The CIA World Factbook Edition 2009 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 2009 edition carries it in 229 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2009 edition
229
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:
28.4 years
male:
27.7 years
female:
29 years (2009 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

total:
26.6 years
male:
26.3 years
female:
26.8 years (2009 est.)

Angola

total:
18 years
male:
18 years
female:
18 years (2009 est.)

Benin

total:
17.2 years
male:
16.8 years
female:
17.7 years (2009 est.)

Botswana

total:
21.7 years
male:
21.5 years
female:
21.9 years (2009 est.)

Burkina Faso

total:
16.8 years
male:
16.6 years
female:
17 years (2009 est.)

Burundi

total:
16.7 years
male:
16.5 years
female:
17 years (2009 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

total:
21.1 years
male:
20.4 years
female:
21.9 years (2009 est.)

Cameroon

total:
19.2 years
male:
19 years
female:
19.3 years (2009 est.)

Central African Republic

total:
18.8 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
19.1 years (2009 est.)

Chad

total:
16.5 years
male:
15.3 years
female:
17.7 years (2009 est.)

Comoros

total:
18.8 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
19.1 years (2009 est.)

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

total:
16.4 years
male:
16.2 years
female:
16.6 years (2009 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total:
16.8 years
male:
16.6 years
female:
17.1 years (2009 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total:
19.2 years
male:
19.4 years
female:
19.1 years (2009 est.)

Djibouti

total:
18.1 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
17.8 years (2009 est.)

Egypt

total:
24.8 years
male:
24.4 years
female:
25.2 years (2009 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total:
18.9 years
male:
18.3 years
female:
19.6 years (2009 est.)

Eritrea

total:
18.4 years
male:
18 years
female:
18.8 years (2009 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

total:
18.8 years
male:
18.2 years
female:
19.5 years (2009 est.)

Ethiopia

total:
16.9 years
male:
16.6 years
female:
17.2 years (2009 est.)

Gabon

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.9 years (2009 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
17.9 years
male:
17.8 years
female:
18.1 years (2009 est.)

Ghana

total:
20.7 years
male:
20.5 years
female:
21 years (2009 est.)

Guinea

total:
18.5 years
male:
18.2 years
female:
18.7 years (2009 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total:
19.3 years
male:
18.7 years
female:
19.8 years (2009 est.)

Kenya

total:
18.7 years
male:
18.6 years
female:
18.8 years (2009 est.)

Lesotho

total:
21.4 years
male:
20.9 years
female:
22 years (2009 est.)

Liberia

total:
18 years
male:
17.9 years
female:
18.2 years (2009 est.)

Libya

total:
23.9 years
male:
24 years
female:
23.8 years (2009 est.)

Madagascar

total:
18 years
male:
17.8 years
female:
18.2 years (2009 est.)

Malawi

total:
16.8 years
male:
16.8 years
female:
16.9 years (2009 est.)

Mali

total:
15.8 years
male:
15.5 years
female:
16.2 years (2009 est.)

Mauritania

total:
19.2 years
male:
18.3 years
female:
20 years (2009 est.)

Mauritius

total:
31.9 years
male:
31 years
female:
32.7 years (2009 est.)

Mayotte

total:
17.2 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
16.4 years (2009 est.)

Morocco

total:
25 years
male:
24.5 years
female:
25.6 years (2009 est.)

Mozambique

total:
17.4 years
male:
17 years
female:
17.8 years (2009 est.)

Namibia

total:
21 years
male:
20.9 years
female:
21.1 years (2009 est.)

Niger

total:
15.2 years
male:
14.9 years
female:
15.4 years (2009 est.)

Nigeria

total:
19 years
male:
18.9 years
female:
19.1 years (2009 est.)

Rwanda

total:
18.7 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
18.9 years (2009 est.)

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

total:
37.6 years
male:
37.7 years
female:
37.5 years (2009 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total:
16.4 years
male:
15.9 years
female:
17 years (2009 est.)

Senegal

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.8 years (2009 est.)

Seychelles

total:
31.4 years
male:
30.9 years
female:
32 years (2009 est.)

Sierra Leone

total:
17.5 years
male:
17.2 years
female:
17.8 years (2009 est.)

Somalia

total:
17.5 years
male:
17.4 years
female:
17.6 years (2009 est.)

