The CIA World Factbook Edition 2008 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 2008 edition carries it in 223 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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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:
male:
27.4 years
female:
28.7 years (2008 est.)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

total:
26 years
male:
25.8 years
female:
26.2 years (2008 est.)

Angola

total:
18 years
male:
18 years
female:
18 years (2008 est.)

Benin

total:
17.1 years
male:
16.7 years
female:
17.6 years (2008 est.)

Botswana

total:
21.2 years
male:
21 years
female:
21.4 years (2008 est.)

Burkina Faso

total:
16.7 years
male:
16.5 years
female:
16.9 years (2008 est.)

Burundi

total:
16.7 years
male:
16.4 years
female:
17 years (2008 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

total:
20.6 years
male:
19.9 years
female:
21.5 years (2008 est.)

Cameroon

total:
19 years
male:
18.9 years
female:
19.2 years (2008 est.)

Central African Republic

total:
18.7 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
19 years (2008 est.)

Chad

total:
16.4 years
male:
15.2 years
female:
17.5 years (2008 est.)

Comoros

total:
18.7 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
19 years (2008 est.)

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

total:
16.3 years
male:
16.1 years
female:
16.5 years (2008 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total:
16.7 years
male:
16.5 years
female:
17 years (2008 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total:
19 years
male:
19.2 years
female:
18.9 years (2008 est.)

Djibouti

total:
18.2 years
male:
18.6 years
female:
17.7 years (2008 est.)

Egypt

total:
24.5 years
male:
24.1 years
female:
24.9 years (2008 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total:
18.9 years
male:
18.3 years
female:
19.5 years (2008 est.)

Eritrea

total:
18.3 years
male:
17.9 years
female:
18.7 years (2008 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

total:
18.7 years
male:
18 years
female:
19.4 years (2008 est.)

Ethiopia

total:
16.9 years
male:
16.6 years
female:
17.2 years (2008 est.)

Gabon

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.9 years (2008 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
17.9 years
male:
17.7 years
female:
18 years (2008 est.)

Ghana

total:
20.4 years
male:
20.2 years
female:
20.7 years (2008 est.)

Guinea

total:
18.4 years
male:
18.2 years
female:
18.7 years (2008 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total:
19.2 years
male:
18.6 years
female:
19.8 years (2008 est.)

Kenya

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
18.8 years (2008 est.)

Lesotho

total:
21.2 years
male:
20.6 years
female:
21.8 years (2008 est.)

Liberia

total:
18 years
male:
17.8 years
female:
18.2 years (2008 est.)

Libya

total:
23.6 years
male:
23.7 years
female:
23.5 years (2008 est.)

Madagascar

total:
17.9 years
male:
17.7 years
female:
18.1 years (2008 est.)

Malawi

total:
16.8 years
male:
16.7 years
female:
16.8 years (2008 est.)

Mali

total:
15.8 years
male:
15.4 years
female:
16.2 years (2008 est.)

Mauritania

total:
17.2 years
male:
16.9 years
female:
17.4 years (2008 est.)

Mauritius

total:
31.5 years
male:
30.6 years
female:
32.3 years (2008 est.)

Mayotte

total:
17.2 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
16.2 years (2008 est.)

Morocco

total:
24.7 years
male:
24.1 years
female:
25.2 years (2008 est.)

Mozambique

total:
17.4 years
male:
17 years
female:
17.8 years (2008 est.)

Namibia

total:
20.7 years
male:
20.6 years
female:
20.8 years (2008 est.)

Niger

total:
16.4 years
male:
16.5 years
female:
16.4 years (2008 est.)

Nigeria

total:
18.9 years
male:
18.8 years
female:
19 years (2008 est.)

Rwanda

total:
18.7 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
18.9 years (2008 est.)

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

total:
37.1 years
male:
37.2 years
female:
37 years (2008 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total:
16.3 years
male:
15.8 years
female:
16.9 years (2008 est.)

Senegal

total:
18.8 years
male:
18.6 years
female:
19 years (2008 est.)

Seychelles

total:
28.7 years
male:
27.6 years
female:
29.8 years (2008 est.)

