The CIA World Factbook Edition 2004 People

Median age In 23 editions of 36.

Median age was published in 23 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2003 to 2025. The 2004 edition carries it in 224 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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2025

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Africa

56 entries

Algeria

total:
23.8 years
male:
23.7 years
female:
24 years (2004 est.)

Angola

total:
18.1 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
18.1 years (2004 est.)

Benin

total:
16.5 years
male:
16 years
female:
16.9 years (2004 est.)

Botswana

total:
19.2 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
19.9 years (2004 est.)

Burkina Faso

total:
16.8 years
male:
16.4 years
female:
17.2 years (2004 est.)

Burundi

total:
16.5 years
male:
16.1 years
female:
16.8 years (2004 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

total:
19 years
male:
18.2 years
female:
19.9 years (2004 est.)

Cameroon

total:
18.5 years
male:
18.3 years
female:
18.6 years (2004 est.)

Central African Republic

total:
18 years
male:
17.7 years
female:
18.4 years (2004 est.)

Chad

total:
16 years
male:
15.3 years
female:
16.7 years (2004 est.)

Comoros

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.3 years
female:
18.9 years (2004 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total:
15.8 years
male:
15.4 years
female:
16.2 years (2004 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total:
20.4 years
male:
20 years
female:
20.9 years (2004 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total:
17 years
male:
17.4 years
female:
16.7 years (2004 est.)

Djibouti

total:
18.3 years
male:
18.8 years
female:
17.7 years (2004 est.)

Egypt

total:
23.4 years
male:
23 years
female:
23.8 years (2004 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total:
18.7 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
19.4 years (2004 est.)

Eritrea

total:
17.5 years
male:
17.3 years
female:
17.7 years (2004 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.8 years (2004 est.)

Ethiopia

total:
17.4 years
male:
17.3 years
female:
17.4 years (2004 est.)

Gabon

total:
18.5 years
male:
18.3 years
female:
18.8 years (2004 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
17.5 years
male:
17.4 years
female:
17.7 years (2004 est.)

Ghana

total:
20 years
male:
19.8 years
female:
20.3 years (2004 est.)

Guinea

total:
17.7 years
male:
17.4 years
female:
17.9 years (2004 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total:
18.9 years
male:
18.3 years
female:
19.5 years (2004 est.)

Kenya

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
18.7 years (2004 est.)

Lesotho

total:
20 years
male:
19.5 years
female:
20.6 years (2004 est.)

Liberia

total:
18.1 years
male:
17.7 years
female:
18.4 years (2004 est.)

Libya

total:
22.4 years
male:
22.5 years
female:
22.2 years (2004 est.)

Madagascar

total:
17.4 years
male:
17.2 years
female:
17.7 years (2004 est.)

Malawi

total:
16.4 years
male:
16.1 years
female:
16.7 years (2004 est.)

Mali

total:
16.3 years
male:
15.7 years
female:
16.9 years (2004 est.)

Mauritania

total:
16.9 years
male:
16.7 years
female:
17.2 years (2004 est.)

Mauritius

total:
30.1 years
male:
29.3 years
female:
31.1 years (2004 est.)

Mayotte

total:
16.9 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
15.8 years (2004 est.)

Morocco

total:
23.3 years
male:
22.8 years
female:
23.8 years (2004 est.)

Mozambique

total:
18.2 years
male:
17.8 years
female:
18.6 years (2004 est.)

Namibia

total:
18.3 years
male:
18 years
female:
18.6 years (2004 est.)

Niger

total:
16.2 years
male:
15.7 years
female:
16.7 years (2004 est.)

Nigeria

total:
18.1 years
male:
18.2 years
female:
17.9 years (2004 est.)

Reunion

total:
26.5 years
male:
25.4 years
female:
27.7 years (2004 est.)

Rwanda

total:
18.2 years
male:
18 years
female:
18.4 years (2004 est.)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total:
34.7 years
male:
34.9 years
female:
34.5 years (2004 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total:
16.1 years
male:
15.5 years
female:
16.7 years (2004 est.)

Senegal

total:
18 years
male:
17.4 years
female:
18.5 years (2004 est.)

Seychelles

total:
27.3 years
male:
26.2 years
female:
28.4 years (2004 est.)

