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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.

Afghanistan

total: 19.5 years

male: 19.4 years

female: 19.5 years (2020 est.)

Albania

total: 34.3 years

male: 32.9 years

female: 35.7 years (2020 est.)

Algeria

total: 28.9 years

male: 28.6 years

female: 29.3 years (2020 est.)

American Samoa

total: 27.2 years

male: 26.7 years

female: 27.7 years (2020 est.)

Andorra

total: 46.2 years

male: 46.3 years

female: 46.1 years (2020 est.)

Angola

total: 15.9 years

male: 15.4 years

female: 16.4 years (2020 est.)

Anguilla

total: 35.7 years

male: 33.7 years

female: 37.6 years (2020 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total: 32.7 years

male: 30.7 years

female: 34.4 years (2020 est.)

Argentina

total: 32.4 years

male: 31.1 years

female: 33.6 years (2020 est.)

Armenia

total: 36.6 years

male: 35.1 years

female: 38.3 years (2020 est.)

Aruba

total: 39.9 years

male: 38.2 years

female: 41.5 years (2020 est.)

Australia

total: 37.5 years

male: 36.5 years

female: 38.5 years (2020 est.)

Austria

total: 44.5 years

male: 43.1 years

female: 45.8 years (2020 est.)

Azerbaijan

total: 32.6 years

male: 31.1 years

female: 34.2 years (2020 est.)

Bahamas, The

total: 32.8 years

male: 31.7 years

female: 34 years (2020 est.)

Bahrain

total: 32.9 years

male: 34.4 years

female: 30.3 years (2020 est.)

Bangladesh

total: 27.9 years

male: 27.1 years

female: 28.6 years (2020 est.)

Barbados

total: 39.5 years

male: 38.4 years

female: 40.7 years (2020 est.)

Belarus

total: 40.9 years

male: 38 years

female: 43.9 years (2020 est.)

Belgium

total: 41.6 years

male: 40.4 years

female: 42.8 years (2020 est.)

Belize

total: 23.9 years

male: 23 years

female: 24.8 years (2020 est.)

Benin

total: 17 years

male: 16.4 years

female: 17.6 years (2020 est.)

Bermuda

total: 43.6 years

male: 41.6 years

female: 45.7 years (2020 est.)

Bhutan

total: 29.1 years

male: 29.6 years

female: 28.6 years (2020 est.)

Bolivia

total: 25.3 years

male: 24.5 years

female: 26 years (2020 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total: 43.3 years

male: 41.6 years

female: 44.8 years (2020 est.)

Botswana

total: 25.7 years

male: 24.5 years

female: 26.7 years (2020 est.)

Brazil

total: 33.2 years

male: 32.3 years

female: 34.1 years (2020 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total: 37.2 years

male: 37 years

female: 37.5 years (2020 est.)

Brunei

total: 31.1 years

male: 30.5 years

female: 31.8 years (2020 est.)

Bulgaria

total: 43.7 years

male: 41.9 years

female: 45.6 years (2020 est.)

Burkina Faso

total: 17.9 years

male: 17 years

female: 18.7 years (2020 est.)

Burma

total: 29.2 years

male: 28.3 years

female: 30 years (2020 est.)

Burundi

total: 17.7 years

male: 17.4 years

female: 18 years (2020 est.)

Cabo Verde

total: 26.8 years

male: 25.9 years

female: 27.6 years (2020 est.)

Cambodia

total: 26.4 years

male: 25.6 years

female: 27.2 years (2020 est.)

Cameroon

total: 18.5 years

male: 18.2 years

female: 18.8 years (2020 est.)

Canada

total: 41.8 years

male: 40.6 years

female: 42.9 years (2020 est.)

Cayman Islands

total: 40.5 years

male: 39.7 years

female: 41.2 years (2020 est.)

Central African Republic

total: 20 years

male: 19.7 years

female: 20.3 years (2020 est.)

Chad

total: 16.1 years

male: 15.6 years

female: 16.5 years (2020 est.)

Chile

total: 35.5 years

male: 34.3 years

female: 36.7 years (2020 est.)

China

total: 38.4 years

male: 37.5 years

female: 39.4 years (2020 est.)

Colombia

total: 31.2 years

male: 30.2 years

female: 32.2 years (2020 est.)

Comoros

total: 20.9 years

male: 20.2 years

female: 21.5 years (2020 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

total: 16.7 years

male: 16.5 years

female: 16.8 years (2020 est.)

