The CIA World Factbook Edition 2014 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 2014 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

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World

1 entry

World

total:
29.7 years
male:
28.9 years
female:
30.4 years (2014 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

total:
27.3 years
male:
27 years
female:
27.5 years (2014 est.)

Angola

total:
17.9 years
male:
17.7 years
female:
18.1 years (2014 est.)

Benin

total:
17.7 years
male:
17.4 years
female:
18.1 years (2014 est.)

Botswana

total:
22.9 years
male:
22.9 years
female:
22.8 years (2014 est.)

Burkina Faso

total:
17 years
male:
16.9 years
female:
17.2 years (2014 est.)

Burundi

total:
17 years
male:
16.7 years
female:
17.2 years (2014 est.)

Cabo Verde

total:
24 years
male:
23.2 years
female:
24.8 years (2014 est.)

Cameroon

total:
18.3 years
male:
18.2 years
female:
18.4 years (2014 est.)

Central African Republic

total:
19.4 years
male:
19.1 years
female:
19.8 years (2014 est.)

Chad

total:
17.2 years
male:
16.1 years
female:
18.2 years (2014 est.)

Comoros

total:
19.2 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
19.8 years (2014 est.)

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

total:
17.9 years
male:
17.7 years
female:
18.1 years (2014 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total:
19.8 years
male:
19.7 years
female:
20 years (2014 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total:
20.3 years
male:
20.3 years
female:
20.2 years (2014 est.)

Djibouti

total:
22.8 years
male:
21.1 years
female:
24.1 years (2014 est.)

Egypt

total:
25.1 years
male:
24.7 years
female:
25.4 years (2014 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total:
19.4 years
male:
18.8 years
female:
19.9 years (2014 est.)

Eritrea

total:
19.1 years
male:
18.8 years
female:
19.5 years (2014 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

total:
21 years
male:
20.7 years
female:
21.3 years (2014 est.)

Ethiopia

total:
17.6 years
male:
17.4 years
female:
17.7 years (2014 est.)

Gabon

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.8 years (2014 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
20.2 years
male:
19.9 years
female:
20.5 years (2014 est.)

Ghana

total:
20.8 years
male:
20.4 years
female:
21.3 years (2014 est.)

Guinea

total:
18.7 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.9 years (2014 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total:
19.8 years
male:
19.3 years
female:
20.3 years (2014 est.)

Kenya

total:
19.1 years
male:
18.9 years
female:
19.2 years (2014 est.)

Lesotho

total:
23.6 years
male:
23.6 years
female:
23.6 years (2014 est.)

Liberia

total:
17.9 years
male:
17.7 years
female:
18.1 years (2014 est.)

Libya

total:
27.5 years
male:
27.7 years
female:
27.4 years (2014 est.)

Madagascar

total:
19.2 years
male:
19 years
female:
19.4 years (2014 est.)

Malawi

total:
16.3 years
male:
16.2 years
female:
16.4 years (2014 est.)

Mali

total:
16 years
male:
15.4 years
female:
16.7 years (2014 est.)

Mauritania

total:
19.9 years
male:
19 years
female:
20.9 years (2014 est.)

Mauritius

total:
33.9 years
male:
33.1 years
female:
34.8 years (2014 est.)

Morocco

total:
28.1 years
male:
27.5 years
female:
28.7 years (2014 est.)

Mozambique

total:
16.9 years
male:
16.3 years
female:
17.5 years (2014 est.)

Namibia

total:
22.8 years
male:
22.8 years
female:
22.8 years (2014 est.)

Niger

total:
15.1 years
male:
15 years
female:
15.2 years (2014 est.)

Nigeria

total:
18.2 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
18.3 years (2014 est.)

Rwanda

total:
18.7 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.9 years (2014 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total:
40.5 years
male:
40.5 years
female:
40.4 years (2014 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total:
17.8 years
male:
17.3 years
female:
18.2 years (2014 est.)

Senegal

total:
18.4 years
male:
17.5 years
female:
19.3 years (2014 est.)

Seychelles

total:
33.9 years
male:
33.4 years
female:
34.5 years (2014 est.)

Sierra Leone

total:
19 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
19.6 years (2014 est.)

Somalia

total:
17.7 years
male:
17.9 years
female:
17.6 years (2014 est.)

