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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: 19.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 19.8 years

female: 20 years

Albania

total: 35.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 34.3 years

female: 37.2 years

Algeria

total: 28.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 28.6 years

female: 29.2 years

American Samoa

total: 29.4 years (2023 est.)

male: 28.8 years

female: 30 years

Andorra

total: 48.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 48.1 years

female: 48.1 years

Angola

total: 16.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 15.7 years

female: 16.7 years

Anguilla

total: 36.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 34.6 years

female: 38.6 years

Antigua and Barbuda

total: 33.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 31.6 years

female: 35.4 years

Argentina

total: 33 years (2023 est.)

male: 31.8 years

female: 34.3 years

Armenia

total: 38.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 36.9 years

female: 39.8 years

Aruba

total: 40.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 39 years

female: 42.2 years

Australia

total: 37.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 36.8 years

female: 39 years

Austria

total: 44.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 43.5 years

female: 46.2 years

Azerbaijan

total: 33.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 32.2 years

female: 35.4 years

Bahamas, The

total: 30.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 30.2 years

female: 30.2 years

Bahrain

total: 33.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 34.6 years

female: 31 years

Bangladesh

total: 29.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 28.3 years

female: 30 years

Barbados

total: 41 years (2023 est.)

male: 39.9 years

female: 42.1 years

Belarus

total: 41.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 39.1 years

female: 44.6 years

Belgium

total: 41.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 40.7 years

female: 43 years

Belize

total: 26.4 years (2023 est.)

male: 26.1 years

female: 26.8 years

Benin

total: 17.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 16.6 years

female: 17.7 years

Bermuda

total: 43.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 41.4 years

female: 46.3 years

Bhutan

total: 30.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 30.6 years

female: 29.8 years

Bolivia

total: 26.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 25.9 years

female: 26.6 years

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total: 44.4 years (2023 est.)

male: 42.7 years

female: 46.1 years

Botswana

total: 26.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 25.6 years

female: 27.9 years

Brazil

total: 34.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 33.6 years

female: 35.7 years

British Virgin Islands

total: 38.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 37.9 years

female: 38.6 years

Brunei

total: 32 years (2023 est.)

male: 31.1 years

female: 32.8 years

Bulgaria

total: 44.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 43 years

female: 46.6 years

Burkina Faso

total: 18.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 17.7 years

female: 19.3 years

Burma

total: 30.4 years (2023 est.)

male: 29.5 years

female: 31.3 years

Burundi

total: 18.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 17.9 years

female: 18.5 years

Cabo Verde

total: 28.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 27.5 years

female: 29.2 years

Cambodia

total: 27.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 26.6 years

female: 28.5 years

Cameroon

total: 18.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 18.5 years

female: 19.1 years

Canada

total: 42.4 years (2023 est.)

male: 41.2 years

female: 43.5 years

Cayman Islands

total: 41 years (2023 est.)

male: 40.2 years

female: 41.8 years

Central African Republic

total: 20.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 19.5 years

female: 21.1 years

Chad

total: 16.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 16.1 years

female: 17 years

Chile

total: 36.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 35.4 years

female: 37.8 years

China

total: 39.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 38.6 years

female: 41.1 years

Colombia

total: 32.4 years (2023 est.)

male: 31.2 years

female: 33.6 years

Comoros

total: 22.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 21.6 years

female: 22.9 years

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

total: 16.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 16.6 years

female: 16.9 years

Congo, Republic of the

total: 20.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 20.3 years

female: 20.7 years

Cook Islands

total: 40.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 40.3 years

female: 41 years

Costa Rica

total: 35 years (2023 est.)

male: 34.4 years

female: 35.6 years

Cote d'Ivoire

total: 21 years (2023 est.)

male: 21 years

female: 21 years

Croatia

total: 44.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 42.9 years

female: 46.7 years

Cuba

total: 42.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 40.8 years

female: 44.3 years

Curacao

total: 37.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 35.3 years

female: 40 years

Cyprus

total: 39.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 37.9 years

female: 40.6 years

Czechia

total: 43.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 42.5 years

female: 45.4 years

Denmark

total: 42.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 41 years

female: 43.3 years

Djibouti

total: 26 years (2023 est.)