South Africa

total:
24.4 years
male:
24.1 years
female:
24.8 years (2009 est.)

Sudan

total:
19.1 years
male:
18.9 years
female:
19.2 years (2009 est.)

Tanzania

total:
18 years
male:
17.8 years
female:
18.3 years (2009 est.)

Togo

total:
18.7 years
male:
18.3 years
female:
19.2 years (2009 est.)

Tunisia

total:
29.2 years
male:
28.7 years
female:
29.8 years (2009 est.)

Uganda

total:
15 years
male:
14.9 years
female:
15.1 years (2009 est.)

Western Sahara

total:
17.3 years
male:
16.8 years
female:
17.8 years (2009 est.)

Zambia

total:
17 years
male:
16.9 years
female:
17.2 years (2009 est.)

Zimbabwe

total:
17.6 years
male:
16.3 years
female:
18.8 years (2009 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total:
33.5 years
male:
34.9 years
female:
31.9 years (2009 est.)

Iceland

total:
35.1 years
male:
34.6 years
female:
35.6 years (2009 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total:
17.6 years
male:
17.6 years
female:
17.6 years (2009 est.)

Armenia

total:
31.5 years
male:
28.8 years
female:
34.4 years (2009 est.)

Azerbaijan

total:
28.2 years
male:
26.6 years
female:
30 years (2009 est.)

Bangladesh

total:
23.3 years
male:
22.9 years
female:
23.5 years (2009 est.)

Bhutan

total:
23.9 years
male:
24.5 years
female:
23.3 years (2009 est.)

China

total:
34.1 years
male:
33.5 years
female:
34.7 years (2009 est.)

Georgia

total:
38.6 years
male:
36.1 years
female:
41 years (2009 est.)

India

total:
25.3 years
male:
24.9 years
female:
25.8 years (2009 est.)

Japan

total:
44.2 years
male:
42.4 years
female:
46.1 years (2009 est.)

Kazakhstan

total:
29.6 years
male:
28.1 years
female:
31.3 years (2009 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total:
33.5 years
male:
32.1 years
female:
34.9 years (2009 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:
37.3 years
male:
36 years
female:
38.5 years (2009 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total:
24.4 years
male:
23.6 years
female:
25.3 years (2009 est.)

Maldives

total:
25.7 years
male:
26.5 years
female:
24.3 years (2009 est.)

Mongolia

total:
25.3 years
male:
24.9 years
female:
25.7 years (2009 est.)

Nepal

total:
20.8 years
male:
19.8 years
female:
21.7 years (2009 est.)

Pakistan

total:
20.8 years
male:
20.6 years
female:
21 years (2009 est.)

Russia

total:
38.4 years
male:
35.2 years
female:
41.6 years (2009 est.)

Sri Lanka

total:
30.9 years
male:
29.9 years
female:
31.8 years (2009 est.)

Tajikistan

total:
21.9 years
male:
21.5 years
female:
22.4 years (2009 est.)

Turkmenistan

total:
24.4 years
male:
24.1 years
female:
24.8 years (2009 est.)

Uzbekistan

total:
24.7 years
male:
24.2 years
female:
25.2 years (2009 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

total:
32.6 years
male:
31.5 years
female:
33.8 years (2009 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total:
29.7 years
male:
28.2 years
female:
31.1 years (2009 est.)

Aruba

total:
37.8 years
male:
36 years
female:
39.5 years (2009 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total:
28.7 years
male:
27.9 years
female:
29.5 years (2009 est.)

Barbados

total:
35.8 years
male:
34.7 years
female:
36.9 years (2009 est.)

Belize

total:
20.4 years
male:
20.3 years
female:
20.6 years (2009 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total:
32.3 years
male:
32.4 years
female:
32.2 years (2009 est.)

Cayman Islands

total:
38.1 years
male:
37.7 years
female:
38.6 years (2009 est.)

Costa Rica

total:
27.5 years
male:
27.1 years
female:
28 years (2009 est.)

Cuba

total:
37.3 years
male:
36.6 years
female:
38 years (2009 est.)

Dominica

total:
29.8 years
male:
29.4 years
female:
30.2 years (2009 est.)

Dominican Republic

total:
24.9 years
male:
24.8 years
female:
25.1 years (2009 est.)