South Africa

total:
25.7 years
male:
25.4 years
female:
26 years (2014 est.)

South Sudan

total:
16.8 years
male:
16.6 years
female:
17 years (2014 est.)

Sudan

total:
19.1 years
male:
18.9 years
female:
19.4 years (2014 est.)

Tanzania

total:
17.4 years
male:
17.1 years
female:
17.7 years (2014 est.)

Togo

total:
19.6 years
male:
19.3 years
female:
19.8 years (2014 est.)

Tunisia

total:
31.4 years
male:
31 years
female:
31.8 years (2014 est.)

Uganda

total:
15.5 years
male:
15.5 years
female:
15.6 years (2014 est.)

Western Sahara

total:
20.8 years
male:
20.3 years
female:
21.3 years (2014 est.)

Zambia

total:
16.7 years
male:
16.6 years
female:
16.8 years (2014 est.)

Zimbabwe

total:
20.2 years
male:
19.9 years
female:
20.4 years (2014 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total:
33.6 years
male:
34.9 years
female:
32.3 years (2014 est.)

Iceland

total:
36.4 years
male:
35.9 years
female:
36.9 years (2014 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total:
18.1 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
18.2 years (2014 est.)

Armenia

total:
33.7 years
male:
31.8 years
female:
35.8 years (2014 est.)

Azerbaijan

total:
30.1 years
male:
28.5 years
female:
31.9 years (2014 est.)

Bangladesh

total:
24.3 years
male:
23.8 years
female:
24.8 years (2014 est.)

Bhutan

total:
26.2 years
male:
26.8 years
female:
25.6 years (2014 est.)

China

total:
36.7 years
male:
35.8 years
female:
37.5 years (2014 est.)

Georgia

total:
37.7 years
male:
34.9 years
female:
40.4 years (2014 est.)

India

total:
27 years
male:
26.4 years
female:
27.7 years (2014 est.)

Japan

total:
46.1 years
male:
44.8 years
female:
47.5 years (2014 est.)

Kazakhstan

total:
29.7 years
male:
28.4 years
female:
31.1 years (2014 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total:
33.4 years
male:
31.8 years
female:
35 years (2014 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:
40.2 years
male:
38.7 years
female:
41.6 years (2014 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total:
25.7 years
male:
24.7 years
female:
26.7 years (2014 est.)

Maldives

total:
27.1 years
male:
27.3 years
female:
26.7 years (2014 est.)

Mongolia

total:
27.1 years
male:
26.3 years
female:
27.8 years (2014 est.)

Nepal

total:
22.9 years
male:
22.2 years
female:
23.6 years (2014 est.)

Pakistan

total:
22.6 years
male:
22.6 years
female:
22.6 years (2014 est.)

Russia

total:
38.9 years
male:
36 years
female:
41.9 years (2014 est.)

Sri Lanka

total:
31.8 years
male:
30.6 years
female:
32.9 years (2014 est.)

Tajikistan

total:
23.5 years
male:
23 years
female:
24 years (2014 est.)

Turkmenistan

total:
26.6 years
male:
26.2 years
female:
27.1 years (2014 est.)

Uzbekistan

total:
27.1 years
male:
26.6 years
female:
27.7 years (2014 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

32 entries

Anguilla

total:
34.1 years
male:
32.4 years
female:
35.7 years (2014 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total:
31.1 years
male:
29.4 years
female:
32.6 years (2014 est.)

Aruba

total:
38.8 years
male:
36.9 years
female:
40.6 years (2014 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total:
31.2 years
male:
30.1 years
female:
32.3 years (2014 est.)

Barbados

total:
37.6 years
male:
36.5 years
female:
38.7 years (2014 est.)

Belize

total:
21.8 years
male:
21.6 years
female:
22 years (2014 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total:
35.6 years
male:
35.5 years
female:
35.7 years (2014 est.)

Cayman Islands

total:
39.5 years
male:
38.8 years
female:
40.1 years (2014 est.)

Costa Rica

total:
30 years
male:
29.5 years
female:
30.5 years (2014 est.)

Cuba

total:
39.9 years
male:
39.1 years
female:
40.8 years (2014 est.)

Curacao

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

Dominica

total:
32.1 years
male:
31.7 years
female:
32.6 years (2014 est.)

