The CIA World Factbook Edition 2020 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 2020 edition carries it in 230 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2020 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:
31 years
male:
30.3 years
female:
31.8 years (2020 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

total:
28.9 years
male:
28.6 years
female:
29.3 years (2020 est.)

Angola

total:
15.9 years
male:
15.4 years
female:
16.4 years (2020 est.)

Benin

total:
17 years
male:
16.4 years
female:
17.6 years (2020 est.)

Botswana

total:
25.7 years
male:
24.5 years
female:
26.7 years (2020 est.)

Burkina Faso

total:
17.9 years
male:
17 years
female:
18.7 years (2020 est.)

Burundi

total:
17.7 years
male:
17.4 years
female:
18 years (2020 est.)

Cabo Verde

total:
26.8 years
male:
25.9 years
female:
27.6 years (2020 est.)

Cameroon

total:
18.5 years
male:
18.2 years
female:
18.8 years (2020 est.)

Central African Republic

total:
20 years
male:
19.7 years
female:
20.3 years (2020 est.)

Chad

total:
16.1 years
male:
15.6 years
female:
16.5 years (2020 est.)

Comoros

total:
20.9 years
male:
20.2 years
female:
21.5 years (2020 est.)

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

total:
16.7 years
male:
16.5 years
female:
16.8 years (2020 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total:
19.5 years
male:
19.3 years
female:
19.7 years (2020 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

total:
20.3 years
male:
20.3 years
female:
20.3 years (2020 est.)

Djibouti

total:
24.9 years
male:
23 years
female:
26.4 years (2020 est.)

Egypt

total:
24.1 years
male:
23.8 years
female:
24.5 years (2020 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total:
20.3 years
male:
19.9 years
female:
20.7 years (2020 est.)

Eritrea

total:
20.3 years
male:
19.7 years
female:
20.8 years (2020 est.)

Eswatini

total:
23.7 years
male:
22.5 years
female:
24.7 years (2020 est.)

Ethiopia

total:
19.8 years
male:
19.6 years
female:
20.1 years (2020 est.)

Gabon

total:
21 years
male:
21.4 years
female:
20.6 years (2020 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
21.8 years
male:
21.5 years
female:
22.2 years (2020 est.)

Ghana

total:
21.4 years
male:
21 years
female:
21.9 years (2020 est.)

Guinea

total:
19.1 years
male:
18.9 years
female:
19.4 years (2020 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total:
18 years
male:
17.4 years
female:
18.6 years (2020 est.)

Kenya

total:
20 years
male:
19.9 years
female:
20.1 years (2020 est.)

Lesotho

total:
24.7 years
male:
24.7 years
female:
24.7 years (2020 est.)

Liberia

total:
18 years
male:
17.7 years
female:
18.2 years (2020 est.)

Libya

total:
25.8 years
male:
25.9 years
female:
25.7 years (2020 est.)

Madagascar

total:
20.3 years
male:
20.1 years
female:
20.5 years (2020 est.)

Malawi

total:
16.8 years
male:
16.7 years
female:
16.9 years (2020 est.)

Mali

total:
16 years
male:
15.3 years
female:
16.7 years (2020 est.)

Mauritania

total:
21 years
male:
20.1 years
female:
22 years (2020 est.)

Mauritius

total:
36.3 years
male:
35 years
female:
37.6 years (2020 est.)

Morocco

total:
29.1 years
male:
28.7 years
female:
29.6 years (2020 est.)

Mozambique

total:
17 years
male:
16.3 years
female:
17.6 years (2020 est.)

Namibia

total:
21.8 years
male:
21.1 years
female:
22.6 years (2020 est.)

Niger

total:
14.8 years
male:
14.5 years
female:
15.1 years (2020 est.)

Nigeria

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.9 years (2020 est.)

Rwanda

total:
19.7 years
male:
18.9 years
female:
20.4 years (2020 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total:
43.2 years
male:
43.2 years
female:
43.3 years (2020 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total:
19.3 years
male:
18.9 years
female:
19.7 years (2020 est.)

Senegal

total:
19.4 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
20.3 years (2020 est.)

Seychelles

total:
36.8 years
male:
36.3 years
female:
37.4 years (2020 est.)

Sierra Leone

total:
19.1 years
male:
18.5 years
female:
19.7 years (2020 est.)

Somalia

total:
18.5 years
male:
18.7 years
female:
18.3 years (2020 est.)

South Africa

total:
28 years
male:
27.9 years
female:
28.1 years (2020 est.)

South Sudan

total:
18.6 years
male:
18.9 years
female:
18.3 years (2020 est.)

Sudan

total:
18.3 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
18.5 years (2020 est.)

Tanzania

total:
18.2 years
male:
17.9 years
female:
18.4 years (2020 est.)

Togo

total:
20 years
male:
19.7 years
female:
20.3 years (2020 est.)

Tunisia

total:
32.7 years
male:
32 years
female:
33.3 years (2020 est.)

Uganda

total:
15.7 years
male:
14.9 years
female:
16.5 years (2020 est.)

Western Sahara

total:
21.8 years
male:
21.4 years
female:
22.3 years (2020 est.)

Zambia

total:
16.9 years
male:
16.7 years
female:
17 years (2020 est.)

Zimbabwe

total:
20.5 years
male:
20.3 years
female:
20.6 years (2020 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total:
34.3 years
male:
35.1 years
female:
33.4 years (2020 est.)

Iceland

total:
37.1 years
male:
36.6 years
female:
37.7 years (2020 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total:
19.5 years
male:
19.4 years
female:
19.5 years (2020 est.)

