The CIA World Factbook Edition 2007 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 2007 edition carries it in 223 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2007 edition
223
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:
28 years
male:
27.4 years
female:
28.7 years (2007 est.)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

total:
25.5 years
male:
25.2 years
female:
25.7 years (2007 est.)

Angola

total:
17.9 years
male:
17.9 years
female:
17.9 years (2007 est.)

Benin

total:
17.7 years
male:
17.3 years
female:
18.1 years (2007 est.)

Botswana

total:
20.9 years
male:
20.7 years
female:
21.1 years (2007 est.)

Burkina Faso

total:
16.5 years
male:
16.3 years
female:
16.7 years (2007 est.)

Burundi

total:
16.7 years
male:
16.4 years
female:
16.9 years (2007 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

total:
20.2 years
male:
19.4 years
female:
21.1 years (2007 est.)

Cameroon

total:
18.9 years
male:
18.7 years
female:
19 years (2007 est.)

Central African Republic

total:
18.5 years
male:
18.2 years
female:
18.9 years (2007 est.)

Chad

total:
16.3 years
male:
15 years
female:
17.4 years (2007 est.)

Comoros

total:
18.7 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.9 years (2007 est.)

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

total:
16.1 years
male:
15.8 years
female:
16.4 years (2007 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total:
16.7 years
male:
16.4 years
female:
17 years (2007 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total:
19.3 years
male:
19.5 years
female:
19 years (2007 est.)

Djibouti

total:
18.2 years
male:
18.6 years
female:
17.7 years (2007 est.)

Egypt

total:
24.2 years
male:
23.9 years
female:
24.6 years (2007 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total:
18.8 years
male:
18.3 years
female:
19.4 years (2007 est.)

Eritrea

total:
17.9 years
male:
17.7 years
female:
18.2 years (2007 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

total:
18.6 years
male:
17.9 years
female:
19.3 years (2007 est.)

Ethiopia

total:
18 years
male:
17.8 years
female:
18.1 years (2007 est.)

Gabon

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.8 years (2007 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
17.8 years
male:
17.6 years
female:
17.9 years (2007 est.)

Ghana

total:
20.2 years
male:
19.9 years
female:
20.4 years (2007 est.)

Guinea

total:
17.7 years
male:
17.5 years
female:
17.9 years (2007 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total:
19.1 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
19.7 years (2007 est.)

Kenya

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
18.7 years (2007 est.)

Lesotho

total:
21.1 years
male:
20.4 years
female:
21.7 years (2007 est.)

Liberia

total:
18.1 years
male:
17.9 years
female:
18.2 years (2007 est.)

Libya

total:
23.3 years
male:
23.4 years
female:
23.2 years (2007 est.)

Madagascar

total:
17.8 years
male:
17.6 years
female:
18 years (2007 est.)

Malawi

total:
16.7 years
male:
16.6 years
female:
16.8 years (2007 est.)

Mali

total:
15.9 years
male:
15.4 years
female:
16.3 years (2007 est.)

Mauritania

total:
17.1 years
male:
16.8 years
female:
17.4 years (2007 est.)

Mauritius

total:
31.2 years
male:
30.3 years
female:
32.1 years (2007 est.)

Mayotte

total:
17.1 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
16.1 years (2007 est.)

Morocco

total:
24.3 years
male:
23.8 years
female:
24.8 years (2007 est.)

Mozambique

total:
17.4 years
male:
16.9 years
female:
17.8 years (2007 est.)

Namibia

total:
20.2 years
male:
20.1 years
female:
20.3 years (2007 est.)

Niger

total:
16.5 years
male:
16.5 years
female:
16.4 years (2007 est.)

Nigeria

total:
18.7 years
male:
18.8 years
female:
18.6 years (2007 est.)

Rwanda

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.8 years (2007 est.)

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

total:
36.5 years
male:
36.7 years
female:
36.3 years (2007 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total:
16.2 years
male:
15.7 years
female:
16.8 years (2007 est.)

Senegal

total:
18.7 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
18.9 years (2007 est.)

Seychelles

total:
28.4 years
male:
27.3 years
female:
29.4 years (2007 est.)