Congo, Republic of the

total: 19.5 years

male: 19.3 years

female: 19.7 years (2020 est.)

Cook Islands

total: 38.3 years

male: 37.8 years

female: 38.7 years (2020 est.)

Costa Rica

total: 32.6 years

male: 32.1 years

female: 33.1 years (2020 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total: 20.3 years

male: 20.3 years

female: 20.3 years (2020 est.)

Croatia

total: 43.9 years

male: 42 years

female: 45.9 years (2020 est.)

Cuba

total: 42.1 years

male: 40.2 years

female: 43.8 years (2020 est.)

Curacao

total: 36.7 years

male: 34.4 years

female: 39.5 years (2020 est.)

Cyprus

total: 37.9 years

male: 36.7 years

female: 39.4 years (2020 est.)

Czechia

total: 43.3 years

male: 42 years

female: 44.7 years (2020 est.)

Denmark

total: 42 years

male: 40.9 years

female: 43.1 years (2020 est.)

Djibouti

total: 24.9 years

male: 23 years

female: 26.4 years (2020 est.)

Dominica

total: 34.9 years

male: 34.4 years

female: 35.5 years (2020 est.)

Dominican Republic

total: 27.9 years

male: 27.8 years

female: 28.1 years (2020 est.)

Ecuador

total: 28.8 years

male: 28 years

female: 29.6 years (2020 est.)

Egypt

total: 24.1 years

male: 23.8 years

female: 24.5 years (2020 est.)

El Salvador

total: 27.7 years

male: 26.2 years

female: 29.3 years (2020 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total: 20.3 years

male: 19.9 years

female: 20.7 years (2020 est.)

Eritrea

total: 20.3 years

male: 19.7 years

female: 20.8 years (2020 est.)

Estonia

total: 43.7 years

male: 40.4 years

female: 47 years (2020 est.)

Eswatini

total: 23.7 years

male: 22.5 years

female: 24.7 years (2020 est.)

Ethiopia

total: 19.8 years

male: 19.6 years

female: 20.1 years (2020 est.)

European Union

total: 44 years

male: 42.6 years

female: 45.5 years (2020 est.)

Faroe Islands

total: 37.2 years

male: 36.9 years

female: 37.7 years (2020 est.)

Fiji

total: 29.9 years

male: 29.7 years

female: 30.1 years (2020 est.)

Finland

total: 42.8 years

male: 41.3 years

female: 44.4 years (2020 est.)

France

total: 41.7 years

male: 40 years

female: 43.4 years (2020 est.)

French Polynesia

total: 33.3 years

male: 33 years

female: 33.5 years (2020 est.)

Gabon

total: 21 years

male: 21.4 years

female: 20.6 years (2020 est.)

Gambia, The

total: 21.8 years

male: 21.5 years

female: 22.2 years (2020 est.)

Gaza Strip

total: 18 years

male: 17.7 years

female: 18.4 years (2020 est.)

Georgia

total: 38.6 years

male: 35.9 years

female: 41.4 years (2020 est.)

Germany

total: 47.8 years

male: 46.5 years

female: 49.1 years (2020 est.)

Ghana

total: 21.4 years

male: 21 years

female: 21.9 years (2020 est.)

Gibraltar

total: 35.5 years

male: 34.4 years

female: 36.6 years (2020 est.)

Greece

total: 45.3 years

male: 43.7 years

female: 46.8 years (2020 est.)

Greenland

total: 34.3 years

male: 35.1 years

female: 33.4 years (2020 est.)

Grenada

total: 33.3 years

male: 33.1 years

female: 33.4 years (2020 est.)

Guam

total: 29.4 years

male: 28.7 years

female: 30.2 years (2020 est.)

Guatemala

total: 23.2 years

male: 22.6 years

female: 23.8 years (2020 est.)

Guernsey

total: 44.3 years

male: 43 years

female: 45.6 years (2020 est.)

Guinea

total: 19.1 years

male: 18.9 years

female: 19.4 years (2020 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total: 18 years

male: 17.4 years

female: 18.6 years (2020 est.)

Guyana

total: 27.5 years

male: 27.2 years

female: 27.9 years (2020 est.)

Haiti

total: 24.1 years

male: 23.8 years

female: 24.3 years (2020 est.)

Honduras

total: 24.4 years

male: 23.5 years

female: 25.2 years (2020 est.)

