The CIA World Factbook Edition 2013 People and Society

Median age In 23 editions of 36.

Median age was published in 23 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2003 to 2025. The 2013 edition carries it in 230 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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230
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:
29.4 years
male:
28.7 years
female:
30.2 years (2013 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

total:
27 years
male:
26.7 years
female:
27.2 years (2013 est.)

Angola

total:
17.7 years
male:
17.5 years
female:
17.9 years (2013 est.)

Benin

total:
17.6 years
male:
17.2 years
female:
18 years (2013 est.)

Botswana

total:
22.7 years
male:
22.6 years
female:
22.7 years (2013 est.)

Burkina Faso

total:
17 years
male:
16.8 years
female:
17.1 years (2013 est.)

Burundi

total:
16.9 years
male:
16.6 years
female:
17.2 years (2013 est.)

Cabo Verde

total:
23.5 years
male:
22.7 years
female:
24.4 years (2013 est.)

Cameroon

total:
19.7 years
male:
19.6 years
female:
19.8 years (2013 est.)

Central African Republic

total:
19.3 years
male:
19 years
female:
19.7 years (2013 est.)

Chad

total:
17 years
male:
15.9 years
female:
18.1 years (2013 est.)

Comoros

total:
19 years
male:
18.3 years
female:
19.6 years (2013 est.)

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

total:
17.7 years
male:
17.5 years
female:
17.9 years (2013 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total:
17.1 years
male:
16.9 years
female:
17.3 years (2013 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total:
20 years
male:
20.1 years
female:
19.9 years (2013 est.)

Djibouti

total:
22.4 years
male:
20.8 years
female:
23.7 years (2013 est.)

Egypt

total:
24.8 years
male:
24.5 years
female:
25.2 years (2013 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total:
19.2 years
male:
18.7 years
female:
19.8 years (2013 est.)

Eritrea

total:
18.9 years
male:
18.6 years
female:
19.3 years (2013 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

total:
20.7 years
male:
20.4 years
female:
21.1 years (2013 est.)

Ethiopia

total:
17.5 years
male:
17.3 years
female:
17.6 years (2013 est.)

Gabon

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.8 years (2013 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
19.9 years
male:
19.6 years
female:
20.2 years (2013 est.)

Ghana

total:
20.7 years
male:
20.3 years
female:
21.2 years (2013 est.)

Guinea

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.8 years (2013 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total:
19.7 years
male:
19.1 years
female:
20.2 years (2013 est.)

Kenya

total:
18.9 years
male:
18.8 years
female:
19 years (2013 est.)

Lesotho

total:
23.4 years
male:
23.3 years
female:
23.4 years (2013 est.)

Liberia

total:
17.9 years
male:
17.7 years
female:
18.1 years (2013 est.)

Libya

total:
27.1 years
male:
27.2 years
female:
26.9 years (2013 est.)

Madagascar

total:
19 years
male:
18.8 years
female:
19.2 years (2013 est.)

Malawi

total:
17.3 years
male:
17.2 years
female:
17.4 years (2013 est.)

Mali

total:
16 years
male:
15.4 years
female:
16.6 years (2013 est.)

Mauritania

total:
19.8 years
male:
18.8 years
female:
20.7 years (2013 est.)

Mauritius

total:
33.5 years
male:
32.6 years
female:
34.4 years (2013 est.)

Morocco

total:
27.7 years
male:
27.1 years
female:
28.2 years (2013 est.)

Mozambique

total:
16.8 years
male:
16.2 years
female:
17.5 years (2013 est.)

Namibia

total:
22.4 years
male:
22.4 years
female:
22.4 years (2013 est.)

Niger

total:
15 years
male:
14.9 years
female:
15.1 years (2013 est.)

Nigeria

total:
17.9 years
male:
17.4 years
female:
18.4 years (2013 est.)

Rwanda

total:
18.7 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
19 years (2013 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total:
40 years
male:
40 years
female:
39.9 years (2013 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total:
17.6 years
male:
17.2 years
female:
18.1 years (2013 est.)

Senegal

total:
18.2 years
male:
17.4 years
female:
19.1 years (2013 est.)

Seychelles

total:
33.4 years
male:
33 years
female:
34 years (2013 est.)

Sierra Leone

total:
19 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
19.6 years (2013 est.)

Somalia

total:
17.7 years
male:
17.8 years
female:
17.6 years (2013 est.)