Sierra Leone

total:
17.5 years
male:
17.2 years
female:
17.7 years (2007 est.)

Somalia

total:
17.6 years
male:
17.5 years
female:
17.7 years (2007 est.)

South Africa

total:
24.3 years
male:
23.5 years
female:
25.1 years (2007 est.)

Sudan

total:
18.7 years
male:
18.6 years
female:
18.9 years (2007 est.)

Tanzania

total:
17.7 years
male:
17.4 years
female:
17.9 years (2007 est.)

Togo

total:
18.4 years
male:
18 years
female:
18.9 years (2007 est.)

Tunisia

total:
28.3 years
male:
27.7 years
female:
28.8 years (2007 est.)

Uganda

total:
14.9 years
male:
14.8 years
female:
15 years (2007 est.)

Zambia

total:
16.8 years
male:
16.6 years
female:
16.9 years (2007 est.)

Zimbabwe

total:
20.1 years
male:
19.9 years
female:
20.2 years (2007 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total:
34.1 years
male:
35.4 years
female:
32.3 years (2007 est.)

Iceland

total:
34.5 years
male:
34 years
female:
35 years (2007 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total:
17.6 years
male:
17.6 years
female:
17.6 years (2007 est.)

Armenia

total:
30.8 years
male:
28.1 years
female:
33.6 years (2007 est.)

Azerbaijan

total:
27.6 years
male:
26 years
female:
29.4 years (2007 est.)

Bangladesh

total:
22.5 years
male:
22.5 years
female:
22.5 years (2007 est.)

Bhutan

total:
20.5 years
male:
20.4 years
female:
20.7 years (2007 est.)

China

total:
33.2 years
male:
32.7 years
female:
33.7 years (2007 est.)

Georgia

total:
38 years
male:
35.5 years
female:
40.4 years (2007 est.)

India

total:
24.8 years
male:
24.5 years
female:
25.2 years (2007 est.)

Japan

total:
43.5 years
male:
41.7 years
female:
45.3 years (2007 est.)

Kazakhstan

total:
29.1 years
male:
27.5 years
female:
30.8 years (2007 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total:
32.4 years
male:
30.9 years
female:
33.8 years (2007 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:
35.8 years
male:
34.8 years
female:
36.8 years (2007 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total:
23.9 years
male:
23.1 years
female:
24.8 years (2007 est.)

Maldives

total:
18.1 years
male:
18 years
female:
18.2 years (2007 est.)

Mongolia

total:
24.6 years
male:
24.2 years
female:
24.9 years (2007 est.)

Nepal

total:
20.5 years
male:
20.3 years
female:
20.6 years (2007 est.)

Pakistan

total:
20.9 years
male:
20.7 years
female:
21 years (2007 est.)

Russia

total:
38.2 years
male:
35 years
female:
41.3 years (2007 est.)

Sri Lanka

total:
30 years
male:
29.2 years
female:
31 years (2007 est.)

Tajikistan

total:
21.3 years
male:
20.8 years
female:
21.8 years (2007 est.)

Turkmenistan

total:
22.3 years
male:
21.7 years
female:
22.9 years (2007 est.)

Uzbekistan

total:
22.9 years
male:
22.3 years
female:
23.5 years (2007 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

total:
31.6 years
male:
31.6 years
female:
31.5 years (2007 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total:
30.3 years
male:
29.8 years
female:
30.8 years (2007 est.)

Aruba

total:
37.3 years
male:
35.5 years
female:
39 years (2007 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total:
28.1 years
male:
27.3 years
female:
28.9 years (2007 est.)

Barbados

total:
35 years
male:
33.8 years
female:
36 years (2007 est.)

Belize

total:
19.9 years
male:
19.7 years
female:
20 years (2007 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total:
31.7 years
male:
31.9 years
female:
31.5 years (2007 est.)

Cayman Islands

total:
37.5 years
male:
37.1 years
female:
37.9 years (2007 est.)

Costa Rica

total:
26.8 years
male:
26.3 years
female:
27.2 years (2007 est.)

Cuba

total:
36.3 years
male:
35.7 years
female:
37 years (2007 est.)

Dominica

total:
29.1 years
male:
28.7 years
female:
29.6 years (2007 est.)