Hong Kong

total: 45.6 years

male: 44.2 years

female: 46.5 years (2020 est.)

Hungary

total: 43.6 years

male: 41.5 years

female: 45.5 years (2020 est.)

Iceland

total: 37.1 years

male: 36.6 years

female: 37.7 years (2020 est.)

India

total: 28.7 years

male: 28 years

female: 29.5 years (2020 est.)

Indonesia

total: 31.1 years

male: 30.5 years

female: 31.8 years (2020 est.)

Iran

total: 31.7 years

male: 31.5 years

female: 32 years (2020 est.)

Iraq

total: 21.2 years

male: 20.8 years

female: 21.6 years (2020 est.)

Ireland

total: 37.8 years

male: 37.4 years

female: 38.2 years (2020 est.)

Isle of Man

total: 44.6 years

male: 43.6 years

female: 45.6 years (2020 est.)

Israel

total: 30.4 years

male: 29.8 years

female: 31 years (2020 est.)

Italy

total: 46.5 years

male: 45.4 years

female: 47.5 years (2020 est.)

Jamaica

total: 29.4 years

male: 28.6 years

female: 30.1 years (2020 est.)

Japan

total: 48.6 years

male: 47.2 years

female: 50 years (2020 est.)

Jersey

total: 37.5 years

male: 36 years

female: 39.5 years (2020 est.)

Jordan

total: 23.5 years

male: 23.9 years

female: 22.9 years (2020 est.)

Kazakhstan

total: 31.6 years

male: 30.3 years

female: 32.8 years (2020 est.)

Kenya

total: 20 years

male: 19.9 years

female: 20.1 years (2020 est.)

Kiribati

total: 25.7 years

male: 24.8 years

female: 26.6 years (2020 est.)

Korea, North

total: 34.6 years

male: 33.2 years

female: 36.2 years (2020 est.)

Korea, South

total: 43.2 years

male: 41.6 years

female: 45 years (2020 est.)

Kosovo

total: 30.5 years

male: 30.2 years

female: 30.8 years (2020 est.)

Kuwait

total: 29.7 years

male: 30.7 years

female: 27.9 years (2020 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total: 27.3 years

male: 26.1 years

female: 28.5 years (2020 est.)

Laos

total: 24 years

male: 23.7 years

female: 24.4 years (2020 est.)

Latvia

total: 44.4 years

male: 40.5 years

female: 48 years (2020 est.)

Lebanon

total: 33.7 years

male: 33.1 years

female: 34.4 years (2020 est.)

Lesotho

total: 24.7 years

male: 24.7 years

female: 24.7 years (2020 est.)

Liberia

total: 18 years

male: 17.7 years

female: 18.2 years (2020 est.)

Libya

total: 25.8 years

male: 25.9 years

female: 25.7 years (2020 est.)

Liechtenstein

total: 43.7 years

male: 42 years

female: 45.3 years (2020 est.)

Lithuania

total: 44.5 years

male: 40.2 years

female: 48.2 years (2020 est.)

Luxembourg

total: 39.5 years

male: 38.9 years

female: 40 years (2020 est.)

Macau

total: 40.8 years

male: 40.7 years

female: 40.9 years (2020 est.)

Madagascar

total: 20.3 years

male: 20.1 years

female: 20.5 years (2020 est.)

Malawi

total: 16.8 years

male: 16.7 years

female: 16.9 years (2020 est.)

Malaysia

total: 29.2 years

male: 28.9 years

female: 29.6 years (2020 est.)

Maldives

total: 29.5 years

male: 29.2 years

female: 30 years (2020 est.)

Mali

total: 16 years

male: 15.3 years

female: 16.7 years (2020 est.)

Malta

total: 42.3 years

male: 41.2 years

female: 43.5 years (2020 est.)

Marshall Islands

total: 23.8 years

male: 23.6 years

female: 23.9 years (2020 est.)

Mauritania

total: 21 years

male: 20.1 years

female: 22 years (2020 est.)

Mauritius

total: 36.3 years

male: 35 years

female: 37.6 years (2020 est.)

Mexico

total: 29.3 years

male: 28.2 years

female: 30.4 years (2020 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of

total: 26.3 years

male: 25.5 years

female: 27.1 years (2020 est.)

Moldova

total: 37.7 years

male: 36.2 years

female: 39.5 years (2020 est.)

Monaco

total: 55.4 years

male: 53.7 years

female: 57 years (2020 est.)