El Salvador

total:
22.5 years
male:
21.3 years
female:
23.6 years (2009 est.)

Grenada

total:
22.8 years
male:
23.3 years
female:
22.3 years (2009 est.)

Guatemala

total:
19.4 years
male:
18.9 years
female:
20 years (2009 est.)

Haiti

total:
20.2 years
male:
19.8 years
female:
20.7 years (2009 est.)

Honduras

total:
20.3 years
male:
20 years
female:
20.7 years (2009 est.)

Jamaica

total:
23.7 years
male:
23.1 years
female:
24.2 years (2009 est.)

Montserrat

total:
28.5 years
male:
28.2 years
female:
28.7 years (2009 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

total:
33.7 years
male:
31.9 years
female:
35.5 years (2009 est.)

Nicaragua

total:
22.1 years
male:
21.7 years
female:
22.5 years (2009 est.)

Panama

total:
27 years
male:
26.6 years
female:
27.3 years (2009 est.)

Puerto Rico

total:
36.2 years
male:
34.5 years
female:
37.9 years (2009 est.)

Saint Barthelemy

total:
39.1 years
male:
39.3 years
female:
38.9 years (2009 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:
28.6 years
male:
27.9 years
female:
29.3 years (2009 est.)

Saint Lucia

total:
29.8 years
male:
28.7 years
female:
30.8 years (2009 est.)

Saint Martin

total:
30.5 years
male:
29.5 years
female:
31.3 years (2009 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:
28.9 years
male:
29 years
female:
28.9 years (2009 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total:
32.1 years
male:
31.6 years
female:
32.7 years (2009 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total:
27.9 years
male:
28.7 years
female:
27.2 years (2009 est.)

Virgin Islands

total:
39.1 years
male:
38.6 years
female:
39.6 years (2009 est.)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

total:
29.9 years
male:
29.3 years
female:
30.6 years (2009 est.)

Andorra

total:
39.4 years
male:
39.7 years
female:
39.1 years (2009 est.)

Austria

total:
42.2 years
male:
41.1 years
female:
43.2 years (2009 est.)

Belarus

total:
38.6 years
male:
35.6 years
female:
41.6 years (2009 est.)

Belgium

total:
41.7 years
male:
40.4 years
female:
43 years (2009 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:
39.8 years
male:
38.7 years
female:
41 years (2009 est.)

Bulgaria

total:
41.4 years
male:
39.2 years
female:
43.6 years (2009 est.)

Croatia

total:
41 years
male:
39.1 years
female:
42.8 years (2009 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

total:
40.1 years
male:
38.6 years
female:
41.9 years (2009 est.)

Denmark

total:
40.5 years
male:
39.6 years
female:
41.3 years (2009 est.)

Estonia

total:
39.9 years
male:
36.5 years
female:
43.5 years (2009 est.)

European Union

  • note - see individual country entries of member states (2009 est.)

Faroe Islands

total:
36.9 years
male:
36.3 years
female:
37.7 years (2009 est.)

Finland

total:
42.1 years
male:
40.5 years
female:
43.7 years (2009 est.)

France

total:
39.4 years
male:
38 years
female:
40.9 years (2009 est.)

Germany

total:
43.8 years
male:
42.6 years
female:
45.2 years (2009 est.)

Gibraltar

total:
40.5 years
male:
39.9 years
female:
41 years (2009 est.)

Greece

total:
41.8 years
male:
40.7 years
female:
42.9 years (2009 est.)

Guernsey

total:
42.5 years
male:
41.4 years
female:
43.4 years (2009 est.)

Hungary

total:
39.4 years
male:
37.1 years
female:
42 years (2009 est.)

Ireland

total:
35 years
male:
34.2 years
female:
35.7 years (2009 est.)

Isle of Man

total:
40.2 years
male:
39 years
female:
41.4 years (2009 est.)

Italy

total:
43.3 years
male:
41.8 years
female:
44.8 years (2009 est.)

Jersey

total:
42.9 years
male:
42.1 years
female:
43.6 years (2009 est.)

Kosovo

total:
25.9 years
male:
25.4 years
female:
26.4 years (2009 est.)

Latvia

total:
40.1 years
male:
37.1 years
female:
43.3 years (2009 est.)

Liechtenstein

total:
41 years
male:
40.4 years
female:
41.5 years (2009 est.)