Sierra Leone

total:
17.5 years
male:
17.2 years
female:
17.8 years (2008 est.)

Somalia

total:
17.5 years
male:
17.4 years
female:
17.6 years (2008 est.)

South Africa

total:
24.2 years
male:
23.8 years
female:
24.6 years (2008 est.)

Sudan

total:
18.9 years
male:
18.7 years
female:
19.1 years (2008 est.)

Tanzania

total:
17.8 years
male:
17.6 years
female:
18.1 years (2008 est.)

Togo

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.2 years
female:
19 years (2008 est.)

Tunisia

total:
28.8 years
male:
28.2 years
female:
29.3 years (2008 est.)

Uganda

total:
15 years
male:
14.9 years
female:
15.1 years (2008 est.)

Zambia

total:
16.9 years
male:
16.8 years
female:
17.1 years (2008 est.)

Zimbabwe

total:
17.6 years
male:
16.4 years
female:
18.8 years (2008 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total:
33.5 years
male:
34.9 years
female:
31.8 years (2008 est.)

Iceland

total:
34.8 years
male:
34.4 years
female:
35.3 years (2008 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total:
17.6 years
male:
17.6 years
female:
17.6 years (2008 est.)

Armenia

total:
31.1 years
male:
28.4 years
female:
34 years (2008 est.)

Azerbaijan

total:
27.9 years
male:
26.3 years
female:
29.7 years (2008 est.)

Bangladesh

total:
22.8 years
male:
22.8 years
female:
22.9 years (2008 est.)

Bhutan

total:
23.5 years
male:
24.1 years
female:
22.8 years (2008 est.)

China

total:
33.6 years
male:
33.1 years
female:
34.2 years (2008 est.)

Georgia

total:
38.3 years
male:
35.8 years
female:
40.7 years (2008 est.)

India

total:
25.1 years
male:
24.7 years
female:
25.5 years (2008 est.)

Japan

total:
43.8 years
male:
42.1 years
female:
45.7 years (2008 est.)

Kazakhstan

total:
29.3 years
male:
27.8 years
female:
31.1 years (2008 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total:
32.7 years
male:
31.2 years
female:
34.2 years (2008 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:
36.7 years
male:
35.5 years
female:
37.9 years (2008 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total:
24.2 years
male:
23.3 years
female:
25 years (2008 est.)

Maldives

total:
25.1 years
male:
26 years
female:
23.7 years (2008 est.)

Mongolia

total:
24.9 years
male:
24.6 years
female:
25.3 years (2008 est.)

Nepal

total:
20.7 years
male:
20.5 years
female:
20.8 years (2008 est.)

Pakistan

total:
20.5 years
male:
20.3 years
female:
20.6 years (2008 est.)

Russia

total:
38.3 years
male:
35.1 years
female:
41.4 years (2008 est.)

Sri Lanka

total:
30.4 years
male:
29.5 years
female:
31.4 years (2008 est.)

Tajikistan

total:
21.6 years
male:
21.2 years
female:
22.1 years (2008 est.)

Turkmenistan

total:
22.6 years
male:
22 years
female:
23.1 years (2008 est.)

Uzbekistan

total:
24.3 years
male:
23.8 years
female:
24.8 years (2008 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

total:
32.3 years
male:
31.3 years
female:
33.4 years (2008 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total:
29.5 years
male:
28 years
female:
30.8 years (2008 est.)

Aruba

total:
37.6 years
male:
35.8 years
female:
39.3 years (2008 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total:
28.4 years
male:
27.6 years
female:
29.2 years (2008 est.)

Barbados

total:
35.4 years
male:
34.2 years
female:
36.4 years (2008 est.)

Belize

total:
20.1 years
male:
20 years
female:
20.3 years (2008 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total:
32 years
male:
32.1 years
female:
31.9 years (2008 est.)

Cayman Islands

total:
37.8 years
male:
37.4 years
female:
38.2 years (2008 est.)

Costa Rica

total:
27.1 years
male:
26.7 years
female:
27.6 years (2008 est.)

Cuba

total:
36.8 years
male:
36.1 years
female:
37.5 years (2008 est.)

Dominica

total:
29.4 years
male:
29 years
female:
29.8 years (2008 est.)

