The CIA World Factbook Edition 2006 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 2006 edition carries it in 227 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2006 edition
227
the first edition with it
2003
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Median age” (2003 to 2025).

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World

1 entry

World

total:
27.6 years
male:
27 years
female:
28.2 years (2006 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

total:
24.9 years
male:
24.7 years
female:
25.1 years (2006 est.)

Angola

total:
18 years
male:
18 years
female:
18 years (2006 est.)

Benin

total:
17.6 years
male:
17.2 years
female:
18 years (2006 est.)

Botswana

total:
19.4 years
male:
18.8 years
female:
20 years (2006 est.)

Burkina Faso

total:
16.5 years
male:
16.3 years
female:
16.7 years (2006 est.)

Burundi

total:
16.6 years
male:
16.4 years
female:
16.9 years (2006 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

total:
19.8 years
male:
19 years
female:
20.7 years (2006 est.)

Cameroon

total:
18.9 years
male:
18.7 years
female:
19 years (2006 est.)

Central African Republic

total:
18.4 years
male:
18 years
female:
18.8 years (2006 est.)

Chad

total:
16 years
male:
15.3 years
female:
16.6 years (2006 est.)

Comoros

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.9 years (2006 est.)

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

total:
16.2 years
male:
16 years
female:
16.4 years (2006 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total:
16.6 years
male:
16.4 years
female:
16.9 years (2006 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total:
19.2 years
male:
19.4 years
female:
18.9 years (2006 est.)

Djibouti

total:
18.2 years
male:
18.7 years
female:
17.7 years (2006 est.)

Egypt

total:
24 years
male:
23.6 years
female:
24.3 years (2006 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total:
18.8 years
male:
18.2 years
female:
19.4 years (2006 est.)

Eritrea

total:
17.8 years
male:
17.6 years
female:
18 years (2006 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

total:
18.5 years
male:
17.8 years
female:
19.2 years (2006 est.)

Ethiopia

total:
17.8 years
male:
17.7 years
female:
17.9 years (2006 est.)

Gabon

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.8 years (2006 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
17.7 years
male:
17.6 years
female:
17.8 years (2006 est.)

Ghana

total:
19.9 years
male:
19.7 years
female:
20.1 years (2006 est.)

Guinea

total:
17.7 years
male:
17.4 years
female:
17.9 years (2006 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total:
19 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
19.6 years (2006 est.)

Kenya

total:
18.2 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
18.3 years (2006 est.)

Lesotho

total:
20.3 years
male:
19.7 years
female:
21 years (2006 est.)

Liberia

total:
18.1 years
male:
18 years
female:
18.3 years (2006 est.)

Libya

total:
23 years
male:
23.1 years
female:
22.9 years (2006 est.)

Madagascar

total:
17.5 years
male:
17.3 years
female:
17.7 years (2006 est.)

Malawi

total:
16.5 years
male:
16.2 years
female:
16.8 years (2006 est.)

Mali

total:
15.8 years
male:
15.4 years
female:
16.3 years (2006 est.)

Mauritania

total:
17 years
male:
16.8 years
female:
17.3 years (2006 est.)

Mauritius

total:
30.8 years
male:
30 years
female:
31.8 years (2006 est.)

Mayotte

total:
17 years
male:
18 years
female:
16 years (2006 est.)

Morocco

total:
23.9 years
male:
23.4 years
female:
24.5 years (2006 est.)

Mozambique

total:
18.3 years
male:
17.8 years
female:
18.8 years (2006 est.)

Namibia

total:
20 years
male:
19.8 years
female:
20.1 years (2006 est.)

Niger

total:
16.5 years
male:
16.5 years
female:
16.4 years (2006 est.)

Nigeria

total:
18.7 years
male:
18.7 years
female:
18.6 years (2006 est.)

Reunion

total:
26.9 years
male:
25.7 years
female:
28.1 years (2006 est.)

Rwanda

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.8 years (2006 est.)

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

total:
36 years
male:
36.2 years
female:
35.8 years (2006 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total:
16.2 years
male:
15.6 years
female:
16.8 years (2006 est.)

Senegal

total:
19.1 years
male:
18.9 years
female:
19.3 years (2006 est.)

Seychelles

total:
28.1 years
male:
27 years
female:
29.1 years (2006 est.)