Dominican Republic

total:
24.5 years
male:
24.3 years
female:
24.6 years (2007 est.)

El Salvador

total:
22 years
male:
20.9 years
female:
23.2 years (2007 est.)

Grenada

total:
22.1 years
male:
22.6 years
female:
21.6 years (2007 est.)

Guatemala

total:
18.9 years
male:
18.3 years
female:
19.5 years (2007 est.)

Haiti

total:
18.4 years
male:
17.9 years
female:
18.8 years (2007 est.)

Honduras

total:
19.7 years
male:
19.4 years
female:
20.1 years (2007 est.)

Jamaica

total:
23.2 years
male:
22.6 years
female:
23.7 years (2007 est.)

Montserrat

total:
29.3 years
male:
28.9 years
female:
29.7 years (2007 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

total:
33.1 years
male:
31.4 years
female:
34.8 years (2007 est.)

Nicaragua

total:
21.3 years
male:
20.9 years
female:
21.7 years (2007 est.)

Panama

total:
26.4 years
male:
26 years
female:
26.7 years (2007 est.)

Puerto Rico

total:
35.1 years
male:
33.4 years
female:
36.8 years (2007 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:
28.1 years
male:
27.4 years
female:
28.8 years (2007 est.)

Saint Lucia

total:
25.6 years
male:
24.8 years
female:
26.5 years (2007 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:
27.4 years
male:
27.3 years
female:
27.6 years (2007 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total:
31.8 years
male:
31.3 years
female:
32.3 years (2007 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total:
27.7 years
male:
28.4 years
female:
26.9 years (2007 est.)

Virgin Islands

total:
37.7 years
male:
36.7 years
female:
38.5 years (2007 est.)

Europe

46 entries

Albania

total:
29.2 years
male:
28.6 years
female:
29.8 years (2007 est.)

Andorra

total:
41.5 years
male:
41.8 years
female:
41.3 years (2007 est.)

Austria

total:
41.3 years
male:
40.2 years
female:
42.4 years (2007 est.)

Belarus

total:
38.2 years
male:
35.1 years
female:
41.1 years (2007 est.)

Belgium

total:
41.1 years
male:
39.9 years
female:
42.4 years (2007 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:
38.9 years
male:
37.7 years
female:
40.1 years (2007 est.)

Bulgaria

total:
40.9 years
male:
38.8 years
female:
43.1 years (2007 est.)

Croatia

total:
40.6 years
male:
38.6 years
female:
42.3 years (2007 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

total:
39.5 years
male:
37.9 years
female:
41.3 years (2007 est.)

Denmark

total:
40.1 years
male:
39.2 years
female:
40.9 years (2007 est.)

Estonia

total:
39.4 years
male:
36 years
female:
42.9 years (2007 est.)

European Union

NA

Faroe Islands

total:
35 years
male:
34.8 years
female:
35.3 years (2007 est.)

Finland

total:
41.6 years
male:
40 years
female:
43.1 years (2007 est.)

France

total:
39 years
male:
37.5 years
female:
40.4 years (2007 est.)

Germany

total:
43 years
male:
41.8 years
female:
44.3 years (2007 est.)

Gibraltar

total:
40.1 years
male:
39.6 years
female:
40.4 years (2007 est.)

Greece

total:
41.2 years
male:
40 years
female:
42.3 years (2007 est.)

Guernsey

total:
41.7 years
male:
40.7 years
female:
42.6 years (2007 est.)

Hungary

total:
38.9 years
male:
36.5 years
female:
41.5 years (2007 est.)

Ireland

total:
34.3 years
male:
33.5 years
female:
35.1 years (2007 est.)

Isle of Man

total:
39.8 years
male:
38.6 years
female:
41.2 years (2007 est.)

Italy

total:
42.5 years
male:
41.1 years
female:
44.1 years (2007 est.)

Jersey

total:
41.9 years
male:
41.1 years
female:
42.6 years (2007 est.)

Latvia

total:
39.6 years
male:
36.6 years
female:
42.7 years (2007 est.)

Liechtenstein

total:
40.1 years
male:
39.5 years
female:
40.5 years (2007 est.)

