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Field Listing :: 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 Niger and Uganda 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.

Country Comparison Ranking

By Country Listing of the values for the Median age field
Country Median age
Afghanistan
total: 19 years (2018 est.)
male: 19 years
female: 19.1 years
Albania
total: 33.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 32 years
female: 34.7 years
Algeria
total: 28.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 28 years
female: 28.7 years
American Samoa
total: 26.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 25.6 years
female: 26.5 years
Andorra
total: 44.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 45.1 years
female: 44.8 years
Angola
total: 15.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 15.4 years
female: 16.3 years
Anguilla
total: 35.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 33.2 years
female: 37 years
Antigua and Barbuda
total: 32.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 30.2 years
female: 33.8 years
Argentina
total: 31.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 30.7 years
female: 33.1 years
Armenia
total: 35.6 years (2018 est.)
male: 33.9 years
female: 37.4 years
Aruba
total: 39.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 37.8 years
female: 41.2 years
Australia
total: 38.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 38.1 years
female: 39.7 years
Austria
total: 44.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 42.9 years
female: 45.4 years
Azerbaijan
total: 31.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 30.2 years
female: 33.4 years
Bahamas, The
total: 32.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 31.1 years
female: 33.5 years
Bahrain
total: 32.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 34 years
female: 29.8 years
Bangladesh
total: 27.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 26.3 years
female: 27.8 years
Barbados
total: 38.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 37.8 years
female: 40.1 years
Belarus
total: 40.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 37.4 years
female: 43.3 years
Belgium
total: 41.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 40.3 years
female: 42.7 years
Belize
total: 23.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 23.2 years
female: 24.4 years
Benin
total: 18.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 18.1 years
female: 18.7 years
Bermuda
total: 43.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 41.5 years
female: 45.4 years
Bhutan
total: 28.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 28.6 years
female: 27.6 years
Bolivia
total: 24.6 years (2018 est.)
male: 23.9 years
female: 25.4 years
Bosnia and Herzegovina
total: 42.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 40.9 years
female: 43.9 years
Botswana
total: 24.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 23.8 years
female: 26 years
Brazil
total: 32.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 31.5 years
female: 33.3 years
British Virgin Islands
total: 36.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 36.5 years
female: 36.9 years
Brunei
total: 30.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 30 years
female: 31 years
Bulgaria
total: 43 years (2018 est.)
male: 41.2 years
female: 44.9 years
Burkina Faso
total: 17.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 16.6 years
female: 18.2 years
Burma
total: 28.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 27.7 years
female: 29.4 years
Burundi
total: 17.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 16.8 years
female: 17.3 years
Cabo Verde
total: 25.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 25 years
female: 26.7 years
Cambodia
total: 25.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 24.9 years
female: 26.4 years
Cameroon
total: 18.6 years (2018 est.)
male: 18.5 years
female: 18.7 years
Canada
total: 42.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 41.1 years
female: 43.7 years
Cayman Islands
total: 40.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 39.5 years
female: 40.9 years
Central African Republic
total: 19.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 19.5 years
female: 20.1 years
Chad
total: 15.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 15.3 years
female: 16.3 years
Chile
total: 34.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 33.6 years
female: 36 years
China
total: 37.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 36.8 years
female: 38.8 years
Colombia
total: 30.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 29.4 years
female: 31.4 years
Comoros
total: 20.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 19.5 years
female: 20.8 years
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total: 18.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 18.6 years
female: 19 years
Congo, Republic of the
total: 19.6 years (2018 est.)
male: 19.4 years
female: 19.8 years
Cook Islands
total: 37.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 36.7 years
female: 37.6 years
Costa Rica
total: 31.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 31.2 years
female: 32.2 years
Cote d'Ivoire
total: 19.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 20 years
female: 19.8 years
Croatia
total: 43.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 41.4 years
female: 45.3 years
Cuba
total: 41.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 40.2 years
female: 43.1 years
Curacao
total: 36.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 33.8 years
female: 39.6 years
Cyprus
total: 37.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 35.9 years
female: 38.7 years
Czechia
total: 42.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 41.2 years
female: 43.8 years
Denmark
total: 41.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 40.8 years
female: 42.9 years
Djibouti
total: 24.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 22.4 years
female: 25.7 years
Dominica
total: 34 years (2018 est.)