male: 24.1 years

female: 27.6 years

Dominica

total: 36.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 36 years

female: 37.1 years

Dominican Republic

total: 28.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 28.7 years

female: 29 years

Ecuador

total: 27.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 26.8 years

female: 28.7 years

Egypt

total: 24.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 24.1 years

female: 24.1 years

El Salvador

total: 29.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 27.7 years

female: 30.7 years

Equatorial Guinea

total: 21.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 22.5 years

female: 21.3 years

Eritrea

total: 21 years (2023 est.)

male: 20.5 years

female: 21.5 years

Estonia

total: 44.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 41.5 years

female: 47.9 years

Eswatini

total: 24.4 years (2023 est.)

male: 23.1 years

female: 25.5 years

Ethiopia

total: 20.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 20 years

female: 20.5 years

European Union

total: 44 years (2020)

male: 42.6 years

female: 45.5 years

Faroe Islands

total: 36.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 36.8 years

female: 36.8 years

Fiji

total: 31.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 31 years

female: 31.5 years

Finland

total: 43.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 41.7 years

female: 44.8 years

France

total: 42.4 years (2023 est.)

male: 40.9 years

female: 44 years

French Polynesia

total: 34.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 34.6 years

female: 35.1 years

Gabon

total: 21.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 22.2 years

female: 21.3 years

Gambia, The

total: 19.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 19.5 years

female: 20.3 years

Gaza Strip

total: 19.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 18.9 years

female: 19.5 years

Georgia

total: 38 years (2023 est.)

male: 35.6 years

female: 40.4 years

Germany

total: 46.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 45.4 years

female: 48.2 years

Ghana

total: 21.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 20.4 years

female: 22.2 years

Gibraltar

total: 36.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 36 years

female: 37.2 years

Greece

total: 46.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 44.3 years

female: 47.9 years

Greenland

total: 35 years (2023 est.)

male: 35.7 years

female: 34.4 years

Grenada

total: 35 years (2023 est.)

male: 34.7 years

female: 35.1 years

Guam

total: 30.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 29.4 years

female: 30.8 years

Guatemala

total: 24.4 years (2023 est.)

male: 23.8 years

female: 25 years

Guernsey

total: 44.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 43.6 years

female: 46.1 years

Guinea

total: 19.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 19.1 years

female: 19.6 years

Guinea-Bissau

total: 18.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 17.7 years

female: 18.9 years

Guyana

total: 27.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 27.8 years

female: 28 years

Haiti

total: 24.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 24.4 years

female: 24.9 years

Honduras

total: 25.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 24.4 years

female: 26.2 years

Hong Kong

total: 46.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 45 years

female: 48.1 years

Hungary

total: 44.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 42.6 years

female: 46.4 years

Iceland

total: 37.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 37.2 years

female: 38.4 years

India

total: 29.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 28.8 years

female: 30.2 years

Indonesia

total: 31.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 30.5 years

female: 32 years

Iran

total: 33.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 33.1 years

female: 33.5 years

Iraq

total: 22.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 21.7 years

female: 22.4 years

Ireland

total: 39.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 39.4 years

female: 40.2 years

Isle of Man

total: 44.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 43.6 years

female: 46 years

Israel

total: 30.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 29.5 years

female: 30.7 years

Italy

total: 48.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 47 years

female: 49.1 years

Jamaica

total: 30.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 29.7 years

female: 31.3 years

Japan

total: 49.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 48 years

female: 50.9 years

Jersey

total: 38 years (2023 est.)

male: 36.7 years

female: 39.5 years

Jordan

total: 24.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 25.1 years

female: 24.1 years

Kazakhstan

total: 31.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 29.9 years

female: 33.5 years

Kenya

total: 20.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 20.8 years

female: 21 years

Kiribati

total: 26.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 26 years

female: 27.8 years

Korea, North

total: 35.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 34.2 years

female: 37.1 years

Korea, South

total: 45 years (2023 est.)

male: 43.5 years

female: 46.8 years

Kosovo

total: 31.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 31.3 years

female: 32 years

Kuwait

total: 30.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 31 years

female: 28.6 years

Kyrgyzstan

total: 28.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 26.7 years

female: 29.5 years

Laos

total: 25 years (2023 est.)