South Africa

total:
25.5 years
male:
25.2 years
female:
25.8 years (2013 est.)

South Sudan

total:
16.6 years
male:
16.5 years
female:
16.8 years (2013 est.)

Sudan

total:
18.9 years
male:
18.6 years
female:
19.1 years (2013 est.)

Tanzania

total:
17.3 years
male:
17 years
female:
17.6 years (2013 est.)

Togo

total:
19.5 years
male:
19.2 years
female:
19.7 years (2013 est.)

Tunisia

total:
31 years
male:
30.5 years
female:
31.3 years (2013 est.)

Uganda

total:
15.5 years
male:
15.4 years
female:
15.5 years (2013 est.)

Western Sahara

total:
20.6 years
male:
20.2 years
female:
21.1 years (2013 est.)

Zambia

total:
16.7 years
male:
16.5 years
female:
16.8 years (2013 est.)

Zimbabwe

total:
19.5 years
male:
19 years
female:
20 years (2013 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total:
33.6 years
male:
35 years
female:
32.2 years (2013 est.)

Iceland

total:
36.2 years
male:
35.7 years
female:
36.6 years (2013 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total:
17.9 years
male:
17.9 years
female:
18 years (2013 est.)

Armenia

total:
32.9 years
male:
30.3 years
female:
35.7 years (2013 est.)

Azerbaijan

total:
29.8 years
male:
28.2 years
female:
31.6 years (2013 est.)

Bangladesh

total:
23.9 years
male:
23.4 years
female:
24.4 years (2013 est.)

Bhutan

total:
25.7 years
male:
26.3 years
female:
25.1 years (2013 est.)

China

total:
36.3 years
male:
35.5 years
female:
37.2 years (2013 est.)

Georgia

total:
39.6 years
male:
37.1 years
female:
42.1 years (2013 est.)

India

total:
26.7 years
male:
26.1 years
female:
27.4 years (2013 est.)

Japan

total:
45.8 years
male:
44.4 years
female:
47.2 years (2013 est.)

Kazakhstan

total:
29.5 years
male:
28.1 years
female:
30.9 years (2013 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total:
33.2 years
male:
31.6 years
female:
34.8 years (2013 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:
39.7 years
male:
38.2 years
female:
41 years (2013 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total:
25.4 years
male:
24.5 years
female:
26.4 years (2013 est.)

Maldives

total:
26.7 years
male:
27 years
female:
26.2 years (2013 est.)

Mongolia

total:
26.9 years
male:
26.5 years
female:
27.3 years (2013 est.)

Nepal

total:
22.4 years
male:
21.7 years
female:
23.2 years (2013 est.)

Pakistan

total:
22.2 years
male:
22.2 years
female:
22.3 years (2013 est.)

Russia

total:
38.8 years
male:
35.8 years
female:
41.8 years (2013 est.)

Sri Lanka

total:
31.4 years
male:
30.3 years
female:
32.5 years (2013 est.)

Tajikistan

total:
23.2 years
male:
22.7 years
female:
23.7 years (2013 est.)

Turkmenistan

total:
26.2 years
male:
25.8 years
female:
26.6 years (2013 est.)

Uzbekistan

total:
26.6 years
male:
26.1 years
female:
27.2 years (2013 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

32 entries

Anguilla

total:
33.9 years
male:
32.2 years
female:
35.4 years (2013 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total:
30.8 years
male:
29.1 years
female:
32.3 years (2013 est.)

Aruba

total:
38.6 years
male:
36.8 years
female:
40.4 years (2013 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total:
30.8 years
male:
29.7 years
female:
32 years (2013 est.)

Barbados

total:
37.3 years
male:
36.2 years
female:
38.4 years (2013 est.)

Belize

total:
21.5 years
male:
21.4 years
female:
21.7 years (2013 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total:
35.3 years
male:
35.3 years
female:
35.4 years (2013 est.)

Cayman Islands

total:
39.3 years
male:
38.6 years
female:
39.8 years (2013 est.)

Costa Rica

total:
29.6 years
male:
29.1 years
female:
30 years (2013 est.)

Cuba

total:
39.5 years
male:
38.6 years
female:
40.3 years (2013 est.)

Curacao

total:
36.2 years
male:
32.7 years
female:
39.9 years (2013 est.)