Sierra Leone

total:
17.5 years
male:
17.2 years
female:
17.8 years (2004 est.)

Somalia

total:
17.6 years
male:
17.5 years
female:
17.6 years (2004 est.)

South Africa

total:
24.7 years
male:
24.2 years
female:
25.3 years (2004 est.)

Sudan

total:
17.9 years
male:
17.7 years
female:
18.1 years (2004 est.)

Tanzania

total:
17.6 years
male:
17.3 years
female:
17.8 years (2004 est.)

Togo

total:
17.6 years
male:
17.2 years
female:
17.9 years (2004 est.)

Tunisia

total:
26.8 years
male:
26.3 years
female:
27.3 years (2004 est.)

Uganda

total:
14.8 years
male:
14.7 years
female:
14.9 years (2004 est.)

Zambia

total:
16.6 years
male:
16.5 years
female:
16.6 years (2004 est.)

Zimbabwe

total:
19.1 years
male:
19.1 years
female:
19.1 years (2004 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total:
33.5 years
male:
34.8 years
female:
31.9 years (2004 est.)

Iceland

total:
33.8 years
male:
33.3 years
female:
34.3 years (2004 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total:
17.5 years
male:
17.5 years
female:
17.6 years (2004 est.)

Armenia

total:
29.7 years
male:
27.1 years
female:
32.4 years (2004 est.)

Azerbaijan

total:
27.3 years
male:
25.9 years
female:
28.8 years (2004 est.)

Bangladesh

total:
21.5 years
male:
21.5 years
female:
21.5 years (2004 est.)

Bhutan

total:
20.2 years
male:
20 years
female:
20.3 years (2004 est.)

China

total:
31.8 years
male:
31.5 years
female:
32.2 years (2004 est.)

Georgia

total:
37 years
male:
34.5 years
female:
39.2 years (2004 est.)

India

total:
24.4 years
male:
24.4 years
female:
24.4 years (2004 est.)

Japan

total:
42.3 years
male:
40.5 years
female:
44.1 years (2004 est.)

Kazakhstan

total:
28.3 years
male:
26.6 years
female:
30 years (2004 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total:
31.4 years
male:
30.2 years
female:
32.6 years (2004 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:
33.7 years
male:
32.8 years
female:
34.7 years (2004 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total:
23.1 years
male:
22.2 years
female:
24 years (2004 est.)

Maldives

total:
17.5 years
male:
17.4 years
female:
17.6 years (2004 est.)

Mongolia

total:
23.9 years
male:
23.6 years
female:
24.3 years (2004 est.)

Nepal

total:
19.9 years
male:
19.7 years
female:
20 years (2004 est.)

Pakistan

total:
19.4 years
male:
19.2 years
female:
19.5 years (2004 est.)

Russia

total:
37.9 years
male:
34.7 years
female:
40.7 years (2004 est.)

Sri Lanka

total:
29.1 years
male:
28 years
female:
30.1 years (2004 est.)

Tajikistan

total:
19.5 years
male:
19.2 years
female:
19.8 years (2004 est.)

Turkmenistan

total:
21.3 years
male:
20.4 years
female:
22.2 years (2004 est.)

Uzbekistan

total:
22.1 years
male:
21.4 years
female:
22.7 years (2004 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

total:
30.4 years
male:
30.4 years
female:
30.3 years (2004 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total:
29.4 years
male:
28.9 years
female:
29.9 years (2004 est.)

Aruba

total:
37.5 years
male:
35.7 years
female:
39.1 years (2004 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total:
27.3 years
male:
26.5 years
female:
28 years (2004 est.)

Barbados

total:
33.7 years
male:
32.6 years
female:
34.9 years (2004 est.)

Belize

total:
19.1 years
male:
19 years
female:
19.3 years (2004 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total:
30.9 years
male:
31.1 years
female:
30.7 years (2004 est.)

Cayman Islands

total:
36.5 years
male:
36.2 years
female:
36.8 years (2004 est.)

Costa Rica

total:
25.7 years
male:
25.2 years
female:
26.2 years (2004 est.)

Cuba

total:
34.8 years
male:
34.2 years
female:
35.5 years (2004 est.)

