The CIA World Factbook Edition 2018 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 2018 edition carries it in 230 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2018 edition
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:
30.6 years
male:
29.9 years
female:
31.4 years (2018 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

total:
28.3 years
male:
28 years
female:
28.7 years (2018 est.)

Angola

total:
15.9 years
male:
15.4 years
female:
16.3 years (2018 est.)

Benin

total:
18.4 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
18.7 years (2018 est.)

Botswana

total:
24.9 years
male:
23.8 years
female:
26 years (2018 est.)

Burkina Faso

total:
17.4 years
male:
16.6 years
female:
18.2 years (2018 est.)

Burundi

total:
17.1 years
male:
16.8 years
female:
17.3 years (2018 est.)

Cabo Verde

total:
25.8 years
male:
25 years
female:
26.7 years (2018 est.)

Cameroon

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
18.7 years (2018 est.)

Central African Republic

total:
19.8 years
male:
19.5 years
female:
20.1 years (2018 est.)

Chad

total:
15.8 years
male:
15.3 years
female:
16.3 years (2018 est.)

Comoros

total:
20.2 years
male:
19.5 years
female:
20.8 years (2018 est.)

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

total:
18.8 years
male:
18.6 years
female:
19 years (2018 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total:
19.6 years
male:
19.4 years
female:
19.8 years (2018 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

total:
19.9 years
male:
20 years
female:
19.8 years (2018 est.)

Djibouti

total:
24.2 years
male:
22.4 years
female:
25.7 years (2018 est.)

Egypt

total:
23.9 years
male:
23.6 years
female:
24.3 years (2018 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total:
19.9 years
male:
19.5 years
female:
20.4 years (2018 est.)

Eritrea

total:
19.9 years
male:
19.4 years
female:
20.4 years (2018 est.)

Eswatini

total:
23.2 years
male:
22.2 years
female:
24 years (2018 est.)

Ethiopia

total:
18 years
male:
17.8 years
female:
18.2 years (2018 est.)

Gabon

total:
20.5 years
male:
20.8 years
female:
20.2 years (2018 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
21.3 years
male:
20.9 years
female:
21.6 years (2018 est.)

Ghana

total:
21.2 years
male:
20.7 years
female:
21.7 years (2018 est.)

Guinea

total:
19 years
male:
18.8 years
female:
19.3 years (2018 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total:
17.8 years
male:
17.2 years
female:
18.5 years (2018 est.)

Kenya

total:
20 years
male:
19.9 years
female:
20.2 years (2018 est.)

Lesotho

total:
24.4 years
male:
24.4 years
female:
24.3 years (2018 est.)

Liberia

total:
17.8 years
male:
17.6 years
female:
18.1 years (2018 est.)

Libya

total:
29.4 years
male:
29.5 years
female:
29.2 years (2018 est.)

Madagascar

total:
19.9 years
male:
19.7 years
female:
20.1 years (2018 est.)

Malawi

total:
16.6 years
male:
16.5 years
female:
16.8 years (2018 est.)

Mali

total:
15.8 years
male:
15.2 years
female:
16.5 years (2018 est.)

Mauritania

total:
20.7 years
male:
19.7 years
female:
21.6 years (2018 est.)

Mauritius

total:
35.7 years
male:
34.5 years
female:
36.7 years (2018 est.)

Morocco

total:
29.7 years
male:
29 years
female:
30.3 years (2018 est.)

Mozambique

total:
17.3 years
male:
16.7 years
female:
17.8 years (2018 est.)

Namibia

total:
21.4 years
male:
20.7 years
female:
22.2 years (2018 est.)

Niger

total:
15.5 years
male:
15.4 years
female:
15.7 years (2018 est.)

Nigeria

total:
18.3 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
18.6 years (2018 est.)

Rwanda

total:
19.2 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
20 years (2018 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total:
42.4 years
male:
42.4 years
female:
42.4 years (2018 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total:
18.7 years
male:
18.3 years
female:
19.1 years (2018 est.)

Senegal

total:
19 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
19.9 years (2018 est.)

Seychelles

total:
35.8 years
male:
35.3 years
female:
36.5 years (2018 est.)

Sierra Leone

total:
19.1 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
19.7 years (2018 est.)

Somalia

total:
18.2 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18 years (2018 est.)

South Africa

total:
27.4 years
male:
27.2 years
female:
27.6 years (2018 est.)