male: 24.6 years

female: 25.3 years

Latvia

total: 45.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 41.3 years

female: 48.9 years

Lebanon

total: 35.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 35.1 years

female: 36.4 years

Lesotho

total: 23.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 23.2 years

female: 24.2 years

Liberia

total: 19.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 19.6 years

female: 19.9 years

Libya

total: 26.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 26.1 years

female: 26.1 years

Liechtenstein

total: 44.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 42.3 years

female: 46 years

Lithuania

total: 45 years (2023 est.)

male: 40.6 years

female: 49 years

Luxembourg

total: 39.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 39.3 years

female: 40.3 years

Macau

total: 42 years (2023 est.)

male: 41.2 years

female: 42.5 years

Madagascar

total: 21 years (2023 est.)

male: 20.9 years

female: 21.2 years

Malawi

total: 20 years (2023 est.)

male: 19.7 years

female: 20.2 years

Malaysia

total: 31.4 years (2023 est.)

male: 31.3 years

female: 31.5 years

Maldives

total: 31.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 30.8 years

female: 31.9 years

Mali

total: 16.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 15.6 years

female: 17 years

Malta

total: 43.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 42.1 years

female: 44.4 years

Marshall Islands

total: 25.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 25 years

female: 25.2 years

Mauritania

total: 21.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 20.9 years

female: 22.8 years

Mauritius

total: 39.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 37.8 years

female: 40.6 years

Mexico

total: 30.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 28.9 years

female: 32.3 years

Micronesia, Federated States of

total: 27.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 26.9 years

female: 28.6 years

Moldova

total: 39.4 years (2023 est.)

male: 38.1 years

female: 40.8 years

Monaco

total: 56.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 54.5 years

female: 57.6 years

Mongolia

total: 31.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 29.9 years

female: 32.2 years

Montenegro

total: 40.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 39.2 years

female: 42.2 years

Montserrat

total: 36.4 years (2023 est.)

male: 35.1 years

female: 37.3 years

Morocco

total: 30.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 29.8 years

female: 30.7 years

note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

Mozambique

total: 17.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 16.6 years

female: 17.8 years

Namibia

total: 22.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 21.8 years

female: 23.2 years

Nauru

total: 27.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 26.9 years

female: 28.2 years

Nepal

total: 27.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 26 years

female: 28.1 years

Netherlands

total: 42.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 41 years

female: 43.4 years

New Caledonia

total: 33.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 33.1 years

female: 34.8 years

New Zealand

total: 37.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 36.9 years

female: 38.4 years

Nicaragua

total: 28.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 27.6 years

female: 29.4 years

Niger

total: 15.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 14.8 years

female: 15.5 years

Nigeria

total: 19.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 18.9 years

female: 19.4 years

North Macedonia

total: 40.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 39.1 years

female: 41.2 years

Northern Mariana Islands

total: 32.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 31.7 years

female: 33.3 years

Norway

total: 40.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 39.9 years

female: 41.4 years

Oman

total: 27.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 27.9 years

female: 26 years

Pakistan

total: 22.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 22.6 years

female: 22.8 years

Palau

total: 35 years (2023 est.)

male: 33.9 years

female: 37 years

Panama

total: 31.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 30.8 years

female: 31.6 years

Papua New Guinea

total: 21.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 21.4 years

female: 21.8 years

Paraguay

total: 31.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 31.1 years

female: 31.5 years

Peru

total: 30.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 29.1 years

female: 31.1 years

Philippines

total: 25.4 years (2023 est.)

male: 24.9 years

female: 26 years

Poland

total: 42.4 years (2023 est.)

male: 41.1 years

female: 43.7 years

Portugal

total: 46 years (2023 est.)

male: 44 years

female: 47.9 years

Puerto Rico

total: 45.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 43.6 years

female: 47.2 years

Qatar

total: 34.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 35.5 years

female: 28.1 years

Romania

total: 45.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 43.6 years

female: 46.5 years

Russia

total: 41.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 39 years

female: 44.2 years

Rwanda

total: 20.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 19.8 years

female: 21.2 years

Saint Barthelemy

total: 47 years (2023 est.)

male: 46.7 years

female: 47.4 years

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total: 44.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 44.5 years

female: 44.9 years

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total: 38.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 38.3 years

female: 37.8 years

Saint Lucia

total: 39 years (2023 est.)

male: 37.8 years

female: 40.2 years

Saint Martin

total: 34 years (2023 est.)