Dominica

total:
31.7 years
male:
31.2 years
female:
32.1 years (2013 est.)

Dominican Republic

total:
26.8 years
male:
26.6 years
female:
26.9 years (2013 est.)

El Salvador

total:
25.1 years
male:
23.7 years
female:
26.6 years (2013 est.)

Grenada

total:
29.3 years
male:
29.3 years
female:
29.3 years (2013 est.)

Guatemala

total:
20.7 years
male:
20 years
female:
21.3 years (2013 est.)

Haiti

total:
21.9 years
male:
21.6 years
female:
22.1 years (2013 est.)

Honduras

total:
21.6 years
male:
21.3 years
female:
22 years (2013 est.)

Jamaica

total:
24.6 years
male:
24.1 years
female:
25.2 years (2013 est.)

Montserrat

total:
30.8 years
male:
30.3 years
female:
31.3 years (2013 est.)

Nicaragua

total:
23.7 years
male:
22.8 years
female:
24.6 years (2013 est.)

Panama

total:
28 years
male:
27.6 years
female:
28.4 years (2013 est.)

Puerto Rico

total:
38.2 years
male:
36.4 years
female:
40 years (2013 est.)

Saint Barthelemy

total:
41.7 years
male:
41.8 years
female:
41.6 years (2013 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:
33 years
male:
33.1 years
female:
32.9 years (2013 est.)

Saint Lucia

total:
32.2 years
male:
31.1 years
female:
33.3 years (2013 est.)

Saint Martin

total:
31.5 years
male:
30.5 years
female:
32.4 years (2013 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:
31.3 years
male:
31.4 years
female:
31.2 years (2013 est.)

Sint Maarten

total:
39.7 years
male:
38.9 years
female:
40.4 years (2013 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total:
33.9 years
male:
33.4 years
female:
34.4 years (2013 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total:
31.4 years
male:
31.7 years
female:
31 years (2013 est.)

Virgin Islands

total:
43.5 years
male:
43.7 years
female:
43.3 years (2013 est.)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

total:
31.2 years
male:
29.9 years
female:
32.4 years (2013 est.)

Andorra

total:
41.8 years
male:
42 years
female:
41.5 years (2013 est.)

Austria

total:
43.9 years
male:
42.8 years
female:
44.9 years (2013 est.)

Belarus

total:
39.2 years
male:
36.1 years
female:
42.2 years (2013 est.)

Belgium

total:
42.8 years
male:
41.5 years
female:
44.2 years (2013 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:
40.4 years
male:
39 years
female:
41.7 years (2013 est.)

Bulgaria

total:
42.3 years
male:
40 years
female:
44.4 years (2013 est.)

Croatia

total:
41.8 years
male:
40 years
female:
43.7 years (2013 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

total:
41.4 years
male:
40 years
female:
43.1 years (2013 est.)

Denmark

total:
41.4 years
male:
40.5 years
female:
42.3 years (2013 est.)

Estonia

total:
41 years
male:
37.4 years
female:
44.3 years (2013 est.)

European Union

note - see individual country entries of member states

Faroe Islands

total:
37.6 years
male:
37 years
female:
38.3 years (2013 est.)

Finland

total:
43 years
male:
41.2 years
female:
44.8 years (2013 est.)

France

total:
40.6 years
male:
39.1 years
female:
42.1 years (2013 est.)

Germany

total:
45.7 years
male:
44.7 years
female:
46.8 years (2013 est.)

Gibraltar

total:
33.8 years
male:
32.9 years
female:
34.8 years (2013 est.)

Greece

total:
43.2 years
male:
42.1 years
female:
44.3 years (2013 est.)

Guernsey

total:
42.8 years
male:
41.7 years
female:
43.9 years (2013 est.)

Hungary

total:
40.8 years
male:
38.6 years
female:
43.2 years (2013 est.)

Ireland

total:
35.4 years
male:
35.1 years
female:
35.8 years (2013 est.)

Isle of Man

total:
43.1 years
male:
42.4 years
female:
43.8 years (2013 est.)

Italy

total:
44.2 years
male:
43 years
female:
45.3 years (2013 est.)

Jersey

total:
39.9 years
male:
37.7 years
female:
41.7 years (2013 est.)

Kosovo

total:
27.4 years
male:
27 years
female:
27.8 years (2013 est.)

Latvia

total:
41.2 years
male:
38.2 years
female:
44.1 years (2013 est.)

