Median Age (Years)

Median Age (Years)

2012

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Median Age (Years)

2012

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Rank	Country Name	Number
	Global	28.4
1	Monaco	49.9
2	Japan	45.4
3	Germany	45.3
4	Italy	43.8
5	Austria	43.4
6	Greece	42.8
6	San Marino	42.8
6	Slovenia	42.8
7	Finland	42.7
8	Belgium	42.6
9	Bermuda	42.3
10	Sweden	42.2
11	Bulgaria	42.0
11	Switzerland	42.0
12	Croatia	41.7
13	Liechtenstein	41.6
14	Netherlands	41.5
14	Serbia	41.5
15	Andorra	41.2
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.2
15	Canada	41.2
15	Denmark	41.2
16	Czech Republic	41.1
17	Latvia	40.9
17	Spain	40.9
17	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	40.9
18	Estonia	40.8
19	Hungary	40.5
19	Lithuania	40.5
20	France	40.4
20	Portugal	40.4
21	Malta	40.3
21	Norway	40.3
22	United Kingdom	40.2
23	Ukraine	40.1
24	Luxembourg	39.5
25	Saint Helena	39.4
26	Belarus	39.3
26	Georgia	39.3
27	Romania	39.1
28	Cayman Islands	39.0
28	Korea (Republic of)	39.0
29	Cuba	38.9
30	Poland	38.8
30	Russian Federation	38.8
31	Aruba	38.4
32	Montenegro	38.3
33	Slovakia	38.0
34	Australia	37.9
35	Puerto Rico	37.8
36	Faeroe Islands	37.3
37	New Zealand	37.2
38	United States of America	37.1
39	Barbados	36.9
40	Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of)	36.2
41	China	35.9
41	Iceland	35.9
42	Moldova (Republic of)	35.2
43	Cyprus	35.1
43	Ireland	35.1
44	British Virgin Islands	35.0
45	Thailand	34.7
46	Uruguay	33.8
47	Greenland	33.7
48	Anguilla	33.6
48	Gibraltar	33.6
49	Singapore	33.5
49	Trinidad and Tobago	33.5
50	Mauritius	33.1
51	Korea (Dem. Peo. Rep. of)	33.0
52	Cook Islands	32.9
52	Seychelles	32.9
53	Chile	32.8
53	Palau	32.8
54	Armenia	32.6
54	Saint Kitts and Nevis	32.6
55	Qatar	32.2
56	Saint Lucia	31.6
57	Dominica	31.3
58	Bahrain	31.1
58	Sri Lanka	31.1
59	Albania	30.9
59	Turks and Caicos Island	30.9
60	Argentina	30.7
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	30.7
61	Antigua and Barbuda	30.6
61	Northern Mariana Islands	30.6
62	Bahamas	30.5
62	Tunisia	30.5
63	Lebanon	30.4
63	New Caledonia	30.4
64	Montserrat	30.2
64	United Arab Emirates	30.2
65	French Polynesia	29.8
66	Brazil	29.6
66	Guam	29.6
67	Azerbaijan	29.5
67	Israel	29.5
68	Kazakhstan	29.3
69	Costa Rica	29.2
70	Grenada	29.0
70	Wallis and Futuna Islands	29.0
71	Turkey	28.8
72	Brunei Darussalam	28.7
73	Kuwait	28.6
74	Indonesia	28.5
75	Colombia	28.3
76	Viet Nam	28.2
77	Algeria	28.1
78	Panama	27.8
79	Suriname	27.6
80	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	27.4
80	Mexico	27.4
81	Morocco	27.3
82	Fiji	27.2
82	Myanmar	27.2
83	Malaysia	27.1
84	Mongolia	26.6
85	Dominican Republic	26.5
85	India	26.5
85	Maldives	26.5
85	Peru	26.5
86	Venezuela	26.3
87	Uzbekistan	26.2
88	Ecuador	26.0
89	Paraguay	25.9
90	Turkmenistan	25.8
91	Saudi Arabia	25.7
92	Vanuatu	25.4
93	Bhutan	25.3
93	South Africa	25.3
94	Kyrgyzstan	25.2
95	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	24.8
96	El Salvador	24.7
97	Egypt	24.6
97	Nauru	24.6
98	Jamaica	24.4
98	Oman	24.4
98	Tuvalu	24.4
99	Guyana	24.2
100	American Samoa	24.0
101	Bangladesh	23.6
102	Nicaragua	23.4
103	Cambodia	23.3
104	Cape Verde	23.1
104	Lesotho	23.1
104	Micronesia (Federated States of)	23.1
104	Philippines	23.1
105	Kiribati	22.9
105	Tajikistan	22.9
106	Bolivia	22.8
106	Timor Leste	22.8
107	Botswana	22.5
107	Samoa	22.5
108	Jordan	22.4
109	Syrian Arab Republic	22.3
110	Djibouti	22.1
110	Namibia	22.1
110	Nepal	22.1
111	Papua New Guinea	22.0
112	Marshall Islands	21.9
112	Pakistan	21.9
113	Ghana	21.7
114	Haiti	21.6
114	Tonga	21.6
115	Lao People's Democratic Rep.	21.4
116	Belize	21.3
116	Honduras	21.3
117	Iraq	21.1
117	Solomon Islands	21.1
118	Swaziland	20.5
118	Western Sahara	20.5
119	Guatemala	20.4
120	Cote d'Ivoire	19.8
121	Gambia	19.7
122	Cameroon	19.6
122	Guinea-Bissau	19.6
122	Mauritania	19.6
123	Togo	19.4
124	Central African Republic	19.3
125	Equatorial Guinea	19.2
126	Sierra Leone	19.1
127	Comoros	18.9
127	Eritrea	18.9
127	Zimbabwe	18.9
128	Kenya	18.8
128	Rwanda	18.8
129	Sudan	18.7
129	Tanzania (United Rep. of)	18.7
130	Gabon	18.6
130	Guinea	18.6
131	Madagascar	18.3
131	Yemen	18.3
132	Liberia	18.2
132	Senegal	18.2
133	Afghanistan	17.9
133	Nigeria	17.9
134	Somalia	17.8
135	Angola	17.7
136	Benin	17.6
136	Congo (Dem. Republic of)	17.6
136	Sao Tome and Principe	17.6
137	Malawi	17.3
138	Congo	17.1
139	Burkina Faso	17.0
139	Burundi	17.0
140	Chad	16.9
141	Ethiopia	16.8
141	Mozambique	16.8
142	Zambia	16.5
143	Mali	16.4
144	Niger	15.2
145	Uganda	15.1
146	Bouvet Island	(NA)
146	British Indian Ocean Territory	(NA)
146	Christmas Island	(NA)
146	Cocos (Keeling Islands)	(NA)
146	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	(NA)
146	French Guiana	(NA)
146	French Southern Territories and Antarctic Lands	(NA)
146	Guadeloupe	(NA)
146	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	(NA)
146	Johnston Atoll	(NA)
146	Martinique	(NA)
146	Mayotte	(NA)
146	Midway	(NA)
146	Netherlands Antilles	(NA)
146	Niue	(NA)
146	Norfolk Island	(NA)
146	Pitcairn Island	(NA)
146	Reunion	(NA)
146	Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands	(NA)
146	Tokelau	(NA)
146	Wake Island	(NA)
146	West Bank and Gaza	(NA)

Notes: A combined estimate is not available for West Bank and Gaza. West Bank's median age is 21.7 years; Gaza's median age is 17.9 years.

Definitions: Median Age: 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.

Sources: CIA, The World Factbook, available at: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/.