South Sudan

total:
18.1 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
17.8 years (2018 est.)

Sudan

total:
17.9 years
male:
17.7 years
female:
18.1 years (2018 est.)

Tanzania

total:
17.9 years
male:
17.6 years
female:
18.2 years (2018 est.)

Togo

total:
19.9 years
male:
19.6 years
female:
20.1 years (2018 est.)

Tunisia

total:
32 years
male:
31.3 years
female:
32.5 years (2018 est.)

Uganda

total:
15.9 years
male:
15.8 years
female:
16 years (2018 est.)

Western Sahara

total:
21.5 years
male:
21 years
female:
21.9 years (2018 est.)

Zambia

total:
16.8 years
male:
16.7 years
female:
16.9 years (2018 est.)

Zimbabwe

total:
20.2 years
male:
19.9 years
female:
20.4 years (2018 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total:
34 years
male:
35 years
female:
32.9 years (2018 est.)

Iceland

total:
36.7 years
male:
36.1 years
female:
37.3 years (2018 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total:
19 years
male:
19 years
female:
19.1 years (2018 est.)

Armenia

total:
35.6 years
male:
33.9 years
female:
37.4 years (2018 est.)

Azerbaijan

total:
31.7 years
male:
30.2 years
female:
33.4 years (2018 est.)

Bangladesh

total:
27.1 years
male:
26.3 years
female:
27.8 years (2018 est.)

Bhutan

total:
28.1 years
male:
28.6 years
female:
27.6 years (2018 est.)

China

total:
37.7 years
male:
36.8 years
female:
38.8 years (2018 est.)

Georgia

total:
38.3 years
male:
35.5 years
female:
41.1 years (2018 est.)

India

total:
28.1 years
male:
27.5 years
female:
28.9 years (2018 est.)

Japan

total:
47.7 years
male:
46.4 years
female:
49.2 years (2018 est.)

Kazakhstan

total:
30.9 years
male:
29.7 years
female:
32.2 years (2018 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total:
34.2 years
male:
32.7 years
female:
35.8 years (2018 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:
42.3 years
male:
40.6 years
female:
44 years (2018 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total:
26.8 years
male:
25.7 years
female:
27.9 years (2018 est.)

Maldives

total:
28.6 years
male:
28.4 years
female:
28.8 years (2018 est.)

Mongolia

total:
28.8 years
male:
28 years
female:
29.6 years (2018 est.)

Nepal

total:
24.5 years
male:
23.2 years
female:
25.8 years (2018 est.)

Pakistan

total:
24.1 years
male:
24.1 years
female:
24.2 years (2018 est.)

Russia

total:
39.8 years
male:
36.9 years
female:
42.7 years (2018 est.)

Sri Lanka

total:
33.1 years
male:
31.8 years
female:
34.4 years (2018 est.)

Tajikistan

total:
24.8 years
male:
24.2 years
female:
25.4 years (2018 est.)

Turkmenistan

total:
28.3 years
male:
27.8 years
female:
28.8 years (2018 est.)

Uzbekistan

total:
29.1 years
male:
28.5 years
female:
29.7 years (2018 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

32 entries

Anguilla

total:
35.1 years
male:
33.2 years
female:
37 years (2018 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total:
32.2 years
male:
30.2 years
female:
33.8 years (2018 est.)

Aruba

total:
39.5 years
male:
37.8 years
female:
41.2 years (2018 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total:
32.3 years
male:
31.1 years
female:
33.5 years (2018 est.)

Barbados

total:
38.9 years
male:
37.8 years
female:
40.1 years (2018 est.)

Belize

total:
23.7 years
male:
23.2 years
female:
24.4 years (2018 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total:
36.7 years
male:
36.5 years
female:
36.9 years (2018 est.)

Cayman Islands

total:
40.2 years
male:
39.5 years
female:
40.9 years (2018 est.)

Costa Rica

total:
31.7 years
male:
31.2 years
female:
32.2 years (2018 est.)

Cuba

total:
41.8 years
male:
40.2 years
female:
43.1 years (2018 est.)

Curacao

total:
36.3 years
male:
33.8 years
female:
39.6 years (2018 est.)

Dominica

total:
34 years
male:
33.5 years
female:
34.5 years (2018 est.)

