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Median Age (Years)
2009
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Median Age (Years)
2009
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Rank Country Name  Number 
Global 28.4
1 Monaco 45.7
2 Japan 44.2
3 Germany 43.9
4 Italy 43.3
5 Austria 42.2
6 Finland 42.1
7 Greece 41.8
8 Belgium 41.7
8 Slovenia 41.7
9 San Marino 41.5
9 Sweden 41.5
10 Bulgaria 41.4
11 Bermuda 41.3
12 Spain 41.1
13 Croatia 41.0
13 Liechtenstein 41.0
13 Serbia 41.0
13 Switzerland 41.0
14 Denmark 40.5
14 Gibraltar 40.5
15 Canada 40.4
15 Netherlands 40.4
16 United Kingdom 40.2
17 Czech Republic 40.1
17 Latvia 40.1
18 Estonia 39.9
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.8
20 Malta 39.5
20 Ukraine 39.5
21 Andorra 39.4
21 France 39.4
21 Hungary 39.4
21 Norway 39.4
21 Portugal 39.4
22 Lithuania 39.3
23 Luxembourg 39.2
24 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 39.1
25 Singapore 39.0
26 Belarus 38.6
26 Georgia 38.6
27 Russian Federation 38.4
28 Cayman Islands 38.1
29 Poland 37.9
30 Aruba 37.8
31 Romania 37.7
32 Saint Helena 37.6
33 Australia 37.3
33 Cuba 37.3
33 Korea (Republic of) 37.3
34 Faeroe Islands 36.9
34 Slovakia 36.9
35 Montenegro 36.7
35 United States of America 36.7
36 New Zealand 36.6
37 Puerto Rico 36.2
38 Barbados 35.8
39 Cyprus 35.5
40 Iceland 35.1
40 Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of) 35.1
41 Ireland 35.0
42 Moldova (Republic of) 34.6
43 China 34.1
44 Netherlands Antilles 33.7
45 Greenland 33.5
45 Korea (Dem. Peo. Rep. of) 33.5
46 Uruguay 33.4
47 Thailand 33.3
48 Anguilla 32.6
49 British Virgin Islands 32.3
50 Palau 32.2
51 Trinidad and Tobago 32.1
52 Mauritius 31.9
53 Armenia 31.5
54 Chile 31.4
54 Seychelles 31.4
55 Sri Lanka 30.9
56 Qatar 30.8
57 Cook Islands 30.5
58 Bahrain 30.1
58 Northern Mariana Islands 30.1
58 United Arab Emirates 30.1
59 Argentina 30.0
60 Albania 29.9
61 Dominica 29.8
61 Saint Lucia 29.8
62 Antigua and Barbuda 29.7
63 Kazakhstan 29.6
64 Lebanon 29.3
65 Tunisia 29.2
66 French Polynesia 29.1
66 Guam 29.1
66 Israel 29.1
67 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 28.9
68 Bahamas 28.7
68 Guyana 28.7
68 New Caledonia 28.7
69 Brazil 28.6
69 Saint Kitts and Nevis 28.6
70 Montserrat 28.5
71 Azerbaijan 28.2
71 Myanmar 28.2
72 Suriname 27.9
72 Turks and Caicos Island 27.9
73 Brunei Darussalam 27.8
74 Turkey 27.7
75 Indonesia 27.6
76 Costa Rica 27.5
77 Viet Nam 27.4
78 Wallis and Futuna Islands 27.2
79 Colombia 27.1
80 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 27.0
80 Panama 27.0
81 Algeria 26.6
82 Mexico 26.3
83 Kuwait 26.2
84 Peru 26.1
85 Maldives 25.7
86 Fiji 25.5
86 Venezuela 25.5
87 Tuvalu 25.4
88 India 25.3
88 Mongolia 25.3
89 Ecuador 25.0
89 Morocco 25.0
90 Dominican Republic 24.9
90 Malaysia 24.9
91 Egypt 24.8
92 Uzbekistan 24.7
93 Kyrgyzstan 24.4
93 South Africa 24.4
93 Turkmenistan 24.4
94 Jordan 24.3
95 Vanuatu 24.2
96 Bhutan 23.9
96 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 23.9
97 Jamaica 23.7
98 Bangladesh 23.3
99 American Samoa 23.1
100 Grenada 22.8
101 El Salvador 22.5
101 Philippines 22.5
102 Tonga 22.3
103 Cambodia 22.1
103 Nicaragua 22.1
104 Micronesia (Federated States of) 22.0
105 Bolivia 21.9
105 Paraguay 21.9
105 Tajikistan 21.9
106 Timor Leste 21.8
107 Botswana 21.7
107 Papua New Guinea 21.7
107 Syrian Arab Republic 21.7
108 Nauru 21.6
108 Saudi Arabia 21.6
109 Lesotho 21.4
110 Marshall Islands 21.2
111 Cape Verde 21.1
112 Namibia 21.0
113 Kiribati 20.8
113 Nepal 20.8
113 Pakistan 20.8
113 Samoa 20.8
114 Ghana 20.7
115 Belize 20.4
115 Iraq 20.4
116 Honduras 20.3
117 Haiti 20.2
118 Solomon Islands 19.7
119 Guatemala 19.4
120 Guinea-Bissau 19.3
120 Lao People's Democratic Rep. 19.3
121 Cameroon 19.2
121 Cote d'Ivoire 19.2
121 Mauritania 19.2
122 Sudan 19.1
123 Nigeria 19.0
124 Equatorial Guinea 18.9
125 Central African Republic 18.8
125 Comoros 18.8
125 Oman 18.8
125 Swaziland 18.8
126 Kenya 18.7
126 Rwanda 18.7
126 Togo 18.7
127 Gabon 18.6
127 Senegal 18.6
128 Guinea 18.5
129 Eritrea 18.4
130 Djibouti 18.1
131 Angola 18.0
131 Liberia 18.0
131 Madagascar 18.0
131 Tanzania (United Rep. of) 18.0
132 Gambia 17.9
133 Afghanistan 17.6
133 Zimbabwe 17.6
134 Sierra Leone 17.5
134 Somalia 17.5
135 Mozambique 17.4
136 Western Sahara 17.3
137 Benin 17.2
137 Mayotte 17.2
138 Zambia 17.0
139 Ethiopia 16.9
140 Burkina Faso 16.8
140 Congo 16.8
140 Malawi 16.8
140 Yemen 16.8
141 Burundi 16.7
142 Chad 16.5
143 Congo (Dem. Republic of) 16.4
143 Sao Tome and Principe 16.4
144 Mali 15.8
145 Niger 15.2
146 Uganda 15.0
147 Bouvet Island NA
147 British Indian Ocean Territory NA
147 Christmas Island NA
147 Cocos (Keeling Islands) NA
147 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) NA
147 French Guiana NA
147 French Southern Territories and Antarctic Lands NA
147 Guadeloupe NA
147 Heard Island and McDonald Islands NA
147 Johnston Atoll NA
147 Martinique NA
147 Midway NA
147 Niue NA
147 Norfolk Island NA
147 Pitcairn Island NA
147 Reunion NA
147 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands NA
147 Tokelau NA
147 Wake Island NA
147 West Bank and Gaza NA

Notes: A combined estimate is not available for West Bank and Gaza. West Bank's median age is 20.5 years; Gaza's median age is 17.4 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/.