Liechtenstein

total:
42.1 years
male:
41.1 years
female:
43.1 years (2013 est.)

Lithuania

total:
40.8 years
male:
38.2 years
female:
43.3 years (2013 est.)

Luxembourg

total:
39.6 years
male:
38.5 years
female:
40.6 years (2013 est.)

Malta

total:
40.5 years
male:
39.3 years
female:
41.8 years (2013 est.)

Moldova

total:
35.4 years
male:
33.5 years
female:
37.4 years (2013 est.)

Monaco

total:
50.5 years
male:
49.4 years
female:
51.7 years (2013 est.)

Montenegro

total:
38.7 years
male:
37.6 years
female:
40.1 years (2013 est.)

Netherlands

total:
41.8 years
male:
41 years
female:
42.6 years (2013 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total:
36.5 years
male:
35.4 years
female:
37.6 years (2013 est.)

Norway

total:
40.6 years
male:
39.7 years
female:
41.4 years (2013 est.)

Poland

total:
39.1 years
male:
37.5 years
female:
40.9 years (2013 est.)

Portugal

total:
40.7 years
male:
38.6 years
female:
42.9 years (2013 est.)

Romania

total:
39.4 years
male:
38 years
female:
41 years (2013 est.)

San Marino

total:
43.2 years
male:
42.3 years
female:
44 years (2013 est.)

Serbia

total:
41.7 years
male:
40 years
female:
43.4 years (2013 est.)

Slovakia

total:
38.4 years
male:
36.9 years
female:
39.9 years (2013 est.)

Slovenia

total:
43.1 years
male:
41.4 years
female:
44.9 years (2013 est.)

Spain

total:
41.3 years
male:
40 years
female:
42.6 years (2013 est.)

Sweden

total:
42.4 years
male:
41.2 years
female:
43.5 years (2013 est.)

Switzerland

total:
41.8 years
male:
40.8 years
female:
42.7 years (2013 est.)

Ukraine

total:
40.3 years
male:
37.1 years
female:
43.5 years (2013 est.)

United Kingdom

total:
40.3 years
male:
39.1 years
female:
41.4 years (2013 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total:
31.4 years
male:
32.8 years
female:
28.6 years (2013 est.)

Cyprus

total:
35.4 years
male:
34 years
female:
37.1 years (2013 est.)

Gaza Strip

total:
18.1 years
male:
17.9 years
female:
18.2 years (2013 est.)

Iran

total:
27.8 years
male:
27.5 years
female:
28.1 years (2013 est.)

Iraq

total:
21.3 years
male:
21.2 years
female:
21.4 years (2013 est.)

Israel

total:
29.7 years
male:
29 years
female:
30.4 years (2013 est.)

Jordan

total:
22.6 years
male:
22.2 years
female:
22.9 years (2013 est.)

Kuwait

total:
28.8 years
male:
30 years
female:
26.6 years (2013 est.)

Lebanon

total:
30.9 years
male:
29.7 years
female:
32.1 years (2013 est.)

Oman

total:
24.7 years
male:
25.9 years
female:
23.1 years (2013 est.)

Qatar

total:
32.4 years
male:
33.4 years
female:
28 years (2013 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total:
26 years
male:
27 years
female:
24.8 years (2013 est.)

Syria

total:
22.7 years
male:
22.5 years
female:
22.9 years (2013 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total:
29.2 years
male:
28.8 years
female:
29.6 years (2013 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total:
30.3 years
male:
32 years
female:
25 years (2013 est.)

West Bank

total:
22 years
male:
21.8 years
female:
22.1 years (2013 est.)

Yemen

total:
18.5 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.6 years (2013 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total:
42.6 years
male:
40.9 years
female:
44.3 years (2013 est.)

Canada

total:
41.5 years
male:
40.2 years
female:
42.7 years (2013 est.)

Mexico

total:
27.7 years
male:
26.6 years
female:
28.8 years (2013 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total:
43.9 years
male:
43.5 years
female:
44.3 years (2013 est.)

United States

total:
37.2 years
male:
35.9 years
female:
38.5 years (2013 est.)

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

total:
27.8 years
male:
28.3 years
female:
27.3 years (2013 est.)

Australia

total:
38.1 years
male:
37.3 years
female:
38.8 years (2013 est.)