Dominican Republic

total:
27.3 years
male:
27.1 years
female:
27.4 years (2018 est.)

El Salvador

total:
27.6 years
male:
26.1 years
female:
29.1 years (2018 est.)

Grenada

total:
32.1 years
male:
32 years
female:
32.2 years (2018 est.)

Guatemala

total:
22.5 years
male:
22 years
female:
23.1 years (2018 est.)

Haiti

total:
23.3 years
male:
23.1 years
female:
23.6 years (2018 est.)

Honduras

total:
23.3 years
male:
23 years
female:
23.7 years (2018 est.)

Jamaica

total:
28.6 years
male:
27.8 years
female:
29.3 years (2018 est.)

Montserrat

total:
33.8 years
male:
33.1 years
female:
34.4 years (2018 est.)

Nicaragua

total:
26.2 years
male:
25.3 years
female:
27.1 years (2018 est.)

Panama

total:
29.5 years
male:
29 years
female:
29.9 years (2018 est.)

Puerto Rico

total:
42.2 years
male:
40.2 years
female:
43.9 years (2018 est.)

Saint Barthelemy

total:
44.7 years
male:
44.6 years
female:
44.7 years (2018 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:
35.5 years
male:
35.7 years
female:
35.3 years (2018 est.)

Saint Lucia

total:
35.5 years
male:
34.3 years
female:
36.6 years (2018 est.)

Saint Martin

total:
32.8 years
male:
31.9 years
female:
33.7 years (2018 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:
34.2 years
male:
34.3 years
female:
34 years (2018 est.)

Sint Maarten

total:
41.2 years
male:
39.8 years
female:
42.2 years (2018 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total:
36.6 years
male:
36.1 years
female:
37.1 years (2018 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total:
33.8 years
male:
34.1 years
female:
33.5 years (2018 est.)

Virgin Islands

total:
41.3 years
male:
40.1 years
female:
42.2 years (2018 est.)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

total:
33.4 years
male:
32 years
female:
34.7 years (2018 est.)

Andorra

total:
44.9 years
male:
45.1 years
female:
44.8 years (2018 est.)

Austria

total:
44.2 years
male:
42.9 years
female:
45.4 years (2018 est.)

Belarus

total:
40.3 years
male:
37.4 years
female:
43.3 years (2018 est.)

Belgium

total:
41.5 years
male:
40.3 years
female:
42.7 years (2018 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:
42.5 years
male:
40.9 years
female:
43.9 years (2018 est.)

Bulgaria

total:
43 years
male:
41.2 years
female:
44.9 years (2018 est.)

Croatia

total:
43.3 years
male:
41.4 years
female:
45.3 years (2018 est.)

Czechia

total:
42.5 years
male:
41.2 years
female:
43.8 years (2018 est.)

Denmark

total:
41.9 years
male:
40.8 years
female:
42.9 years (2018 est.)

Estonia

total:
43 years
male:
39.7 years
female:
46.4 years (2018 est.)

European Union

total:
43.2 years
male:
41.8 years
female:
44.6 years (2018 est.)

Faroe Islands

total:
37.6 years
male:
37.1 years
female:
38.2 years (2018 est.)

Finland

total:
42.6 years
male:
41 years
female:
44.3 years (2018 est.)

France

total:
41.5 years
male:
39.7 years
female:
43.2 years (2018 est.)

Germany

total:
47.4 years
male:
46.2 years
female:
48.5 years (2018 est.)

Gibraltar

total:
35 years
male:
34.1 years
female:
36 years (2018 est.)

Greece

total:
44.9 years
male:
43.8 years
female:
45.9 years (2018 est.)

Guernsey

total:
44 years
male:
42.7 years
female:
45.3 years (2018 est.)

Hungary

total:
42.7 years
male:
40.8 years
female:
44.7 years (2018 est.)

Ireland

total:
37.1 years
male:
36.8 years
female:
37.5 years (2018 est.)

Isle of Man

total:
44.4 years
male:
43.4 years
female:
45.2 years (2018 est.)

Italy

total:
45.8 years
male:
44.7 years
female:
46.9 years (2018 est.)

Jersey

total:
37.7 years
male:
35.9 years
female:
40.2 years (2018 est.)

Kosovo

total:
29.6 years
male:
29.3 years
female:
29.9 years (2018 est.)

Latvia

total:
43.9 years
male:
40 years
female:
47.3 years (2018 est.)