Lithuania

total:
39.3 years
male:
36.8 years
female:
41.9 years (2009 est.)

Luxembourg

total:
39.2 years
male:
38.2 years
female:
40.2 years (2009 est.)

Malta

total:
39.5 years
male:
38.1 years
female:
40.9 years (2009 est.)

Moldova

total:
34.6 years
male:
32.7 years
female:
36.7 years (2009 est.)

Monaco

total:
45.7 years
male:
43.6 years
female:
47.7 years (2009 est.)

Montenegro

total:
36.7 years
male:
35.2 years
female:
38.4 years (2009 est.)

Netherlands

total:
40.4 years
male:
39.6 years
female:
41.2 years (2009 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total:
35.1 years
male:
34.1 years
female:
36.2 years (2009 est.)

Norway

total:
39.4 years
male:
38.5 years
female:
40.2 years (2009 est.)

Poland

total:
37.9 years
male:
36.1 years
female:
39.7 years (2009 est.)

Portugal

total:
39.4 years
male:
37.3 years
female:
41.6 years (2009 est.)

Romania

total:
37.7 years
male:
36.3 years
female:
39.2 years (2009 est.)

San Marino

total:
41.5 years
male:
41.1 years
female:
41.9 years (2009 est.)

Serbia

total:
41 years
male:
39.3 years
female:
42.7 years (2009 est.)

Slovakia

total:
36.9 years
male:
35.2 years
female:
38.6 years (2009 est.)

Slovenia

total:
41.7 years
male:
40.1 years
female:
43.3 years (2009 est.)

Spain

total:
41.1 years
male:
39.7 years
female:
42.5 years (2009 est.)

Sweden

total:
41.5 years
male:
40.4 years
female:
42.6 years (2009 est.)

Switzerland

total:
41 years
male:
40 years
female:
42 years (2009 est.)

Ukraine

total:
39.5 years
male:
36.3 years
female:
42.7 years (2009 est.)

United Kingdom

total:
40.2 years
male:
39.1 years
female:
41.3 years (2009 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total:
30.1 years
male:
33.2 years
female:
26.7 years (2009 est.)

Cyprus

total:
35.5 years
male:
34.5 years
female:
36.6 years (2009 est.)

Gaza Strip

total:
17.4 years
male:
17.2 years
female:
17.5 years (2009 est.)

Iran

total:
27 years
male:
26.8 years
female:
27.2 years (2009 est.)

Iraq

total:
20.4 years
male:
20.3 years
female:
20.5 years (2009 est.)

Israel

total:
29.1 years
male:
28.4 years
female:
29.8 years (2009 est.)

Jordan

total:
24.3 years
male:
25 years
female:
23.6 years (2009 est.)

Kuwait

total:
26.2 years
male:
28.1 years
female:
22.7 years (2009 est.)

Lebanon

total:
29.3 years
male:
28 years
female:
30.5 years (2009 est.)

Oman

total:
18.8 years
male:
21.1 years
female:
16.7 years (2009 est.)

Qatar

total:
30.8 years
male:
32.8 years
female:
25.4 years (2009 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total:
21.6 years
male:
22.9 years
female:
19.9 years (2009 est.)

Syria

total:
21.7 years
male:
21.6 years
female:
21.9 years (2009 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total:
27.7 years
male:
27.4 years
female:
28.1 years (2009 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total:
30.1 years
male:
32 years
female:
24.7 years (2009 est.)

West Bank

total:
20.5 years
male:
20.4 years
female:
20.8 years (2009 est.)

Yemen

total:
16.8 years
male:
16.7 years
female:
16.8 years (2009 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total:
41.3 years
male:
39.9 years
female:
42.7 years (2009 est.)

Canada

total:
40.4 years
male:
39.3 years
female:
41.5 years (2009 est.)

Mexico

total:
26.3 years
male:
25.3 years
female:
27.3 years (2009 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total:
35.2 years
male:
34.6 years
female:
35.7 years (2009 est.)

United States

total:
36.7 years
male:
35.4 years
female:
38 years (2009 est.)

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

total:
23.1 years
male:
23 years
female:
23.3 years (2009 est.)

Australia

total:
37.3 years
male:
36.6 years
female:
38.1 years (2009 est.)

Cook Islands

total:
30.5 years
male:
29.8 years
female:
31.1 years (2009 est.)