Sierra Leone

total:
17.4 years
male:
17.1 years
female:
17.7 years (2006 est.)

Somalia

total:
17.6 years
male:
17.5 years
female:
17.7 years (2006 est.)

South Africa

total:
24.1 years
male:
23.3 years
female:
25 years (2006 est.)

Sudan

total:
18.3 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
18.5 years (2006 est.)

Tanzania

total:
17.7 years
male:
17.5 years
female:
18 years (2006 est.)

Togo

total:
18.3 years
male:
17.8 years
female:
18.7 years (2006 est.)

Tunisia

total:
27.8 years
male:
27.3 years
female:
28.3 years (2006 est.)

Uganda

total:
15 years
male:
14.9 years
female:
15.1 years (2006 est.)

Zambia

total:
16.5 years
male:
16.3 years
female:
16.7 years (2006 est.)

Zimbabwe

total:
19.9 years
male:
19.7 years
female:
20 years (2006 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total:
34 years
male:
35.3 years
female:
32.3 years (2006 est.)

Iceland

total:
34.2 years
male:
33.8 years
female:
34.7 years (2006 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total:
17.6 years
male:
17.6 years
female:
17.6 years (2006 est.)

Armenia

total:
30.4 years
male:
27.8 years
female:
33.2 years (2006 est.)

Azerbaijan

total:
27.7 years
male:
26.3 years
female:
29.2 years (2006 est.)

Bangladesh

total:
22.2 years
male:
22.2 years
female:
22.2 years (2006 est.)

Bhutan

total:
20.4 years
male:
20.2 years
female:
20.6 years (2006 est.)

China

total:
32.7 years
male:
32.3 years
female:
33.2 years (2006 est.)

Georgia

total:
37.7 years
male:
35.3 years
female:
40.1 years (2006 est.)

India

total:
24.9 years
male:
24.9 years
female:
24.9 years (2006 est.)

Japan

total:
42.9 years
male:
41.1 years
female:
44.7 years (2006 est.)

Kazakhstan

total:
28.8 years
male:
27.2 years
female:
30.5 years (2006 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total:
32 years
male:
30.7 years
female:
33.4 years (2006 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:
35.2 years
male:
34.2 years
female:
36.3 years (2006 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total:
23.6 years
male:
22.8 years
female:
24.5 years (2006 est.)

Maldives

total:
17.9 years
male:
17.8 years
female:
18 years (2006 est.)

Mongolia

total:
24.6 years
male:
24.3 years
female:
25 years (2006 est.)

Nepal

total:
20.3 years
male:
20.1 years
female:
20.4 years (2006 est.)

Pakistan

total:
19.8 years
male:
19.7 years
female:
20 years (2006 est.)

Russia

total:
38.4 years
male:
35.2 years
female:
41.3 years (2006 est.)

Sri Lanka

total:
29.8 years
male:
28.7 years
female:
30.9 years (2006 est.)

Tajikistan

total:
20 years
male:
19.7 years
female:
20.4 years (2006 est.)

Turkmenistan

total:
21.8 years
male:
20.9 years
female:
22.7 years (2006 est.)

Uzbekistan

total:
22.7 years
male:
22 years
female:
23.3 years (2006 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

total:
31.2 years
male:
31.2 years
female:
31.1 years (2006 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total:
30 years
male:
29.5 years
female:
30.5 years (2006 est.)

Aruba

total:
38.5 years
male:
36.4 years
female:
40.3 years (2006 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total:
27.8 years
male:
27.1 years
female:
28.6 years (2006 est.)

Barbados

total:
34.6 years
male:
33.4 years
female:
35.6 years (2006 est.)

Belize

total:
19.6 years
male:
19.5 years
female:
19.8 years (2006 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total:
31.4 years
male:
31.6 years
female:
31.2 years (2006 est.)

Cayman Islands

total:
37.2 years
male:
36.8 years
female:
37.5 years (2006 est.)

Costa Rica

total:
26.4 years
male:
26 years
female:
26.9 years (2006 est.)

Cuba

total:
35.9 years
male:
35.2 years
female:
36.5 years (2006 est.)

Dominica

total:
30.1 years
male:
29.8 years
female:
30.4 years (2006 est.)