Dominican Republic

total:
24.7 years
male:
24.6 years
female:
24.8 years (2008 est.)

El Salvador

total:
22.2 years
male:
21.1 years
female:
23.4 years (2008 est.)

Grenada

total:
22.4 years
male:
22.9 years
female:
21.9 years (2008 est.)

Guatemala

total:
19.2 years
male:
18.6 years
female:
19.7 years (2008 est.)

Haiti

total:
18.5 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
19 years (2008 est.)

Honduras

total:
20 years
male:
19.7 years
female:
20.4 years (2008 est.)

Jamaica

total:
23.4 years
male:
22.9 years
female:
24 years (2008 est.)

Montserrat

total:
28.1 years
male:
28 years
female:
28.1 years (2008 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

total:
33.4 years
male:
31.6 years
female:
35.2 years (2008 est.)

Nicaragua

total:
21.7 years
male:
21.3 years
female:
22.1 years (2008 est.)

Panama

total:
26.7 years
male:
26.3 years
female:
27.1 years (2008 est.)

Puerto Rico

total:
35.6 years
male:
33.8 years
female:
37.3 years (2008 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:
28.4 years
male:
27.7 years
female:
29.1 years (2008 est.)

Saint Lucia

total:
29.2 years
male:
28.2 years
female:
30.2 years (2008 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:
28 years
male:
27.8 years
female:
28.1 years (2008 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total:
32.3 years
male:
31.9 years
female:
32.8 years (2008 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total:
27.8 years
male:
28.5 years
female:
27 years (2008 est.)

Virgin Islands

total:
38.5 years
male:
38 years
female:
39 years (2008 est.)

Europe

46 entries

Albania

total:
29.5 years
male:
28.9 years
female:
30.2 years (2008 est.)

Andorra

total:
38.9 years
male:
39.2 years
female:
38.6 years (2008 est.)

Austria

total:
41.7 years
male:
40.7 years
female:
42.8 years (2008 est.)

Belarus

total:
38.4 years
male:
35.4 years
female:
41.3 years (2008 est.)

Belgium

total:
41.4 years
male:
40.2 years
female:
42.7 years (2008 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:
39.4 years
male:
38.2 years
female:
40.5 years (2008 est.)

Bulgaria

total:
41.1 years
male:
38.9 years
female:
43.4 years (2008 est.)

Croatia

total:
40.8 years
male:
38.9 years
female:
42.6 years (2008 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

total:
39.8 years
male:
38.2 years
female:
41.6 years (2008 est.)

Denmark

total:
40.3 years
male:
39.4 years
female:
41.2 years (2008 est.)

Estonia

total:
39.6 years
male:
36.2 years
female:
43.2 years (2008 est.)

European Union

note - see individual country entries of member states

Faroe Islands

total:
36.7 years
male:
36 years
female:
37.5 years (2008 est.)

Finland

total:
41.8 years
male:
40.3 years
female:
43.4 years (2008 est.)

France

total:
39.2 years
male:
37.7 years
female:
40.7 years (2008 est.)

Germany

total:
43.4 years
male:
42.2 years
female:
44.7 years (2008 est.)

Gibraltar

total:
40.3 years
male:
39.8 years
female:
40.7 years (2008 est.)

Greece

total:
41.5 years
male:
40.4 years
female:
42.6 years (2008 est.)

Guernsey

total:
42.1 years
male:
41 years
female:
43 years (2008 est.)

Hungary

total:
39.1 years
male:
36.8 years
female:
41.8 years (2008 est.)

Ireland

total:
34.6 years
male:
33.9 years
female:
35.4 years (2008 est.)

Isle of Man

total:
40 years
male:
38.8 years
female:
41.3 years (2008 est.)

Italy

total:
42.9 years
male:
41.4 years
female:
44.4 years (2008 est.)

Jersey

total:
42.3 years
male:
41.6 years
female:
43.1 years (2008 est.)

Latvia

total:
39.9 years
male:
36.9 years
female:
43 years (2008 est.)

Liechtenstein

total:
40.5 years
male:
40 years
female:
41 years (2008 est.)

Lithuania

total:
39 years
male:
36.4 years
female:
41.6 years (2008 est.)