Lithuania

total:
38.6 years
male:
36.1 years
female:
41.2 years (2007 est.)

Luxembourg

total:
38.9 years
male:
37.9 years
female:
39.9 years (2007 est.)

Malta

total:
39 years
male:
37.6 years
female:
40.4 years (2007 est.)

Moldova

total:
34 years
male:
32.1 years
female:
36.1 years (2007 est.)

Monaco

total:
45.5 years
male:
43.4 years
female:
47.4 years (2007 est.)

Netherlands

total:
39.7 years
male:
38.9 years
female:
40.5 years (2007 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total:
34.4 years
male:
33.5 years
female:
35.5 years (2007 est.)

Norway

total:
38.7 years
male:
37.9 years
female:
39.6 years (2007 est.)

Poland

total:
37.3 years
male:
35.4 years
female:
39.3 years (2007 est.)

Portugal

total:
38.8 years
male:
36.7 years
female:
41 years (2007 est.)

Romania

total:
36.9 years
male:
35.5 years
female:
38.2 years (2007 est.)

San Marino

total:
40.9 years
male:
40.6 years
female:
41.3 years (2007 est.)

Serbia

total:
37.3 years
male:
35.9 years
female:
38.8 years (2007 est.)

Slovakia

total:
36.1 years
male:
34.5 years
female:
37.9 years (2007 est.)

Slovenia

total:
41 years
male:
39.4 years
female:
42.6 years (2007 est.)

Spain

total:
40.3 years
male:
39 years
female:
41.7 years (2007 est.)

Sweden

total:
41.1 years
male:
40 years
female:
42.2 years (2007 est.)

Switzerland

total:
40.4 years
male:
39.3 years
female:
41.4 years (2007 est.)

Ukraine

total:
39.2 years
male:
36 years
female:
42.3 years (2007 est.)

United Kingdom

total:
39.6 years
male:
38.5 years
female:
40.7 years (2007 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total:
29.7 years
male:
32.7 years
female:
26.1 years (2007 est.)

Cyprus

total:
35.1 years
male:
34.1 years
female:
36.2 years (2007 est.)

Gaza Strip

total:
16 years
male:
15.9 years
female:
16.2 years (2007 est.)

Iran

total:
25.8 years
male:
25.6 years
female:
26 years (2007 est.)

Iraq

total:
20 years
male:
19.9 years
female:
20 years (2007 est.)

Israel

total:
29.9 years
male:
29.1 years
female:
30.8 years (2007 est.)

Jordan

total:
23.5 years
male:
24.1 years
female:
22.8 years (2007 est.)

Kuwait

total:
26 years
male:
27.9 years
female:
22.4 years (2007 est.)

Lebanon

total:
28.3 years
male:
27.2 years
female:
29.5 years (2007 est.)

Oman

total:
18.9 years
male:
21.5 years
female:
16.5 years (2007 est.)

Qatar

total:
31.9 years
male:
37.3 years
female:
23.1 years (2007 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total:
21.4 years
male:
22.9 years
female:
19.6 years (2007 est.)

Syria

total:
21.1 years
male:
20.9 years
female:
21.2 years (2007 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total:
28.6 years
male:
28.4 years
female:
28.8 years (2007 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total:
30.1 years
male:
32 years
female:
24.5 years (2007 est.)

West Bank

total:
18.5 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.6 years (2007 est.)

Yemen

total:
16.7 years
male:
16.6 years
female:
16.7 years (2007 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total:
40.6 years
male:
39.7 years
female:
41.4 years (2007 est.)

Canada

total:
39.1 years
male:
38.1 years
female:
40.2 years (2007 est.)

Mexico

total:
25.6 years
male:
24.6 years
female:
26.6 years (2007 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total:
34.6 years
male:
34.1 years
female:
35 years (2007 est.)

United States

total:
36.6 years
male:
35.3 years
female:
37.9 years (2007 est.)

Oceania

20 entries

American Samoa

total:
23.6 years
male:
23.4 years
female:
23.8 years (2007 est.)

Australia

total:
37.1 years
male:
36.3 years
female:
38 years (2007 est.)