Cook Islands

total:
33.7 years
male:
33 years
female:
34.3 years (2013 est.)

Fiji

total:
27.6 years
male:
27.4 years
female:
27.8 years (2013 est.)

French Polynesia

total:
30.2 years
male:
30.1 years
female:
30.3 years (2013 est.)

Guam

total:
29.7 years
male:
29.2 years
female:
30.2 years (2013 est.)

Kiribati

total:
23.2 years
male:
22.4 years
female:
24.1 years (2013 est.)

Marshall Islands

total:
22.4 years
male:
22.4 years
female:
22.4 years (2013 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total:
23.4 years
male:
22.8 years
female:
24 years (2013 est.)

Nauru

total:
25 years
male:
25.2 years
female:
24.7 years (2013 est.)

New Caledonia

total:
30.7 years
male:
30.1 years
female:
31.3 years (2013 est.)

New Zealand

total:
37.4 years
male:
36.6 years
female:
38.2 years (2013 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total:
31.1 years
male:
29.5 years
female:
31.5 years (2013 est.)

Palau

total:
32.9 years
male:
32.5 years
female:
33.9 years (2013 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total:
22.2 years
male:
22.4 years
female:
21.9 years (2013 est.)

Samoa

total:
22.7 years
male:
22.5 years
female:
22.9 years (2013 est.)

Solomon Islands

total:
21.3 years
male:
21.1 years
female:
21.6 years (2013 est.)

Tonga

total:
21.8 years
male:
21.3 years
female:
22.2 years (2013 est.)

Tuvalu

total:
24.6 years
male:
23.4 years
female:
26.3 years (2013 est.)

Vanuatu

total:
20.8 years
male:
20.4 years
female:
21.1 years (2013 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

total:
29.6 years
male:
28.7 years
female:
30.9 years (2013 est.)

South America

12 entries

Argentina

total:
31 years
male:
29.9 years
female:
32.1 years (2013 est.)

Bolivia

total:
23.1 years
male:
22.3 years
female:
23.8 years (2013 est.)

Brazil

total:
30.3 years
male:
29.5 years
female:
31.1 years (2013 est.)

Chile

total:
33 years
male:
31.8 years
female:
34.3 years (2013 est.)

Colombia

total:
28.6 years
male:
27.6 years
female:
29.5 years (2013 est.)

Ecuador

total:
26.3 years
male:
25.7 years
female:
26.9 years (2013 est.)

Guyana

total:
24.5 years
male:
23.7 years
female:
25.3 years (2013 est.)

Paraguay

total:
26.3 years
male:
26.1 years
female:
26.5 years (2013 est.)

Peru

total:
26.7 years
male:
26 years
female:
27.4 years (2013 est.)

Suriname

total:
28.2 years
male:
27.8 years
female:
28.5 years (2013 est.)

Uruguay

total:
34.1 years
male:
32.4 years
female:
35.7 years (2013 est.)

Venezuela

total:
26.6 years
male:
25.9 years
female:
27.3 years (2013 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total:
29 years
male:
28.7 years
female:
29.2 years (2013 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:
27.6 years
male:
27 years
female:
28.2 years (2013 est.)

Cambodia

total:
23.7 years
male:
23 years
female:
24.4 years (2013 est.)

Hong Kong

total:
44.5 years
male:
43.8 years
female:
45 years (2013 est.)

Indonesia

total:
28.9 years
male:
28.4 years
female:
29.5 years (2013 est.)

Laos

total:
21.6 years
male:
21.4 years
female:
21.9 years (2013 est.)

Macau

total:
37.2 years
male:
37.9 years
female:
36.7 years (2013 est.)

Malaysia

total:
27.4 years
male:
27.2 years
female:
27.6 years (2013 est.)

Philippines

total:
23.3 years
male:
22.8 years
female:
23.8 years (2013 est.)

Singapore

total:
33.6 years
male:
33.5 years
female:
33.7 years (2013 est.)

Taiwan

total:
38.7 years
male:
38 years
female:
39.4 years (2013 est.)

Thailand

total:
35.1 years
male:
34.2 years
female:
36.1 years (2013 est.)

Timor-Leste

total:
18.4 years
male:
17.8 years
female:
19 years (2013 est.)

Vietnam

total:
28.7 years
male:
27.6 years
female:
29.7 years (2013 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2013, “Median age”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/median-age/2013.

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