Luxembourg

total:
39 years
male:
38 years
female:
40 years (2008 est.)

Malta

total:
39.2 years
male:
37.9 years
female:
40.6 years (2008 est.)

Moldova

total:
34.3 years
male:
32.4 years
female:
36.4 years (2008 est.)

Monaco

total:
45.5 years
male:
43.5 years
female:
47.5 years (2008 est.)

Netherlands

total:
40 years
male:
39.2 years
female:
40.9 years (2008 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total:
34.8 years
male:
33.8 years
female:
35.8 years (2008 est.)

Norway

total:
39 years
male:
38.2 years
female:
39.9 years (2008 est.)

Poland

total:
37.6 years
male:
35.8 years
female:
39.5 years (2008 est.)

Portugal

total:
39.1 years
male:
37 years
female:
41.3 years (2008 est.)

Romania

total:
37.3 years
male:
35.9 years
female:
38.7 years (2008 est.)

San Marino

total:
41.2 years
male:
40.9 years
female:
41.6 years (2008 est.)

Serbia

total:
37.5 years
male:
36.1 years
female:
39 years (2008 est.)

Slovakia

total:
36.5 years
male:
34.8 years
female:
38.2 years (2008 est.)

Slovenia

total:
41.4 years
male:
39.8 years
female:
42.9 years (2008 est.)

Spain

total:
40.7 years
male:
39.3 years
female:
42.1 years (2008 est.)

Sweden

total:
41.3 years
male:
40.2 years
female:
42.4 years (2008 est.)

Switzerland

total:
40.7 years
male:
39.6 years
female:
41.7 years (2008 est.)

Ukraine

total:
39.4 years
male:
36.1 years
female:
42.5 years (2008 est.)

United Kingdom

total:
39.9 years
male:
38.8 years
female:
41 years (2008 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total:
29.9 years
male:
33 years
female:
26.4 years (2008 est.)

Cyprus

total:
35.3 years
male:
34.3 years
female:
36.4 years (2008 est.)

Gaza Strip

total:
17.2 years
male:
17 years
female:
17.4 years (2008 est.)

Iran

total:
26.4 years
male:
26.2 years
female:
26.7 years (2008 est.)

Iraq

total:
20.2 years
male:
20.1 years
female:
20.2 years (2008 est.)

Israel

total:
28.9 years
male:
28.2 years
female:
29.7 years (2008 est.)

Jordan

total:
23.9 years
male:
24.6 years
female:
23.2 years (2008 est.)

Kuwait

total:
26.1 years
male:
28 years
female:
22.6 years (2008 est.)

Lebanon

total:
28.8 years
male:
27.6 years
female:
30 years (2008 est.)

Oman

total:
18.9 years
male:
21.3 years
female:
16.6 years (2008 est.)

Qatar

total:
30.7 years
male:
32.8 years
female:
25.4 years (2008 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total:
21.5 years
male:
22.9 years
female:
19.8 years (2008 est.)

Syria

total:
21.4 years
male:
21.3 years
female:
21.5 years (2008 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total:
29 years
male:
28.8 years
female:
29.2 years (2008 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total:
30.1 years
male:
32 years
female:
24.6 years (2008 est.)

West Bank

total:
20.2 years
male:
20 years
female:
20.4 years (2008 est.)

Yemen

total:
16.7 years
male:
16.7 years
female:
16.8 years (2008 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total:
41 years
male:
40.1 years
female:
41.8 years (2008 est.)

Canada

total:
40.1 years
male:
39 years
female:
41.2 years (2008 est.)

Mexico

total:
26 years
male:
24.9 years
female:
27 years (2008 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total:
34.9 years
male:
34.3 years
female:
35.3 years (2008 est.)

United States

total:
36.7 years
male:
35.4 years
female:
38.1 years (2008 est.)

Oceania

20 entries

American Samoa

total:
22.8 years
male:
22.7 years
female:
23 years (2008 est.)

Australia

total:
37.1 years
male:
36.4 years
female:
37.9 years (2008 est.)

Cook Islands

total:
29.8 years
male:
29 years
female:
30.4 years (2001 census)

Fiji

total:
25.2 years
male:
24.7 years
female:
25.7 years (2008 est.)