Dominica

total:
29 years
male:
28.7 years
female:
29.4 years (2004 est.)

Dominican Republic

total:
23.7 years
male:
23.5 years
female:
23.9 years (2004 est.)

El Salvador

total:
21.4 years
male:
20.2 years
female:
22.5 years (2004 est.)

Grenada

total:
20.9 years
male:
21.4 years
female:
20.4 years (2004 est.)

Guadeloupe

total:
31.4 years
male:
30.6 years
female:
32.3 years (2004 est.)

Guatemala

total:
18.4 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
18.6 years (2004 est.)

Haiti

total:
18.1 years
male:
17.6 years
female:
18.7 years (2004 est.)

Honduras

total:
19 years
male:
18.6 years
female:
19.4 years (2004 est.)

Jamaica

total:
26.8 years
male:
26.2 years
female:
27.6 years (2004 est.)

Martinique

total:
33.1 years
male:
32.5 years
female:
33.8 years (2004 est.)

Montserrat

total:
28.2 years
male:
28 years
female:
28.4 years (2004 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

total:
32.1 years
male:
30.6 years
female:
33.6 years (2004 est.)

Nicaragua

total:
20.2 years
male:
19.8 years
female:
20.6 years (2004 est.)

Panama

total:
25.9 years
male:
25.6 years
female:
26.2 years (2004 est.)

Puerto Rico

total:
33.8 years
male:
32.1 years
female:
35.4 years (2004 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:
27.3 years
male:
26.5 years
female:
28.1 years (2004 est.)

Saint Lucia

total:
24.5 years
male:
23.7 years
female:
25.3 years (2004 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:
25.8 years
male:
25.7 years
female:
26 years (2004 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total:
30.4 years
male:
30 years
female:
30.9 years (2004 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total:
27.2 years
male:
27.9 years
female:
26.5 years (2004 est.)

Virgin Islands

total:
35.9 years
male:
35.1 years
female:
36.7 years (2004 est.)

Europe

46 entries

Albania

total:
28.2 years
male:
27.6 years
female:
28.7 years (2004 est.)

Andorra

total:
39.7 years
male:
40 years
female:
39.4 years (2004 est.)

Austria

total:
40 years
male:
38.8 years
female:
41.2 years (2004 est.)

Belarus

total:
36.9 years
male:
34.2 years
female:
39.5 years (2004 est.)

Belgium

total:
40.2 years
male:
38.9 years
female:
41.5 years (2004 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:
35.9 years
male:
35.5 years
female:
36.2 years (2004 est.)

Bulgaria

total:
40.5 years
male:
38.4 years
female:
42.4 years (2004 est.)

Croatia

total:
39.7 years
male:
37.7 years
female:
41.5 years (2004 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

total:
38.6 years
male:
36.9 years
female:
40.5 years (2004 est.)

Denmark

total:
39.2 years
male:
38.3 years
female:
40.2 years (2004 est.)

Estonia

total:
38.8 years
male:
35.1 years
female:
42.1 years (2004 est.)

European Union

NA

Faroe Islands

total:
35.1 years
male:
34.6 years
female:
35.8 years (2004 est.)

Finland

total:
40.7 years
male:
39.1 years
female:
42.2 years (2004 est.)

France

total:
38.6 years
male:
37 years
female:
40.1 years (2004 est.)

Germany

total:
41.7 years
male:
40.4 years
female:
43.2 years (2004 est.)

Gibraltar

total:
39 years
male:
38.8 years
female:
39.2 years (2004 est.)

Greece

total:
40.2 years
male:
39.1 years
female:
41.3 years (2004 est.)

Guernsey

total:
40.6 years
male:
39.6 years
female:
41.5 years (2004 est.)

Hungary

total:
38.4 years
male:
35.9 years
female:
41.1 years (2004 est.)

Ireland

total:
33.4 years
male:
32.6 years
female:
34.2 years (2004 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

total:
39.3 years
male:
38 years
female:
40.8 years (2004 est.)

Italy

total:
41.4 years
male:
39.8 years
female:
43 years (2004 est.)

Jersey

total:
40.3 years
male:
39.6 years
female:
41.1 years (2004 est.)

Latvia

total:
38.8 years
male:
35.6 years
female:
41.9 years (2004 est.)