male: 33.5 years
female: 34.5 years
Dominican Republic
total: 27.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 27.1 years
female: 27.4 years
Ecuador
total: 28.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 27.3 years
female: 28.8 years
Egypt
total: 23.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 23.6 years
female: 24.3 years
El Salvador
total: 27.6 years (2018 est.)
male: 26.1 years
female: 29.1 years
Equatorial Guinea
total: 19.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 19.5 years
female: 20.4 years
Eritrea
total: 19.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 19.4 years
female: 20.4 years
Estonia
total: 43 years (2018 est.)
male: 39.7 years
female: 46.4 years
Eswatini
total: 23.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 22.2 years
female: 24 years
Ethiopia
total: 18 years (2018 est.)
male: 17.8 years
female: 18.2 years
European Union
total: 43.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 41.8 years
female: 44.6 years
Faroe Islands
total: 37.6 years (2018 est.)
male: 37.1 years
female: 38.2 years
Fiji
total: 29.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 29 years
female: 29.4 years
Finland
total: 42.6 years (2018 est.)
male: 41 years
female: 44.3 years
France
total: 41.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 39.7 years
female: 43.2 years
French Polynesia
total: 32.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 32.1 years
female: 32.6 years
Gabon
total: 20.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 20.8 years
female: 20.2 years
Gambia, The
total: 21.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 20.9 years
female: 21.6 years
Gaza Strip
total: 17.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 17.1 years
female: 17.8 years
Georgia
total: 38.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 35.5 years
female: 41.1 years
Germany
total: 47.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 46.2 years
female: 48.5 years
Ghana
total: 21.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 20.7 years
female: 21.7 years
Gibraltar
total: 35 years (2018 est.)
male: 34.1 years
female: 36 years
Greece
total: 44.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 43.8 years
female: 45.9 years
Greenland
total: 34 years (2018 est.)
male: 35 years
female: 32.9 years
Grenada
total: 32.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 32 years
female: 32.2 years
Guam
total: 29.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 28.4 years
female: 29.9 years
Guatemala
total: 22.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 22 years
female: 23.1 years
Guernsey
total: 44 years (2018 est.)
male: 42.7 years
female: 45.3 years
Guinea
total: 19 years (2018 est.)
male: 18.8 years
female: 19.3 years
Guinea-Bissau
total: 17.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 17.2 years
female: 18.5 years
Guyana
total: 26.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 26.3 years
female: 27 years
Haiti
total: 23.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 23.1 years
female: 23.6 years
Honduras
total: 23.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 23 years
female: 23.7 years
Hong Kong
total: 44.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 43.7 years
female: 45.5 years
Hungary
total: 42.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 40.8 years
female: 44.7 years
Iceland
total: 36.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 36.1 years
female: 37.3 years
India
total: 28.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 27.5 years
female: 28.9 years
Indonesia
total: 30.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 29.9 years
female: 31.1 years
Iran
total: 30.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 30.5 years
female: 31 years
Iraq
total: 20.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 20 years
female: 20.5 years
Ireland
total: 37.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 36.8 years
female: 37.5 years
Isle of Man
total: 44.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 43.4 years
female: 45.2 years
Israel
total: 30.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 29.5 years
female: 30.7 years
Italy
total: 45.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 44.7 years
female: 46.9 years
Jamaica
total: 28.6 years (2018 est.)
male: 27.8 years
female: 29.3 years
Japan
total: 47.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 46.4 years
female: 49.2 years
Jersey
total: 37.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 35.9 years
female: 40.2 years
Jordan
total: 22.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 23.2 years
female: 22.3 years
Kazakhstan
total: 30.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 29.7 years
female: 32.2 years
Kenya
total: 20 years (2018 est.)
male: 19.9 years
female: 20.2 years
Kiribati
total: 25 years (2018 est.)
male: 24.1 years
female: 25.8 years
Korea, North
total: 34.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 32.7 years
female: 35.8 years
Korea, South
total: 42.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 40.6 years
female: 44 years
Kosovo
total: 29.6 years (2018 est.)