French Polynesia

total:
28.7 years
male:
29 years
female:
28.4 years (2008 est.)

Guam

total:
28.9 years
male:
28.7 years
female:
29.2 years (2008 est.)

Kiribati

total:
20.6 years
male:
20.1 years
female:
21.1 years (2008 est.)

Marshall Islands

total:
21 years
male:
21 years
female:
20.9 years (2008 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total:
21.6 years
male:
21.1 years
female:
22.1 years (2008 est.)

Nauru

total:
21.3 years
male:
20.7 years
female:
21.9 years (2008 est.)

New Caledonia

total:
28.4 years
male:
28 years
female:
28.8 years (2008 est.)

New Zealand

total:
36.3 years
male:
35.6 years
female:
37.1 years (2008 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total:
29.9 years
male:
32 years
female:
28.9 years (2008 est.)

Palau

total:
32.3 years
male:
33.3 years
female:
31.3 years (2008 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total:
21.5 years
male:
21.6 years
female:
21.4 years (2008 est.)

Samoa

total:
20.6 years
male:
20.8 years
female:
20.4 years (2008 est.)

Solomon Islands

total:
19.4 years
male:
19.3 years
female:
19.6 years (2008 est.)

Tonga

total:
21.8 years
male:
21.3 years
female:
22.3 years (2008 est.)

Tuvalu

total:
25.2 years
male:
24.2 years
female:
26.4 years (2008 est.)

Vanuatu

total:
23.8 years
male:
23.8 years
female:
23.8 years (2008 est.)

South America

12 entries

Argentina

total:
29.7 years
male:
28.8 years
female:
30.8 years (2008 est.)

Bolivia

total:
22.6 years
male:
21.9 years
female:
23.3 years (2008 est.)

Brazil

total:
28.3 years
male:
27.5 years
female:
29 years (2008 est.)

Chile

total:
31.1 years
male:
30.1 years
female:
32.1 years (2008 est.)

Colombia

total:
26.8 years
male:
25.9 years
female:
27.8 years (2008 est.)

Ecuador

total:
24.2 years
male:
23.7 years
female:
24.7 years (2008 est.)

Guyana

total:
28.2 years
male:
27.7 years
female:
28.7 years (2008 est.)

Paraguay

total:
21.7 years
male:
21.5 years
female:
22 years (2008 est.)

Peru

total:
25.8 years
male:
25.5 years
female:
26.1 years (2008 est.)

Suriname

total:
27.5 years
male:
27.1 years
female:
27.9 years (2008 est.)

Uruguay

total:
33.2 years
male:
31.8 years
female:
34.6 years (2008 est.)

Venezuela

total:
25.2 years
male:
24.6 years
female:
25.8 years (2008 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total:
27.5 years
male:
27.5 years
female:
27.5 years (2008 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:
27.8 years
male:
27.2 years
female:
28.4 years (2008 est.)

Cambodia

total:
21.7 years
male:
21 years
female:
22.5 years (2008 est.)

Hong Kong

total:
41.7 years
male:
41.4 years
female:
42 years (2008 est.)

Indonesia

total:
27.2 years
male:
26.7 years
female:
27.7 years (2008 est.)

Laos

total:
19.2 years
male:
18.9 years
female:
19.5 years (2008 est.)

Macau

total:
35 years
male:
35.6 years
female:
34.5 years (2008 est.)

Malaysia

total:
24.6 years
male:
24 years
female:
25.3 years (2008 est.)

Philippines

total:
22.3 years
male:
21.8 years
female:
22.8 years (2008 est.)

Singapore

total:
38.4 years
male:
38 years
female:
38.8 years (2008 est.)

Taiwan

total:
36 years
male:
35.5 years
female:
36.6 years (2008 est.)

Thailand

total:
32.8 years
male:
32 years
female:
33.7 years (2008 est.)

Timor-Leste

total:
21.5 years
male:
21.5 years
female:
21.5 years (2008 est.)

Vietnam

total:
26.9 years
male:
25.8 years
female:
28 years (2008 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2008, “Median age”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/median-age/2008.

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