Liechtenstein

total:
38.8 years
male:
38.3 years
female:
39.3 years (2004 est.)

Lithuania

total:
37.4 years
male:
34.8 years
female:
40.1 years (2004 est.)

Luxembourg

total:
38.3 years
male:
37.4 years
female:
39.3 years (2004 est.)

Malta

total:
38 years
male:
36.6 years
female:
39.5 years (2004 est.)

Moldova

total:
32.1 years
male:
29.9 years
female:
34.3 years (2004 est.)

Monaco

total:
45.1 years
male:
43.1 years
female:
47.1 years (2004 est.)

Netherlands

total:
38.7 years
male:
37.9 years
female:
39.6 years (2004 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total:
32.8 years
male:
31.7 years
female:
33.9 years (2004 est.)

Norway

total:
37.9 years
male:
37 years
female:
38.8 years (2004 est.)

Poland

total:
36.2 years
male:
34.3 years
female:
38.2 years (2004 est.)

Portugal

total:
37.9 years
male:
35.8 years
female:
40 years (2004 est.)

Romania

total:
36.1 years
male:
34.7 years
female:
37.5 years (2004 est.)

San Marino

total:
40 years
male:
39.6 years
female:
40.3 years (2004 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

total:
36.6 years
male:
35.1 years
female:
38.1 years (2004 est.)

Slovakia

total:
35.1 years
male:
33.5 years
female:
36.9 years (2004 est.)

Slovenia

total:
39.8 years
male:
38.3 years
female:
41.3 years (2004 est.)

Spain

total:
39.1 years
male:
37.8 years
female:
40.5 years (2004 est.)

Sweden

total:
40.3 years
male:
39.2 years
female:
41.5 years (2004 est.)

Switzerland

total:
39.5 years
male:
38.5 years
female:
40.5 years (2004 est.)

Ukraine

total:
38.1 years
male:
34.8 years
female:
41.1 years (2004 est.)

United Kingdom

total:
38.7 years
male:
37.6 years
female:
39.8 years (2004 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total:
29 years
male:
31.9 years
female:
25.3 years (2004 est.)

Cyprus

total:
34.4 years
male:
33.4 years
female:
35.5 years (2004 est.)

Gaza Strip

total:
15.5 years
male:
15.3 years
female:
15.6 years (2004 est.)

Iran

total:
23.5 years
male:
23.3 years
female:
23.7 years (2004 est.)

Iraq

total:
19.2 years
male:
19.1 years
female:
19.3 years (2004 est.)

Israel

total:
29.2 years
male:
28.3 years
female:
30 years (2004 est.)

Jordan

total:
22.2 years
male:
22.8 years
female:
21.5 years (2004 est.)

Kuwait

total:
25.9 years
male:
28.2 years
female:
22 years (2004 est.)

Lebanon

total:
26.9 years
male:
25.9 years
female:
27.9 years (2004 est.)

Oman

total:
19.3 years
male:
22.1 years
female:
16.4 years (2004 est.)

Qatar

total:
31.4 years
male:
36.7 years
female:
22 years (2004 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total:
21.2 years
male:
22.8 years
female:
19.1 years (2004 est.)

Syria

total:
20 years
male:
19.9 years
female:
20.2 years (2004 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total:
27.3 years
male:
27.1 years
female:
27.5 years (2004 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total:
27.7 years
male:
35.7 years
female:
22.4 years (2004 est.)

West Bank

total:
18 years
male:
17.8 years
female:
18.2 years (2004 est.)

Yemen

total:
16.5 years
male:
16.5 years
female:
16.5 years (2004 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total:
39.2 years
male:
38.3 years
female:
40.1 years (2004 est.)

Canada

total:
38.2 years
male:
37.2 years
female:
39.2 years (2004 est.)

Mexico

total:
24.6 years
male:
23.7 years
female:
25.5 years (2004 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total:
33.3 years
male:
33 years
female:
33.6 years (2004 est.)

United States

total:
36 years
male:
34.7 years
female:
37.4 years (2004 est.)

Oceania

18 entries

American Samoa

total:
22.4 years
male:
22.1 years
female:
22.7 years (2004 est.)

