||
=198 | Kenya | 18.8 years | 2013 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 18.79 years | 2013 | |||
201 | Equatorial Guinea | 18.7 years | 2013 | ||
=202 | Sudan | 18.6 years | 2013 | ||
=202 | Eritrea | 18.6 years | 2013 | ||
204 | Sierra Leone | 18.5 years | 2013 | ||
=205 | Guinea | 18.4 years | 2013 | ||
=205 | Rwanda | 18.4 years | 2013 | ||
=205 | Gabon | 18.4 years | 2013 | ||
=205 | Yemen | 18.4 years | 2013 | ||
209 | Comoros | 18.3 years | 2013 | ||
=210 | Afghanistan | 17.9 years | 2013 | ||
=210 | Gaza Strip | 17.9 years | 2013 | ||
=212 | East Timor | 17.8 years | 2013 | ||
=212 | Somalia | 17.8 years | 2013 | ||
214 | Liberia | 17.7 years | 2013 | ||
=215 | Angola | 17.5 years | 2013 | ||
=215 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 17.5 years | 2013 | ||
=217 | Nigeria | 17.4 years | 2013 | ||
=217 | Senegal | 17.4 years | 2013 | ||
219 | Ethiopia | 17.3 years | 2013 | ||
=220 | Malawi | 17.2 years | 2013 | ||
=220 | Sao Tome and Principe | 17.2 years | 2013 | ||
=220 | Benin | 17.2 years | 2013 | ||
223 | Tanzania | 17 years | 2013 | ||
224 | Congo, Republic of the | 16.9 years | 2013 | ||
225 | Burkina Faso | 16.8 years | 2013 | ||
226 | Burundi | 16.6 years | 2013 | ||
=227 | Zambia | 16.5 years | 2013 | ||
=227 | South Sudan | 16.5 years | 2013 | ||
229 | Mozambique | 16.2 years | 2013 | ||
230 | Chad | 15.9 years | 2013 | ||
231 | Mayotte | 15.7 years | 2011 | ||
=232 | Mali | 15.4 years | 2013 | ||
=232 | Uganda | 15.4 years | 2013 | ||
234 | Niger | 14.9 years | 2013 |