male: 33.2 years

female: 34.8 years

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total: 50.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 49.9 years

female: 51.2 years

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total: 37 years (2023 est.)

male: 37.2 years

female: 36.9 years

Samoa

total: 26.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 26.5 years

female: 27.3 years

San Marino

total: 45.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 44.4 years

female: 47.2 years

Sao Tome and Principe

total: 20.4 years (2023 est.)

male: 20 years

female: 20.8 years

Saudi Arabia

total: 32 years (2023 est.)

male: 34.2 years

female: 29 years

Senegal

total: 19 years (2023 est.)

male: 18.2 years

female: 19.8 years

Serbia

total: 43.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 42.2 years

female: 45.2 years

Seychelles

total: 38.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 37.7 years

female: 38.8 years

Sierra Leone

total: 19.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 18.8 years

female: 19.6 years

Singapore

total: 38.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 37.7 years

female: 40.1 years

Sint Maarten

total: 41.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 39.3 years

female: 42.8 years

Slovakia

total: 42.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 41 years

female: 44.1 years

Slovenia

total: 45.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 44.6 years

female: 47.5 years

Solomon Islands

total: 24.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 24.6 years

female: 25 years

Somalia

total: 19 years (2023 est.)

male: 19.2 years

female: 18.7 years

South Africa

total: 30.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 29.9 years

female: 30.3 years

South Sudan

total: 18.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 18.7 years

female: 18.6 years

Spain

total: 46.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 45.2 years

female: 47.4 years

Sri Lanka

total: 33.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 32.1 years

female: 35.6 years

Sudan

total: 19.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 18.8 years

female: 19.3 years

Suriname

total: 31.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 30.7 years

female: 32.6 years

Sweden

total: 41 years (2023 est.)

male: 40 years

female: 42 years

Switzerland

total: 44 years (2023 est.)

male: 43.3 years

female: 44.8 years

Syria

total: 23.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 23.3 years

female: 24.5 years

Taiwan

total: 44 years (2023 est.)

male: 43 years

female: 45 years

Tajikistan

total: 22.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 22.3 years

female: 23.2 years

Tanzania

total: 18.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 18.7 years

female: 19.2 years

Thailand

total: 41 years (2023 est.)

male: 39.8 years

female: 42.2 years

Timor-Leste

total: 20.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 19.6 years

female: 21.1 years

Togo

total: 20.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 19.8 years

female: 21.3 years

Tonga

total: 25.4 years (2023 est.)

male: 25 years

female: 25.9 years

Trinidad and Tobago

total: 38 years (2023 est.)

male: 37.5 years

female: 38.4 years

Tunisia

total: 34 years (2023 est.)

male: 33.2 years

female: 34.7 years

Turkey (Turkiye)

total: 33.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 33 years

female: 34.1 years

Turkmenistan

total: 30.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 30.2 years

female: 31.2 years

Turks and Caicos Islands

total: 35.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 36.1 years

female: 35.7 years

Tuvalu

total: 27.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 26.5 years

female: 28.6 years

Uganda

total: 16.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 15.3 years

female: 16.9 years

Ukraine

total: 45.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 41.3 years

female: 50 years

United Arab Emirates

total: 35.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 37.9 years

female: 29.9 years

United Kingdom

total: 40.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 39.9 years

female: 41.4 years

United States

total: 38.5 years (2020)

male: 37.2 years

female: 39.8 years

Uruguay

total: 36.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 34.6 years

female: 37.9 years

Uzbekistan

total: 28.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 27.9 years

female: 29.5 years

Vanuatu

total: 24.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 23.7 years

female: 24.6 years

Venezuela

total: 30.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 30.1 years

female: 31.5 years

Vietnam

total: 32.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 31.6 years

female: 33.8 years

Virgin Islands

total: 42.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 41.7 years

female: 43.7 years

Wallis and Futuna

total: 35.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 34.9 years

female: 36.6 years

West Bank

total: 21.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 21.5 years

female: 21.9 years

World

total: 31 years (2020)

male: 30.3 years

female: 31.8 years

Yemen

total: 21.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 21.5 years

female: 21.8 years

Zambia

total: 18.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 18 years

female: 18.4 years

Zimbabwe

total: 21 years (2023 est.)

male: 20.2 years

female: 21.8 years