Liechtenstein

total:
43.4 years
male:
41.8 years
female:
44.8 years (2018 est.)

Lithuania

total:
44 years
male:
39.8 years
female:
47.4 years (2018 est.)

Luxembourg

total:
39.3 years
male:
38.7 years
female:
39.9 years (2018 est.)

Malta

total:
41.8 years
male:
40.6 years
female:
43.1 years (2018 est.)

Moldova

total:
37 years
male:
35.3 years
female:
38.9 years (2018 est.)

Monaco

total:
53.8 years
male:
52.4 years
female:
55.3 years (2018 est.)

Montenegro

total:
38.9 years
male:
37.4 years
female:
40.4 years (2018 est.)

Netherlands

total:
42.7 years
male:
41.6 years
female:
43.8 years (2018 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total:
38.2 years
male:
37.2 years
female:
39.3 years (2018 est.)

Norway

total:
39.3 years
male:
38.6 years
female:
40 years (2018 est.)

Poland

total:
41.1 years
male:
39.4 years
female:
42.8 years (2018 est.)

Portugal

total:
43.7 years
male:
41.8 years
female:
45.6 years (2018 est.)

Romania

total:
41.6 years
male:
40.2 years
female:
43 years (2018 est.)

San Marino

total:
44.7 years
male:
43.5 years
female:
45.7 years (2018 est.)

Serbia

total:
42.8 years
male:
41.2 years
female:
44.5 years (2018 est.)

Slovakia

total:
41 years
male:
39.3 years
female:
42.7 years (2018 est.)

Slovenia

total:
44.2 years
male:
42.7 years
female:
46 years (2018 est.)

Spain

total:
43.1 years
male:
41.9 years
female:
44.3 years (2018 est.)

Sweden

total:
41.1 years
male:
40.1 years
female:
42.2 years (2018 est.)

Switzerland

total:
42.5 years
male:
41.5 years
female:
43.5 years (2018 est.)

Ukraine

total:
40.8 years
male:
37.7 years
female:
43.9 years (2018 est.)

United Kingdom

total:
40.5 years
male:
39.3 years
female:
41.7 years (2018 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total:
32.5 years
male:
34 years
female:
29.8 years (2018 est.)

Cyprus

total:
37.2 years
male:
35.9 years
female:
38.7 years (2018 est.)

Gaza Strip

total:
17.4 years
male:
17.1 years
female:
17.8 years (2018 est.)

Iran

total:
30.8 years
male:
30.5 years
female:
31 years (2018 est.)

Iraq

total:
20.2 years
male:
20 years
female:
20.5 years (2018 est.)

Israel

total:
30.1 years
male:
29.5 years
female:
30.7 years (2018 est.)

Jordan

total:
22.8 years
male:
23.2 years
female:
22.3 years (2018 est.)

Kuwait

total:
29.4 years
male:
30.5 years
female:
27.6 years (2018 est.)

Lebanon

total:
31.3 years
male:
30.7 years
female:
31.9 years (2018 est.)

Oman

total:
25.8 years
male:
26.8 years
female:
24.5 years (2018 est.)

Qatar

total:
33.4 years
male:
34.6 years
female:
28.2 years (2018 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total:
29.9 years
male:
32.1 years
female:
27.2 years (2018 est.)

Syria

total:
24.5 years
male:
24 years
female:
25 years (2018 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total:
31.4 years
male:
30.9 years
female:
31.9 years (2018 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total:
37.2 years
male:
39 years
female:
31.1 years (2018 est.)

West Bank

total:
21.4 years
male:
21.2 years
female:
21.6 years (2018 est.)

Yemen

total:
19.8 years
male:
19.6 years
female:
19.9 years (2018 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total:
43.5 years
male:
41.5 years
female:
45.4 years (2018 est.)

Canada

total:
42.4 years
male:
41.1 years
female:
43.7 years (2018 est.)

Mexico

total:
28.6 years
male:
27.5 years
female:
29.7 years (2018 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total:
47.2 years
male:
46.7 years
female:
47.7 years (2018 est.)

United States

total:
38.2 years
male:
37 years
female:
39.5 years (2018 est.)

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

total:
26.1 years
male:
25.6 years
female:
26.5 years (2018 est.)

Australia

total:
38.8 years
male:
38.1 years
female:
39.7 years (2018 est.)