Dominican Republic

total:
24.1 years
male:
24 years
female:
24.3 years (2006 est.)

El Salvador

total:
21.8 years
male:
20.7 years
female:
22.9 years (2006 est.)

Grenada

total:
21.7 years
male:
22.1 years
female:
21.2 years (2006 est.)

Guadeloupe

total:
32.2 years
male:
31.3 years
female:
33.2 years (2006 est.)

Guatemala

total:
18.9 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
19.4 years (2006 est.)

Haiti

total:
18.2 years
male:
17.8 years
female:
18.6 years (2006 est.)

Honduras

total:
19.5 years
male:
19.1 years
female:
19.8 years (2006 est.)

Jamaica

total:
23 years
male:
22.4 years
female:
23.5 years (2006 est.)

Martinique

total:
34.1 years
male:
33.4 years
female:
34.8 years (2006 est.)

Montserrat

total:
28.9 years
male:
28.6 years
female:
29.2 years (2006 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

total:
32.8 years
male:
31.1 years
female:
34.4 years (2006 est.)

Nicaragua

total:
20.9 years
male:
20.5 years
female:
21.4 years (2006 est.)

Panama

total:
26.1 years
male:
25.8 years
female:
26.5 years (2006 est.)

Puerto Rico

total:
34.7 years
male:
33 years
female:
36.4 years (2006 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:
27.8 years
male:
27.1 years
female:
28.6 years (2006 est.)

Saint Lucia

total:
25.2 years
male:
24.4 years
female:
26.1 years (2006 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:
26.9 years
male:
26.7 years
female:
27.1 years (2006 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total:
31.2 years
male:
30.8 years
female:
31.7 years (2006 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total:
27.5 years
male:
28.3 years
female:
26.8 years (2006 est.)

Virgin Islands

total:
37.1 years
male:
36.2 years
female:
38 years (2006 est.)

Europe

46 entries

Albania

total:
28.9 years
male:
28.3 years
female:
29.5 years (2006 est.)

Andorra

total:
40.9 years
male:
41.2 years
female:
40.7 years (2006 est.)

Austria

total:
40.9 years
male:
39.8 years
female:
42 years (2006 est.)

Belarus

total:
37.2 years
male:
34.5 years
female:
39.9 years (2006 est.)

Belgium

total:
40.9 years
male:
39.6 years
female:
42.1 years (2006 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:
38.4 years
male:
37.2 years
female:
39.5 years (2006 est.)

Bulgaria

total:
40.8 years
male:
38.7 years
female:
42.9 years (2006 est.)

Croatia

total:
40.3 years
male:
38.3 years
female:
42.1 years (2006 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

total:
39.3 years
male:
37.5 years
female:
41.1 years (2006 est.)

Denmark

total:
39.8 years
male:
38.9 years
female:
40.7 years (2006 est.)

Estonia

total:
39.3 years
male:
35.8 years
female:
42.6 years (2006 est.)

European Union

NA

Faroe Islands

total:
35 years
male:
34.7 years
female:
35.5 years (2006 est.)

Finland

total:
41.3 years
male:
39.7 years
female:
42.8 years (2006 est.)

France

total:
39.1 years
male:
37.6 years
female:
40.7 years (2006 est.)

Germany

total:
42.6 years
male:
41.3 years
female:
43.9 years (2006 est.)

Gibraltar

total:
39.8 years
male:
39.4 years
female:
40.1 years (2006 est.)

Greece

total:
40.8 years
male:
39.7 years
female:
42 years (2006 est.)

Guernsey

total:
41.3 years
male:
40.4 years
female:
42.2 years (2006 est.)

Hungary

total:
38.7 years
male:
36.3 years
female:
41.4 years (2006 est.)

Ireland

total:
34 years
male:
33.2 years
female:
34.8 years (2006 est.)

Isle of Man

total:
39.6 years
male:
38.4 years
female:
41 years (2006 est.)

Italy

total:
42.2 years
male:
40.7 years
female:
43.7 years (2006 est.)

Jersey

total:
41.4 years
male:
40.7 years
female:
42.1 years (2006 est.)

Latvia

total:
39.4 years
male:
36.3 years
female:
42.4 years (2006 est.)