Dominican Republic

total:
27.1 years
male:
26.9 years
female:
27.3 years (2014 est.)

El Salvador

total:
25.6 years
male:
24.1 years
female:
27.1 years (2014 est.)

Grenada

total:
29.9 years
male:
29.8 years
female:
29.9 years (2014 est.)

Guatemala

total:
21 years
male:
20.4 years
female:
21.7 years (2014 est.)

Haiti

total:
22.2 years
male:
22 years
female:
22.4 years (2014 est.)

Honduras

total:
21.9 years
male:
21.6 years
female:
22.3 years (2014 est.)

Jamaica

total:
24.9 years
male:
24.4 years
female:
25.4 years (2014 est.)

Montserrat

total:
31.4 years
male:
30.9 years
female:
31.9 years (2014 est.)

Nicaragua

total:
24.2 years
male:
23.3 years
female:
25.1 years (2014 est.)

Panama

total:
28.3 years
male:
27.9 years
female:
28.7 years (2014 est.)

Puerto Rico

total:
38.7 years
male:
36.8 years
female:
40.5 years (2014 est.)

Saint Barthelemy

total:
42.4 years
male:
42.4 years
female:
42.3 years (2014 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:
33.5 years
male:
33.6 years
female:
33.4 years (2014 est.)

Saint Lucia

total:
32.9 years
male:
31.7 years
female:
34 years (2014 est.)

Saint Martin

total:
31.8 years
male:
30.7 years
female:
32.7 years (2014 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:
31.9 years
male:
32 years
female:
31.7 years (2014 est.)

Sint Maarten

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

Trinidad and Tobago

total:
34.4 years
male:
34 years
female:
34.9 years (2014 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total:
31.9 years
male:
32.2 years
female:
31.5 years (2014 est.)

Virgin Islands

total:
44.2 years
male:
44.5 years
female:
44 years (2014 est.)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

total:
31.6 years
male:
30.3 years
female:
32.9 years (2014 est.)

Andorra

total:
42.4 years
male:
42.6 years
female:
42.2 years (2014 est.)

Austria

total:
44.3 years
male:
43.2 years
female:
45.3 years (2014 est.)

Belarus

total:
39.4 years
male:
36.3 years
female:
42.4 years (2014 est.)

Belgium

total:
43.1 years
male:
41.7 years
female:
44.4 years (2014 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:
40.8 years
male:
39.4 years
female:
42.2 years (2014 est.)

Bulgaria

total:
42.6 years
male:
40.3 years
female:
44.8 years (2014 est.)

Croatia

total:
42.1 years
male:
40.2 years
female:
43.9 years (2014 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

total:
40.9 years
male:
39.6 years
female:
42.3 years (2014 est.)

Denmark

total:
41.6 years
male:
40.7 years
female:
42.5 years (2014 est.)

Estonia

total:
41.2 years
male:
37.6 years
female:
44.5 years (2014 est.)

European Union

note - see individual country entries of member states

Faroe Islands

total:
37.7 years
male:
37.1 years
female:
38.4 years (2014 est.)

Finland

total:
43.2 years
male:
41.2 years
female:
45 years (2014 est.)

France

total:
40.9 years
male:
39.3 years
female:
42.4 years (2014 est.)

Germany

total:
46.1 years
male:
45.1 years
female:
47.2 years (2014 est.)

Gibraltar

total:
34 years
male:
33.1 years
female:
35 years (2014 est.)

Greece

total:
43.5 years
male:
42.4 years
female:
44.6 years (2014 est.)

Guernsey

total:
43.1 years
male:
41.9 years
female:
44.2 years (2014 est.)

Hungary

total:
41.1 years
male:
39.1 years
female:
43.5 years (2014 est.)

Ireland

total:
35.7 years
male:
35.4 years
female:
36.1 years (2014 est.)

Isle of Man

total:
43.4 years
male:
42.7 years
female:
44.1 years (2014 est.)

Italy

total:
44.5 years
male:
43.3 years
female:
45.6 years (2014 est.)

Jersey

total:
39.5 years
male:
37.1 years
female:
41.6 years (2014 est.)

Kosovo

total:
27.8 years
male:
27.4 years
female:
28.2 years (2014 est.)

Latvia

total:
41.4 years
male:
38.4 years
female:
44.3 years (2014 est.)