Mongolia

total: 29.8 years

male: 28.8 years

female: 30.7 years (2020 est.)

Montenegro

total: 39.6 years

male: 38.1 years

female: 41.1 years (2020 est.)

Montserrat

total: 34.8 years

male: 34.1 years

female: 35.6 years (2020 est.)

Morocco

total: 29.1 years

male: 28.7 years

female: 29.6 years (2020 est.)

note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

Mozambique

total: 17 years

male: 16.3 years

female: 17.6 years (2020 est.)

Namibia

total: 21.8 years

male: 21.1 years

female: 22.6 years (2020 est.)

Nauru

total: 27 years

male: 28.2 years

female: 25.9 years (2020 est.)

Nepal

total: 25.3 years

male: 23.9 years

female: 26.9 years (2020 est.)

Netherlands

total: 42.8 years

male: 41.6 years

female: 44 years (2020 est.)

New Caledonia

total: 32.9 years

male: 32.1 years

female: 33.7 years (2020 est.)

New Zealand

total: 37.2 years

male: 36.4 years

female: 37.9 years (2020 est.)

Nicaragua

total: 27.3 years

male: 26.4 years

female: 28.2 years (2020 est.)

Niger

total: 14.8 years

male: 14.5 years

female: 15.1 years (2020 est.)

Nigeria

total: 18.6 years

male: 18.4 years

female: 18.9 years (2020 est.)

North Macedonia

total: 39 years

male: 38 years

female: 40 years (2020 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total: 32.8 years

male: 31.8 years

female: 34.1 years (2020 est.)

Norway

total: 39.5 years

male: 38.8 years

female: 40.2 years (2020 est.)

Oman

total: 26.2 years

male: 27.2 years

female: 25.1 years (2020 est.)

Pakistan

total: 22 years

male: 21.9 years

female: 22.1 years (2020 est.)

Palau

total: 33.9 years

male: 32.9 years

female: 35.9 years (2020 est.)

Panama

total: 30.1 years

male: 29.6 years

female: 30.5 years (2020 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total: 24 years

male: 24 years

female: 24 years (2020 est.)

Paraguay

total: 29.7 years

male: 29.5 years

female: 29.9 years (2020 est.)

Peru

total: 29.1 years

male: 28.3 years

female: 29.9 years (2020 est.)

Philippines

total: 24.1 years

male: 23.6 years

female: 24.6 years (2020 est.)

Poland

total: 41.9 years

male: 40.3 years

female: 43.6 years (2020 est.)

Portugal

total: 44.6 years

male: 42.7 years

female: 46.5 years (2020 est.)

Puerto Rico

total: 43.6 years

male: 41.6 years

female: 45.3 years (2020 est.)

Qatar

total: 33.7 years

male: 35 years

female: 28.2 years (2020 est.)

Romania

total: 42.5 years

male: 41 years

female: 44 years (2020 est.)

Russia

total: 40.3 years

male: 37.5 years

female: 43.2 years (2020 est.)

Rwanda

total: 19.7 years

male: 18.9 years

female: 20.4 years (2020 est.)

Saint Barthelemy

total: 45.6 years

male: 45.5 years

female: 45.8 years (2020 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total: 43.2 years

male: 43.2 years

female: 43.3 years (2020 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total: 36.5 years

male: 36.7 years

female: 36.3 years (2020 est.)

Saint Lucia

total: 36.9 years

male: 35.7 years

female: 38 years (2020 est.)

Saint Martin

total: 33.3 years

male: 32.5 years

female: 34.1 years (2020 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total: 48.5 years

male: 47.9 years

female: 49 years (2020 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total: 35.3 years

male: 35.4 years

female: 35.1 years (2020 est.)

Samoa

total: 25.6 years

male: 25.3 years

female: 26 years (2020 est.)

San Marino

total: 45.2 years

male: 43.9 years

female: 46.3 years (2020 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total: 19.3 years

male: 18.9 years

female: 19.7 years (2020 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total: 30.8 years

male: 33 years

female: 27.9 years (2020 est.)

Senegal

total: 19.4 years

male: 18.5 years

female: 20.3 years (2020 est.)

Serbia

total: 43.4 years

male: 41.7 years

female: 45 years (2020 est.)

Seychelles

total: 36.8 years

male: 36.3 years

female: 37.4 years (2020 est.)