male: 29.3 years
female: 29.9 years
Kuwait
total: 29.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 30.5 years
female: 27.6 years
Kyrgyzstan
total: 26.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 25.7 years
female: 27.9 years
Laos
total: 23.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 23 years
female: 23.7 years
Latvia
total: 43.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 40 years
female: 47.3 years
Lebanon
total: 31.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 30.7 years
female: 31.9 years
Lesotho
total: 24.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 24.4 years
female: 24.3 years
Liberia
total: 17.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 17.6 years
female: 18.1 years
Libya
total: 29.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 29.5 years
female: 29.2 years
Liechtenstein
total: 43.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 41.8 years
female: 44.8 years
Lithuania
total: 44 years (2018 est.)
male: 39.8 years
female: 47.4 years
Luxembourg
total: 39.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 38.7 years
female: 39.9 years
Macau
total: 39.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 39.9 years
female: 39.7 years
Madagascar
total: 19.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 19.7 years
female: 20.1 years
Malawi
total: 16.6 years (2018 est.)
male: 16.5 years
female: 16.8 years
Malaysia
total: 28.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 28.4 years
female: 29 years
Maldives
total: 28.6 years (2018 est.)
male: 28.4 years
female: 28.8 years
Mali
total: 15.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 15.2 years
female: 16.5 years
Malta
total: 41.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 40.6 years
female: 43.1 years
Marshall Islands
total: 23.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 23 years
female: 23.2 years
Mauritania
total: 20.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 19.7 years
female: 21.6 years
Mauritius
total: 35.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 34.5 years
female: 36.7 years
Mexico
total: 28.6 years (2018 est.)
male: 27.5 years
female: 29.7 years
Micronesia, Federated States of
total: 25.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 24.7 years
female: 26.2 years
Moldova
total: 37 years (2018 est.)
male: 35.3 years
female: 38.9 years
Monaco
total: 53.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 52.4 years
female: 55.3 years
Mongolia
total: 28.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 28 years
female: 29.6 years
Montenegro
total: 38.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 37.4 years
female: 40.4 years
Montserrat
total: 33.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 33.1 years
female: 34.4 years
Morocco
total: 29.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 29 years
female: 30.3 years
Mozambique
total: 17.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 16.7 years
female: 17.8 years
Namibia
total: 21.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 20.7 years
female: 22.2 years
Nauru
total: 26.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 27.4 years
female: 25.8 years
Nepal
total: 24.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 23.2 years
female: 25.8 years
Netherlands
total: 42.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 41.6 years
female: 43.8 years
New Caledonia
total: 32.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 31.5 years
female: 33 years
New Zealand
total: 38.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 37.2 years
female: 39 years
Nicaragua
total: 26.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 25.3 years
female: 27.1 years
Niger
total: 15.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 15.4 years
female: 15.7 years
Nigeria
total: 18.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 18.1 years
female: 18.6 years
North Macedonia
total: 38.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 37.2 years
female: 39.3 years
Northern Mariana Islands
total: 33.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 32.4 years
female: 34.3 years
Norway
total: 39.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 38.6 years
female: 40 years
Oman
total: 25.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 26.8 years
female: 24.5 years
Pakistan
total: 24.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 24.1 years
female: 24.2 years
Palau
total: 33.6 years (2018 est.)
male: 32.8 years
female: 35.3 years
Panama
total: 29.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 29 years
female: 29.9 years
Papua New Guinea
total: 23.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 23.5 years
female: 23.4 years
Paraguay
total: 28.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 28.5 years
female: 28.9 years
Peru
total: 28.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 27.6 years
female: 29.1 years
Philippines
total: 23.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 23.3 years
female: 24.2 years
Poland
total: 41.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 39.4 years
female: 42.8 years
Portugal
total: 43.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 41.8 years
female: 45.6 years
Puerto Rico
total: 42.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 40.2 years
female: 43.9 years
Qatar
total: 33.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 34.6 years
female: 28.2 years
Romania
total: 41.6 years (2018 est.)
male: 40.2 years
female: 43 years
Russia
total: 39.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 36.9 years
female: 42.7 years
Rwanda
total: 19.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 18.5 years
female: 20 years
Saint Barthelemy
total: 44.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 44.6 years
female: 44.7 years
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
total: 42.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 42.4 years
female: 42.4 years
Saint Kitts and Nevis
total: 35.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 35.7 years
female: 35.3 years
Saint Lucia
total: 35.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 34.3 years
female: 36.6 years
Saint Martin
total: 32.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 31.9 years
female: 33.7 years
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
total: 47.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 46.7 years
female: 47.7 years
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total: 34.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 34.3 years
female: 34 years
Samoa
total: 24.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 24.5 years
female: 25.1 years
San Marino
total: 44.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 43.5 years
female: 45.7 years
Sao Tome and Principe
total: 18.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 18.3 years
female: 19.1 years
Saudi Arabia
total: 29.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 32.1 years
female: 27.2 years
Senegal
total: 19 years (2018 est.)