Liechtenstein

total:
42.4 years
male:
41.3 years
female:
43.5 years (2014 est.)

Lithuania

total:
41.2 years
male:
38.5 years
female:
43.7 years (2014 est.)

Luxembourg

total:
39.6 years
male:
38.5 years
female:
40.7 years (2014 est.)

Malta

total:
40.9 years
male:
39.7 years
female:
42.1 years (2014 est.)

Moldova

total:
35.7 years
male:
33.9 years
female:
37.7 years (2014 est.)

Monaco

total:
51.1 years
male:
50 years
female:
52.3 years (2014 est.)

Montenegro

total:
39.2 years
male:
38.2 years
female:
40.5 years (2014 est.)

Netherlands

total:
42.1 years
male:
41.2 years
female:
42.9 years (2014 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total:
36.8 years
male:
35.7 years
female:
37.9 years (2014 est.)

Norway

total:
39.1 years
male:
38.2 years
female:
39.9 years (2014 est.)

Poland

total:
39.5 years
male:
37.9 years
female:
41.3 years (2014 est.)

Portugal

total:
41.1 years
male:
39 years
female:
43.3 years (2014 est.)

Romania

total:
39.8 years
male:
38.4 years
female:
41.4 years (2014 est.)

San Marino

total:
43.6 years
male:
42.6 years
female:
44.4 years (2014 est.)

Serbia

total:
41.9 years
male:
40.2 years
female:
43.6 years (2014 est.)

Slovakia

total:
39.2 years
male:
37.5 years
female:
41 years (2014 est.)

Slovenia

total:
43.5 years
male:
41.7 years
female:
45.2 years (2014 est.)

Spain

total:
41.6 years
male:
40.4 years
female:
42.9 years (2014 est.)

Sweden

total:
41.2 years
male:
40.2 years
female:
42.2 years (2014 est.)

Switzerland

total:
42 years
male:
41 years
female:
42.9 years (2014 est.)

Ukraine

total:
40.6 years
male:
37.3 years
female:
43.7 years (2014 est.)

United Kingdom

total:
40.4 years
male:
39.2 years
female:
41.6 years (2014 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total:
31.6 years
male:
33 years
female:
28.8 years (2014 est.)

Cyprus

total:
35.7 years
male:
34.4 years
female:
37.4 years (2014 est.)

Gaza Strip

total:
18.2 years
male:
18 years
female:
18.4 years (2014 est.)

Iran

total:
28.3 years
male:
28 years
female:
28.6 years (2014 est.)

Iraq

total:
21.5 years
male:
21.4 years
female:
21.6 years (2014 est.)

Israel

total:
29.9 years
male:
29.2 years
female:
30.6 years (2014 est.)

Jordan

total:
21.8 years
male:
21.5 years
female:
22.1 years (2014 est.)

Kuwait

total:
28.9 years
male:
30.1 years
female:
26.8 years (2014 est.)

Lebanon

total:
29.3 years
male:
28.7 years
female:
29.8 years (2014 est.)

Oman

total:
24.9 years
male:
26.1 years
female:
23.4 years (2014 est.)

Qatar

total:
32.6 years
male:
33.6 years
female:
28 years (2014 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total:
26.4 years
male:
27.3 years
female:
25.3 years (2014 est.)

Syria

total:
23.3 years
male:
22.9 years
female:
23.7 years (2014 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total:
29.6 years
male:
29.2 years
female:
30 years (2014 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total:
30.3 years
male:
32 years
female:
25 years (2014 est.)

West Bank

total:
22.4 years
male:
22.2 years
female:
22.5 years (2014 est.)

Yemen

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
18.7 years (2014 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total:
42.9 years
male:
41.1 years
female:
44.6 years (2014 est.)

Canada

total:
41.7 years
male:
40.4 years
female:
42.9 years (2014 est.)

Mexico

total:
27.3 years
male:
26.3 years
female:
28.4 years (2014 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total:
44.6 years
male:
44.2 years
female:
45 years (2014 est.)

United States

total:
37.6 years
male:
36.3 years
female:
39 years (2014 est.)

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

total:
28.3 years
male:
28.8 years
female:
27.8 years (2014 est.)

Australia

total:
38.3 years
male:
37.5 years
female:
39 years (2014 est.)

Cook Islands

total:
34.4 years
male:
33.8 years
female:
35 years (2014 est.)