Cook Islands

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

Fiji

total:
24.9 years
male:
24.4 years
female:
25.4 years (2007 est.)

French Polynesia

total:
28.3 years
male:
28.6 years
female:
28 years (2007 est.)

Guam

total:
28.8 years
male:
28.5 years
female:
29 years (2007 est.)

Kiribati

total:
20.4 years
male:
19.9 years
female:
20.9 years (2007 est.)

Marshall Islands

total:
20.7 years
male:
20.7 years
female:
20.7 years (2007 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total:
21.2 years
male:
20.8 years
female:
21.7 years (2007 est.)

Nauru

total:
21 years
male:
20.4 years
female:
21.5 years (2007 est.)

New Caledonia

total:
28.1 years
male:
27.7 years
female:
28.5 years (2007 est.)

New Zealand

total:
34.2 years
male:
33.5 years
female:
35 years (2007 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total:
29.7 years
male:
31.8 years
female:
28.7 years (2007 est.)

Palau

total:
32 years
male:
33 years
female:
31 years (2007 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total:
21.4 years
male:
21.5 years
female:
21.2 years (2007 est.)

Samoa

total:
20.4 years
male:
20.7 years
female:
20.2 years (2007 est.)

Solomon Islands

total:
19.1 years
male:
19 years
female:
19.3 years (2007 est.)

Tonga

total:
21.3 years
male:
20.7 years
female:
21.8 years (2007 est.)

Tuvalu

total:
24.9 years
male:
23.9 years
female:
26.2 years (2007 est.)

Vanuatu

total:
23.4 years
male:
23.4 years
female:
23.4 years (2007 est.)

South America

12 entries

Argentina

total:
29.9 years
male:
29 years
female:
31 years (2007 est.)

Bolivia

total:
22.2 years
male:
21.5 years
female:
22.9 years (2007 est.)

Brazil

total:
28.6 years
male:
27.9 years
female:
29.4 years (2007 est.)

Chile

total:
30.7 years
male:
29.8 years
female:
31.7 years (2007 est.)

Colombia

total:
26.6 years
male:
25.6 years
female:
27.5 years (2007 est.)

Ecuador

total:
23.9 years
male:
23.4 years
female:
24.3 years (2007 est.)

Guyana

total:
27.8 years
male:
27.3 years
female:
28.3 years (2007 est.)

Paraguay

total:
21.6 years
male:
21.3 years
female:
21.8 years (2007 est.)

Peru

total:
25.5 years
male:
25.2 years
female:
25.8 years (2007 est.)

Suriname

total:
27.1 years
male:
26.7 years
female:
27.5 years (2007 est.)

Uruguay

total:
32.9 years
male:
31.5 years
female:
34.4 years (2007 est.)

Venezuela

total:
24.9 years
male:
24.3 years
female:
25.5 years (2007 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total:
27.2 years
male:
27.3 years
female:
27.1 years (2007 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:
27.4 years
male:
26.8 years
female:
28 years (2007 est.)

Cambodia

total:
21.3 years
male:
20.6 years
female:
22.1 years (2007 est.)

Hong Kong

total:
41.2 years
male:
40.9 years
female:
41.4 years (2007 est.)

Indonesia

total:
26.9 years
male:
26.4 years
female:
27.4 years (2007 est.)

Laos

total:
19 years
male:
18.7 years
female:
19.3 years (2007 est.)

Macau

total:
36.6 years
male:
36 years
female:
36.9 years (2007 est.)

Malaysia

total:
24.4 years
male:
23.8 years
female:
25 years (2007 est.)

Philippines

total:
22.7 years
male:
22.2 years
female:
23.3 years (2007 est.)

Singapore

total:
37.8 years
male:
37.4 years
female:
38.2 years (2007 est.)

Taiwan

total:
35.5 years
male:
35 years
female:
36 years (2007 est.)

Thailand

total:
32.4 years
male:
31.6 years
female:
33.2 years (2007 est.)

Timor-Leste

total:
21.1 years
male:
21.2 years
female:
21.1 years (2007 est.)

Vietnam

total:
26.4 years
male:
25.3 years
female:
27.6 years (2007 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2007, “Median age”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/median-age/2007.

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