Sierra Leone

total: 19.1 years

male: 18.5 years

female: 19.7 years (2020 est.)

Singapore

total: 35.6 years

male: 35.4 years

female: 35.7 years (2020 est.)

Sint Maarten

total: 41.1 years

male: 39.6 years

female: 42.7 years (2020 est.)

Slovakia

total: 41.8 years

male: 40.1 years

female: 43.6 years (2020 est.)

Slovenia

total: 44.9 years

male: 43.4 years

female: 46.6 years (2020 est.)

Solomon Islands

total: 23.5 years

male: 23.2 years

female: 23.7 years (2020 est.)

Somalia

total: 18.5 years

male: 18.7 years

female: 18.3 years (2020 est.)

South Africa

total: 28 years

male: 27.9 years

female: 28.1 years (2020 est.)

South Sudan

total: 18.6 years

male: 18.9 years

female: 18.3 years (2020 est.)

Spain

total: 43.9 years

male: 42.7 years

female: 45.1 years (2020 est.)

Sri Lanka

total: 33.7 years

male: 32.3 years

female: 35.1 years (2020 est.)

Sudan

total: 18.3 years

male: 18.1 years

female: 18.5 years (2020 est.)

Suriname

total: 31 years

male: 30.6 years

female: 31.4 years (2020 est.)

Sweden

total: 41.1 years

male: 40.1 years

female: 42.1 years (2020 est.)

Switzerland

total: 42.7 years

male: 41.7 years

female: 43.7 years (2020 est.)

Syria

total: 23.5 years

male: 23 years

female: 24 years (2020 est.)

Taiwan

total: 42.3 years

male: 41.5 years

female: 43.1 years (2020 est.)

Tajikistan

total: 25.3 years

male: 24.6 years

female: 26 years (2020 est.)

Tanzania

total: 18.2 years

male: 17.9 years

female: 18.4 years (2020 est.)

Thailand

total: 39 years

male: 37.8 years

female: 40.1 years (2020 est.)

Timor-Leste

total: 19.6 years

male: 18.9 years

female: 20.2 years (2020 est.)

Togo

total: 20 years

male: 19.7 years

female: 20.3 years (2020 est.)

Tonga

total: 24.1 years

male: 23.6 years

female: 24.5 years (2020 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total: 37.8 years

male: 37.3 years

female: 38.3 years (2020 est.)

Tunisia

total: 32.7 years

male: 32 years

female: 33.3 years (2020 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye)

total: 32.2 years

male: 31.7 years

female: 32.8 years (2020 est.)

Turkmenistan

total: 29.2 years

male: 28.7 years

female: 29.7 years (2020 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total: 34.6 years

male: 34.9 years

female: 34.4 years (2020 est.)

Tuvalu

total: 26.6 years

male: 25.6 years

female: 27.6 years (2020 est.)

Uganda

total: 15.7 years

male: 14.9 years

female: 16.5 years (2020 est.)

Ukraine

total: 41.2 years

male: 38.2 years

female: 44.3 years (2020 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total: 38.4 years

male: 40.4 years

female: 31.5 years (2020 est.)

United Kingdom

total: 40.6 years

male: 39.6 years

female: 41.7 years (2020 est.)

United States

total: 38.5 years

male: 37.2 years

female: 39.8 years (2020 est.)

Uruguay

total: 35.5 years

male: 33.8 years

female: 37.3 years (2020 est.)

Uzbekistan

total: 30.1 years

male: 29.4 years

female: 30.7 years (2020 est.)

Vanuatu

total: 23 years

male: 22.6 years

female: 23.5 years (2020 est.)

Venezuela

total: 30 years

male: 29.4 years

female: 30.7 years (2020 est.)

Vietnam

total: 31.9 years

male: 30.8 years

female: 33 years (2020 est.)

Virgin Islands

total: 41.8 years

male: 40.6 years

female: 42.8 years (2020 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

total: 34 years

male: 33.1 years

female: 35.1 years (2020 est.)

West Bank

total: 21.9 years

male: 21.7 years

female: 22.2 years (2020 est.)

World

total: 31 years

male: 30.3 years

female: 31.8 years (2020 est.)

Yemen

total: 19.8 years (2018 est.)

male: 19.6 years

female: 19.9 years

Zambia

total: 16.9 years

male: 16.7 years

female: 17 years (2020 est.)

Zimbabwe

total: 20.5 years

male: 20.3 years

female: 20.6 years (2020 est.)