Liechtenstein

total:
39.6 years
male:
39.2 years
female:
40.1 years (2006 est.)

Lithuania

total:
38.2 years
male:
35.7 years
female:
40.8 years (2006 est.)

Luxembourg

total:
38.7 years
male:
37.7 years
female:
39.7 years (2006 est.)

Malta

total:
38.7 years
male:
37.2 years
female:
40.1 years (2006 est.)

Moldova

total:
32.3 years
male:
30.3 years
female:
34.3 years (2006 est.)

Monaco

total:
45.4 years
male:
43.3 years
female:
47.3 years (2006 est.)

Netherlands

total:
39.4 years
male:
38.6 years
female:
40.2 years (2006 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total:
34.1 years
male:
33.2 years
female:
35.1 years (2006 est.)

Norway

total:
38.4 years
male:
37.6 years
female:
39.3 years (2006 est.)

Poland

total:
37 years
male:
35.1 years
female:
39 years (2006 est.)

Portugal

total:
38.5 years
male:
36.4 years
female:
40.6 years (2006 est.)

Romania

total:
36.6 years
male:
35.3 years
female:
37.9 years (2006 est.)

San Marino

total:
40.6 years
male:
40.3 years
female:
41 years (2006 est.)

Serbia

total:
40.4 years
male:
39.1 years
female:
41.7 years

Slovakia

total:
35.8 years
male:
34.2 years
female:
37.6 years (2006 est.)

Slovenia

total:
40.6 years
male:
39 years
female:
42.2 years (2006 est.)

Spain

total:
39.9 years
male:
38.6 years
female:
41.3 years (2006 est.)

Sweden

total:
40.9 years
male:
39.8 years
female:
42 years (2006 est.)

Switzerland

total:
40.1 years
male:
39 years
female:
41.1 years (2006 est.)

Ukraine

total:
39.2 years
male:
35.9 years
female:
42.2 years (2006 est.)

United Kingdom

total:
39.3 years
male:
38.2 years
female:
40.4 years (2006 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total:
29.4 years
male:
32.4 years
female:
25.8 years (2006 est.)

Cyprus

total:
34.9 years
male:
33.9 years
female:
35.9 years (2006 est.)

Gaza Strip

total:
15.8 years
male:
15.7 years
female:
16 years (2006 est.)

Iran

total:
24.8 years
male:
24.6 years
female:
25 years (2006 est.)

Iraq

total:
19.7 years
male:
19.6 years
female:
19.8 years (2006 est.)

Israel

total:
29.6 years
male:
28.8 years
female:
30.5 years (2006 est.)

Jordan

total:
23 years
male:
23.7 years
female:
22.4 years (2006 est.)

Kuwait

total:
25.9 years
male:
28 years
female:
22.3 years (2006 est.)

Lebanon

total:
27.8 years
male:
26.7 years
female:
28.9 years (2006 est.)

Oman

total:
19 years
male:
21.7 years
female:
16.5 years (2006 est.)

Qatar

total:
31.7 years
male:
37.1 years
female:
22.7 years (2006 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total:
21.4 years
male:
22.9 years
female:
19.4 years (2006 est.)

Syria

total:
20.7 years
male:
20.6 years
female:
20.9 years (2006 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total:
28.1 years
male:
27.9 years
female:
28.3 years (2006 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total:
28.1 years
male:
34.8 years
female:
23.3 years (2006 est.)

West Bank

total:
18.3 years
male:
18.2 years
female:
18.5 years (2006 est.)

Yemen

total:
16.6 years
male:
16.6 years
female:
16.6 years (2006 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total:
40.2 years
male:
39.3 years
female:
41 years (2006 est.)

Canada

total:
38.9 years
male:
37.8 years
female:
39.9 years (2006 est.)

Mexico

total:
25.3 years
male:
24.3 years
female:
26.2 years (2006 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total:
34.1 years
male:
33.7 years
female:
34.5 years (2006 est.)

United States

total:
36.5 years
male:
35.1 years
female:
37.8 years (2006 est.)

Oceania

20 entries

American Samoa

total:
23.2 years
male:
22.9 years
female:
23.4 years (2006 est.)

Australia

total:
36.9 years
male:
36 years
female:
37.7 years (2006 est.)