male: 18.1 years
female: 19.9 years
Serbia
total: 42.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 41.2 years
female: 44.5 years
Seychelles
total: 35.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 35.3 years
female: 36.5 years
Sierra Leone
total: 19.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 18.4 years
female: 19.7 years
Singapore
total: 34.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 34.8 years
female: 35.1 years
Sint Maarten
total: 41.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 39.8 years
female: 42.2 years
Slovakia
total: 41 years (2018 est.)
male: 39.3 years
female: 42.7 years
Slovenia
total: 44.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 42.7 years
female: 46 years
Solomon Islands
total: 22.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 22.6 years
female: 23.1 years
Somalia
total: 18.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 18.4 years
female: 18 years
South Africa
total: 27.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 27.2 years
female: 27.6 years
South Sudan
total: 18.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 18.4 years
female: 17.8 years
Spain
total: 43.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 41.9 years
female: 44.3 years
Sri Lanka
total: 33.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 31.8 years
female: 34.4 years
Sudan
total: 17.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 17.7 years
female: 18.1 years
Suriname
total: 30.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 29.8 years
female: 30.6 years
Sweden
total: 41.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 40.1 years
female: 42.2 years
Switzerland
total: 42.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 41.5 years
female: 43.5 years
Syria
total: 24.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 24 years
female: 25 years
Taiwan
total: 41.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 40.5 years
female: 42 years
Tajikistan
total: 24.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 24.2 years
female: 25.4 years
Tanzania
total: 17.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 17.6 years
female: 18.2 years
Thailand
total: 38.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 37 years
female: 39.2 years
Timor-Leste
total: 19.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 18.5 years
female: 19.7 years
Togo
total: 19.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 19.6 years
female: 20.1 years
Tonga
total: 23.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 22.9 years
female: 23.8 years
Trinidad and Tobago
total: 36.6 years (2018 est.)
male: 36.1 years
female: 37.1 years
Tunisia
total: 32 years (2018 est.)
male: 31.3 years
female: 32.5 years
Turkey
total: 31.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 30.9 years
female: 31.9 years
Turkmenistan
total: 28.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 27.8 years
female: 28.8 years
Turks and Caicos Islands
total: 33.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 34.1 years
female: 33.5 years
Tuvalu
total: 26 years (2018 est.)
male: 25 years
female: 27.2 years
Uganda
total: 15.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 15.8 years
female: 16 years
Ukraine
total: 40.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 37.7 years
female: 43.9 years
United Arab Emirates
total: 37.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 39 years
female: 31.1 years
United Kingdom
total: 40.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 39.3 years
female: 41.7 years
United States
total: 38.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 37 years
female: 39.5 years
Uruguay
total: 35.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 33.3 years
female: 36.9 years
Uzbekistan
total: 29.1 years (2018 est.)
male: 28.5 years
female: 29.7 years
Vanuatu
total: 22.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 21.9 years
female: 22.7 years
Venezuela
total: 28.7 years (2018 est.)
male: 28 years
female: 29.4 years
Vietnam
total: 30.9 years (2018 est.)
male: 29.9 years
female: 32.1 years
Virgin Islands
total: 41.3 years (2018 est.)
male: 40.1 years
female: 42.2 years
Wallis and Futuna
total: 32.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 31.9 years
female: 34 years
West Bank
total: 21.4 years (2018 est.)
male: 21.2 years
female: 21.6 years
Western Sahara
total: 21.5 years (2018 est.)
male: 21 years
female: 21.9 years
World
total: 30.6 years (2018 est.)
male: 29.9 years
female: 31.4 years
Yemen
total: 19.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 19.6 years
female: 19.9 years
Zambia
total: 16.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 16.7 years
female: 16.9 years
Zimbabwe
total: 20.2 years (2018 est.)
male: 19.9 years
female: 20.4 years