Cook Islands

total:
37.2 years
male:
36.7 years
female:
37.6 years (2018 est.)

Fiji

total:
29.2 years
male:
29 years
female:
29.4 years (2018 est.)

French Polynesia

total:
32.4 years
male:
32.1 years
female:
32.6 years (2018 est.)

Guam

total:
29.1 years
male:
28.4 years
female:
29.9 years (2018 est.)

Kiribati

total:
25 years
male:
24.1 years
female:
25.8 years (2018 est.)

Marshall Islands

total:
23.1 years
male:
23 years
female:
23.2 years (2018 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total:
25.5 years
male:
24.7 years
female:
26.2 years (2018 est.)

Nauru

total:
26.7 years
male:
27.4 years
female:
25.8 years (2018 est.)

New Caledonia

total:
32.3 years
male:
31.5 years
female:
33 years (2018 est.)

New Zealand

total:
38.1 years
male:
37.2 years
female:
39 years (2018 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total:
33.4 years
male:
32.4 years
female:
34.3 years (2018 est.)

Palau

total:
33.6 years
male:
32.8 years
female:
35.3 years (2018 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total:
23.4 years
male:
23.5 years
female:
23.4 years (2018 est.)

Samoa

total:
24.8 years
male:
24.5 years
female:
25.1 years (2018 est.)

Solomon Islands

total:
22.8 years
male:
22.6 years
female:
23.1 years (2018 est.)

Tonga

total:
23.3 years
male:
22.9 years
female:
23.8 years (2018 est.)

Tuvalu

total:
26 years
male:
25 years
female:
27.2 years (2018 est.)

Vanuatu

total:
22.3 years
male:
21.9 years
female:
22.7 years (2018 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

total:
32.8 years
male:
31.9 years
female:
34 years (2018 est.)

South America

12 entries

Argentina

total:
31.9 years
male:
30.7 years
female:
33.1 years (2018 est.)

Bolivia

total:
24.6 years
male:
23.9 years
female:
25.4 years (2018 est.)

Brazil

total:
32.4 years
male:
31.5 years
female:
33.3 years (2018 est.)

Chile

total:
34.8 years
male:
33.6 years
female:
36 years (2018 est.)

Colombia

total:
30.4 years
male:
29.4 years
female:
31.4 years (2018 est.)

Ecuador

total:
28.1 years
male:
27.3 years
female:
28.8 years (2018 est.)

Guyana

total:
26.7 years
male:
26.3 years
female:
27 years (2018 est.)

Paraguay

total:
28.7 years
male:
28.5 years
female:
28.9 years (2018 est.)

Peru

total:
28.4 years
male:
27.6 years
female:
29.1 years (2018 est.)

Suriname

total:
30.2 years
male:
29.8 years
female:
30.6 years (2018 est.)

Uruguay

total:
35.1 years
male:
33.3 years
female:
36.9 years (2018 est.)

Venezuela

total:
28.7 years
male:
28 years
female:
29.4 years (2018 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total:
30.5 years
male:
30 years
female:
31 years (2018 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:
28.5 years
male:
27.7 years
female:
29.4 years (2018 est.)

Cambodia

total:
25.7 years
male:
24.9 years
female:
26.4 years (2018 est.)

Hong Kong

total:
44.8 years
male:
43.7 years
female:
45.5 years (2018 est.)

Indonesia

total:
30.5 years
male:
29.9 years
female:
31.1 years (2018 est.)

Laos

total:
23.4 years
male:
23 years
female:
23.7 years (2018 est.)

Macau

total:
39.8 years
male:
39.9 years
female:
39.7 years (2018 est.)

Malaysia

total:
28.7 years
male:
28.4 years
female:
29 years (2018 est.)

Philippines

total:
23.7 years
male:
23.3 years
female:
24.2 years (2018 est.)

Singapore

total:
34.9 years
male:
34.8 years
female:
35.1 years (2018 est.)

Taiwan

total:
41.3 years
male:
40.5 years
female:
42 years (2018 est.)

Thailand

total:
38.1 years
male:
37 years
female:
39.2 years (2018 est.)

Timor-Leste

total:
19.1 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
19.7 years (2018 est.)

Vietnam

total:
30.9 years
male:
29.9 years
female:
32.1 years (2018 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2018, “Median age”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/median-age/2018.

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