Cook Islands

total:
25.3 years
male:
24.7 years
female:
25.9 years (2001 census)

Fiji

total:
24.6 years
male:
24.1 years
female:
25 years (2006 est.)

French Polynesia

total:
27.9 years
male:
28.2 years
female:
27.5 years (2006 est.)

Guam

total:
28.6 years
male:
28.3 years
female:
28.8 years (2006 est.)

Kiribati

total:
20.2 years
male:
19.8 years
female:
20.8 years (2006 est.)

Marshall Islands

total:
20.3 years
male:
20.4 years
female:
20.3 years (2006 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total:
20.9 years
male:
20.5 years
female:
21.4 years (2006 est.)

Nauru

total:
20.6 years
male:
20 years
female:
21.2 years (2006 est.)

New Caledonia

total:
27.8 years
male:
27.4 years
female:
28.2 years (2006 est.)

New Zealand

total:
33.9 years
male:
33.2 years
female:
34.7 years (2006 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total:
29.5 years
male:
31.7 years
female:
28.5 years (2006 est.)

Palau

total:
31.7 years
male:
32.7 years
female:
30.7 years (2006 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total:
21.2 years
male:
21.4 years
female:
21.1 years (2006 est.)

Samoa

total:
25.2 years
male:
28.1 years
female:
22 years (2006 est.)

Solomon Islands

total:
18.9 years
male:
18.7 years
female:
19 years (2006 est.)

Tonga

total:
20.7 years
male:
20.1 years
female:
21.3 years (2006 est.)

Tuvalu

total:
24.6 years
male:
23.6 years
female:
26 years (2006 est.)

Vanuatu

total:
23 years
male:
23 years
female:
23 years (2006 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total:
29.7 years
male:
28.8 years
female:
30.7 years (2006 est.)

Bolivia

total:
21.8 years
male:
21.2 years
female:
22.5 years (2006 est.)

Brazil

total:
28.2 years
male:
27.5 years
female:
29 years (2006 est.)

Chile

total:
30.4 years
male:
29.5 years
female:
31.4 years (2006 est.)

Colombia

total:
26.3 years
male:
25.4 years
female:
27.2 years (2006 est.)

Ecuador

total:
23.6 years
male:
23.1 years
female:
24 years (2006 est.)

French Guiana

total:
28.6 years
male:
29.6 years
female:
27.4 years (2006 est.)

Guyana

total:
27.4 years
male:
26.9 years
female:
27.9 years (2006 est.)

Paraguay

total:
21.3 years
male:
21.1 years
female:
21.6 years (2006 est.)

Peru

total:
25.3 years
male:
25 years
female:
25.5 years (2006 est.)

Suriname

total:
26.5 years
male:
26 years
female:
26.9 years (2006 est.)

Uruguay

total:
32.7 years
male:
31.3 years
female:
34.2 years (2006 est.)

Venezuela

total:
26 years
male:
25.4 years
female:
26.6 years (2006 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total:
27.4 years
male:
28 years
female:
26.7 years (2006 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:
27 years
male:
26.4 years
female:
27.6 years (2006 est.)

Cambodia

total:
20.6 years
male:
19.9 years
female:
21.4 years (2006 est.)

Hong Kong

total:
40.7 years
male:
40.4 years
female:
40.9 years (2006 est.)

Indonesia

total:
26.8 years
male:
26.4 years
female:
27.3 years (2006 est.)

Laos

total:
18.9 years
male:
18.6 years
female:
19.2 years (2006 est.)

Macau

total:
36.1 years
male:
35.7 years
female:
36.4 years (2006 est.)

Malaysia

total:
24.1 years
male:
23.6 years
female:
24.8 years (2006 est.)

Philippines

total:
22.5 years
male:
22 years
female:
23 years (2006 est.)

Singapore

total:
37.3 years
male:
36.9 years
female:
37.6 years (2006 est.)

Taiwan

total:
34.6 years
male:
34.1 years
female:
35 years (2006 est.)

Thailand

total:
31.9 years
male:
31.1 years
female:
32.8 years (2006 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

total:
20.8 years
male:
20.8 years
female:
20.7 years (2006 est.)

Vietnam

total:
25.9 years
male:
24.8 years
female:
27.1 years (2006 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2006, “Median age”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/median-age/2006.

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