Australia

total:
36.3 years
male:
35.5 years
female:
37.1 years (2004 est.)

Fiji

total:
24 years
male:
23.6 years
female:
24.4 years (2004 est.)

French Polynesia

total:
27.1 years
male:
27.4 years
female:
26.7 years (2004 est.)

Guam

total:
28.2 years
male:
28 years
female:
28.4 years (2004 est.)

Kiribati

total:
19.8 years
male:
19.4 years
female:
20.3 years (2004 est.)

Marshall Islands

total:
19.6 years
male:
19.6 years
female:
19.6 years (2004 est.)

Nauru

total:
19.9 years
male:
19.5 years
female:
20.4 years (2004 est.)

New Caledonia

total:
27.2 years
male:
26.9 years
female:
27.5 years (2004 est.)

New Zealand

total:
33.4 years
male:
32.6 years
female:
34.1 years (2004 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total:
29.2 years
male:
31.4 years
female:
28.2 years (2004 est.)

Palau

total:
31.1 years
male:
32.1 years
female:
30 years (2004 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total:
21 years
male:
21.1 years
female:
20.8 years (2004 est.)

Samoa

total:
24.2 years
male:
26.8 years
female:
20.8 years (2004 est.)

Solomon Islands

total:
18.4 years
male:
18.3 years
female:
18.5 years (2004 est.)

Tonga

total:
20.1 years
male:
19.7 years
female:
20.7 years (2004 est.)

Tuvalu

total:
24.2 years
male:
23.1 years
female:
25.6 years (2004 est.)

Vanuatu

total:
22.3 years
male:
22.3 years
female:
22.2 years (2004 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total:
29.2 years
male:
28.3 years
female:
30.1 years (2004 est.)

Bolivia

total:
21.1 years
male:
20.4 years
female:
21.8 years (2004 est.)

Brazil

total:
27.4 years
male:
26.7 years
female:
28.2 years (2004 est.)

Chile

total:
29.8 years
male:
28.9 years
female:
30.7 years (2004 est.)

Colombia

total:
25.8 years
male:
24.9 years
female:
26.7 years (2004 est.)

Ecuador

total:
23 years
male:
22.5 years
female:
23.5 years (2004 est.)

French Guiana

total:
28.3 years
male:
29.4 years
female:
27.2 years (2004 est.)

Guyana

total:
26.2 years
male:
25.6 years
female:
26.8 years (2004 est.)

Paraguay

total:
21.1 years
male:
20.8 years
female:
21.3 years (2004 est.)

Peru

total:
24.6 years
male:
24.4 years
female:
24.9 years (2004 est.)

Suriname

total:
25.8 years
male:
25.4 years
female:
26.3 years (2004 est.)

Uruguay

total:
32.2 years
male:
30.7 years
female:
33.7 years (2004 est.)

Venezuela

total:
25.2 years
male:
24.6 years
female:
25.8 years (2004 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total:
26.7 years
male:
27.3 years
female:
26 years (2004 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:
25.7 years
male:
25.2 years
female:
26.3 years (2004 est.)

Cambodia

total:
19.5 years
male:
18.8 years
female:
20.4 years (2004 est.)

Hong Kong

total:
39.4 years
male:
39.3 years
female:
39.6 years (2004 est.)

Indonesia

total:
26.1 years
male:
25.7 years
female:
26.6 years (2004 est.)

Laos

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.3 years
female:
19 years (2004 est.)

Macau

total:
35.2 years
male:
34.9 years
female:
35.4 years (2004 est.)

Malaysia

total:
23.8 years
male:
23.2 years
female:
24.4 years (2004 est.)

Philippines

total:
22.1 years
male:
21.6 years
female:
22.6 years (2004 est.)

Singapore

total:
36.2 years
male:
35.9 years
female:
36.6 years (2004 est.)

Taiwan

total:
33.7 years
male:
33.3 years
female:
34.1 years (2004 est.)

Thailand

total:
30.5 years
male:
29.7 years
female:
31.2 years (2004 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

total:
20 years
male:
20.1 years
female:
19.9 years (2004 est.)

Vietnam

total:
24.9 years
male:
24 years
female:
25.9 years (2004 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2004, “Median age”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/median-age/2004.

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