Fiji

total:
25.5 years
male:
25 years
female:
26 years (2009 est.)

French Polynesia

total:
29.1 years
male:
29.4 years
female:
28.8 years (2009 est.)

Guam

total:
29.1 years
male:
28.8 years
female:
29.4 years (2009 est.)

Kiribati

total:
20.8 years
male:
20.3 years
female:
21.3 years (2009 est.)

Marshall Islands

total:
21.2 years
male:
21.3 years
female:
21.2 years (2009 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total:
22 years
male:
21.5 years
female:
22.5 years (2009 est.)

Nauru

total:
21.6 years
male:
21 years
female:
22.2 years (2009 est.)

New Caledonia

total:
28.7 years
male:
28.2 years
female:
29.2 years (2009 est.)

New Zealand

total:
36.6 years
male:
35.8 years
female:
37.4 years (2009 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total:
30.1 years
male:
32.1 years
female:
29.2 years (2009 est.)

Palau

total:
32.2 years
male:
32 years
female:
32.7 years (2009 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total:
21.7 years
male:
21.8 years
female:
21.6 years (2009 est.)

Samoa

total:
20.8 years
male:
21 years
female:
20.5 years (2009 est.)

Solomon Islands

total:
19.7 years
male:
19.5 years
female:
19.8 years (2009 est.)

Tonga

total:
22.3 years
male:
21.8 years
female:
22.8 years (2009 est.)

Tuvalu

total:
25.4 years
male:
24.4 years
female:
26.6 years (2009 est.)

Vanuatu

total:
24.2 years
male:
24.2 years
female:
24.2 years (2009 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

total:
27.2 years
male:
26.1 years
female:
28.5 years (2009 est.)

South America

12 entries

Argentina

total:
30 years
male:
29 years
female:
31 years (2009 est.)

Bolivia

total:
21.9 years
male:
21.3 years
female:
22.6 years (2009 est.)

Brazil

total:
28.6 years
male:
27.8 years
female:
29.3 years (2009 est.)

Chile

total:
31.4 years
male:
30.4 years
female:
32.4 years (2009 est.)

Colombia

total:
27.1 years
male:
26.1 years
female:
28 years (2009 est.)

Ecuador

total:
25 years
male:
24.4 years
female:
25.6 years (2009 est.)

Guyana

total:
28.7 years
male:
28.2 years
female:
29.2 years (2009 est.)

Paraguay

total:
21.9 years
male:
21.6 years
female:
22.2 years (2009 est.)

Peru

total:
26.1 years
male:
25.8 years
female:
26.4 years (2009 est.)

Suriname

total:
27.9 years
male:
27.5 years
female:
28.3 years (2009 est.)

Uruguay

total:
33.4 years
male:
32 years
female:
34.8 years (2009 est.)

Venezuela

total:
25.5 years
male:
24.8 years
female:
26.2 years (2009 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total:
27.8 years
male:
27.7 years
female:
27.8 years (2009 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:
28.2 years
male:
27.7 years
female:
28.8 years (2009 est.)

Cambodia

total:
22.1 years
male:
21.4 years
female:
22.8 years (2009 est.)

Hong Kong

total:
42.3 years
male:
41.9 years
female:
42.6 years (2009 est.)

Indonesia

total:
27.6 years
male:
27.1 years
female:
28.1 years (2009 est.)

Laos

total:
19.3 years
male:
19 years
female:
19.6 years (2009 est.)

Macau

total:
35.2 years
male:
35.9 years
female:
34.6 years (2009 est.)

Malaysia

total:
24.9 years
male:
24.3 years
female:
25.6 years (2009 est.)

Philippines

total:
22.5 years
male:
22 years
female:
23 years (2009 est.)

Singapore

total:
39 years
male:
38.5 years
female:
39.4 years (2009 est.)

Taiwan

total:
36.5 years
male:
35.9 years
female:
37.1 years (2009 est.)

Thailand

total:
33.3 years
male:
32.4 years
female:
34.2 years (2009 est.)

Timor-Leste

total:
21.8 years
male:
21.8 years
female:
21.8 years (2009 est.)

Vietnam

total:
27.4 years
male:
26.4 years
female:
28.5 years (2009 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2009, “Median age”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/median-age/2009.

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