Fiji

total:
27.9 years
male:
27.7 years
female:
28.1 years (2014 est.)

French Polynesia

total:
30.6 years
male:
30.5 years
female:
30.7 years (2014 est.)

Guam

total:
29.9 years
male:
29.4 years
female:
30.4 years (2014 est.)

Kiribati

total:
23.6 years
male:
22.7 years
female:
24.4 years (2014 est.)

Marshall Islands

total:
22.5 years
male:
22.5 years
female:
22.6 years (2014 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total:
23.8 years
male:
23.2 years
female:
24.4 years (2014 est.)

Nauru

total:
25.3 years
male:
25.6 years
female:
25 years (2014 est.)

New Caledonia

total:
31.1 years
male:
30.4 years
female:
31.7 years (2014 est.)

New Zealand

total:
37.6 years
male:
36.7 years
female:
38.4 years (2014 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total:
31.6 years
male:
29.4 years
female:
32.2 years (2014 est.)

Palau

total:
33 years
male:
32.5 years
female:
34.2 years (2014 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total:
22.4 years
male:
22.6 years
female:
22.2 years (2014 est.)

Samoa

total:
23.1 years
male:
22.9 years
female:
23.4 years (2014 est.)

Solomon Islands

total:
21.6 years
male:
21.4 years
female:
21.8 years (2014 est.)

Tonga

total:
22 years
male:
21.6 years
female:
22.5 years (2014 est.)

Tuvalu

total:
24.9 years
male:
23.7 years
female:
26.4 years (2014 est.)

Vanuatu

total:
21.1 years
male:
20.7 years
female:
21.4 years (2014 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

total:
30.3 years
male:
29.3 years
female:
31.5 years (2014 est.)

South America

12 entries

Argentina

total:
31.2 years
male:
30.1 years
female:
32.3 years (2014 est.)

Bolivia

total:
23.4 years
male:
22.6 years
female:
24.1 years (2014 est.)

Brazil

total:
30.7 years
male:
29.9 years
female:
31.5 years (2014 est.)

Chile

total:
33.3 years
male:
32.2 years
female:
34.6 years (2014 est.)

Colombia

total:
28.9 years
male:
27.9 years
female:
29.9 years (2014 est.)

Ecuador

total:
26.7 years
male:
26 years
female:
27.3 years (2014 est.)

Guyana

total:
25 years
male:
24.6 years
female:
25.4 years (2014 est.)

Paraguay

total:
26.8 years
male:
26.6 years
female:
27 years (2014 est.)

Peru

total:
27 years
male:
26.3 years
female:
27.7 years (2014 est.)

Suriname

total:
28.6 years
male:
28.3 years
female:
29 years (2014 est.)

Uruguay

total:
34.3 years
male:
32.6 years
female:
35.9 years (2014 est.)

Venezuela

total:
26.9 years
male:
26.1 years
female:
27.6 years (2014 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total:
29.3 years
male:
28.9 years
female:
29.6 years (2014 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:
27.9 years
male:
27.3 years
female:
28.5 years (2014 est.)

Cambodia

total:
24.1 years
male:
23.4 years
female:
24.8 years (2014 est.)

Hong Kong

total:
43.2 years
male:
42.8 years
female:
43.4 years (2014 est.)

Indonesia

total:
29.2 years
male:
28.7 years
female:
29.8 years (2014 est.)

Laos

total:
22 years
male:
21.7 years
female:
22.3 years (2014 est.)

Macau

total:
37.7 years
male:
38.3 years
female:
37.3 years (2014 est.)

Malaysia

total:
27.7 years
male:
27.4 years
female:
27.9 years (2014 est.)

Philippines

total:
23.5 years
male:
23 years
female:
24 years (2014 est.)

Singapore

total:
33.8 years
male:
33.7 years
female:
33.9 years (2014 est.)

Taiwan

total:
39.2 years
male:
38.5 years
female:
39.9 years (2014 est.)

Thailand

total:
36.2 years
male:
35.3 years
female:
37.2 years (2014 est.)

Timor-Leste

total:
18.5 years
male:
17.9 years
female:
19.1 years (2014 est.)

Vietnam

total:
29.2 years
male:
28.1 years
female:
30.2 years (2014 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2014, “Median age”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/median-age/2014.

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