Armenia

total:
36.6 years
male:
35.1 years
female:
38.3 years (2020 est.)

Azerbaijan

total:
32.6 years
male:
31.1 years
female:
34.2 years (2020 est.)

Bangladesh

total:
27.9 years
male:
27.1 years
female:
28.6 years (2020 est.)

Bhutan

total:
29.1 years
male:
29.6 years
female:
28.6 years (2020 est.)

China

total:
38.4 years
male:
37.5 years
female:
39.4 years (2020 est.)

Georgia

total:
38.6 years
male:
35.9 years
female:
41.4 years (2020 est.)

India

total:
28.7 years
male:
28 years
female:
29.5 years (2020 est.)

Japan

total:
48.6 years
male:
47.2 years
female:
50 years (2020 est.)

Kazakhstan

total:
31.6 years
male:
30.3 years
female:
32.8 years (2020 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total:
34.6 years
male:
33.2 years
female:
36.2 years (2020 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:
43.2 years
male:
41.6 years
female:
45 years (2020 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total:
27.3 years
male:
26.1 years
female:
28.5 years (2020 est.)

Maldives

total:
29.5 years
male:
29.2 years
female:
30 years (2020 est.)

Mongolia

total:
29.8 years
male:
28.8 years
female:
30.7 years (2020 est.)

Nepal

total:
25.3 years
male:
23.9 years
female:
26.9 years (2020 est.)

Pakistan

total:
22 years
male:
21.9 years
female:
22.1 years (2020 est.)

Russia

total:
40.3 years
male:
37.5 years
female:
43.2 years (2020 est.)

Sri Lanka

total:
33.7 years
male:
32.3 years
female:
35.1 years (2020 est.)

Tajikistan

total:
25.3 years
male:
24.6 years
female:
26 years (2020 est.)

Turkmenistan

total:
29.2 years
male:
28.7 years
female:
29.7 years (2020 est.)

Uzbekistan

total:
30.1 years
male:
29.4 years
female:
30.7 years (2020 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

32 entries

Anguilla

total:
35.7 years
male:
33.7 years
female:
37.6 years (2020 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total:
32.7 years
male:
30.7 years
female:
34.4 years (2020 est.)

Aruba

total:
39.9 years
male:
38.2 years
female:
41.5 years (2020 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total:
32.8 years
male:
31.7 years
female:
34 years (2020 est.)

Barbados

total:
39.5 years
male:
38.4 years
female:
40.7 years (2020 est.)

Belize

total:
23.9 years
male:
23 years
female:
24.8 years (2020 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total:
37.2 years
male:
37 years
female:
37.5 years (2020 est.)

Cayman Islands

total:
40.5 years
male:
39.7 years
female:
41.2 years (2020 est.)

Costa Rica

total:
32.6 years
male:
32.1 years
female:
33.1 years (2020 est.)

Cuba

total:
42.1 years
male:
40.2 years
female:
43.8 years (2020 est.)

Curacao

total:
36.7 years
male:
34.4 years
female:
39.5 years (2020 est.)

Dominica

total:
34.9 years
male:
34.4 years
female:
35.5 years (2020 est.)

Dominican Republic

total:
27.9 years
male:
27.8 years
female:
28.1 years (2020 est.)

El Salvador

total:
27.7 years
male:
26.2 years
female:
29.3 years (2020 est.)

Grenada

total:
33.3 years
male:
33.1 years
female:
33.4 years (2020 est.)

Guatemala

total:
23.2 years
male:
22.6 years
female:
23.8 years (2020 est.)

Haiti

total:
24.1 years
male:
23.8 years
female:
24.3 years (2020 est.)

Honduras

total:
24.4 years
male:
23.5 years
female:
25.2 years (2020 est.)

Jamaica

total:
29.4 years
male:
28.6 years
female:
30.1 years (2020 est.)

Montserrat

total:
34.8 years
male:
34.1 years
female:
35.6 years (2020 est.)

Nicaragua

total:
27.3 years
male:
26.4 years
female:
28.2 years (2020 est.)

Panama

total:
30.1 years
male:
29.6 years
female:
30.5 years (2020 est.)

Puerto Rico

total:
43.6 years
male:
41.6 years
female:
45.3 years (2020 est.)

Saint Barthelemy

total:
45.6 years
male:
45.5 years
female:
45.8 years (2020 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:
36.5 years
male:
36.7 years
female:
36.3 years (2020 est.)

Saint Lucia

total:
36.9 years
male:
35.7 years
female:
38 years (2020 est.)

Saint Martin

total:
33.3 years
male:
32.5 years
female:
34.1 years (2020 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:
35.3 years
male:
35.4 years
female:
35.1 years (2020 est.)

Sint Maarten

total:
41.1 years
male:
39.6 years
female:
42.7 years (2020 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total:
37.8 years
male:
37.3 years
female:
38.3 years (2020 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total:
34.6 years
male:
34.9 years
female:
34.4 years (2020 est.)

Virgin Islands

total:
41.8 years
male:
40.6 years
female:
42.8 years (2020 est.)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

total:
34.3 years
male:
32.9 years
female:
35.7 years (2020 est.)

Andorra

total:
46.2 years
male:
46.3 years
female:
46.1 years (2020 est.)

Austria

total:
44.5 years
male:
43.1 years
female:
45.8 years (2020 est.)

Belarus

total:
40.9 years
male:
38 years
female:
43.9 years (2020 est.)

Belgium

total:
41.6 years
male:
40.4 years
female:
42.8 years (2020 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:
43.3 years
male:
41.6 years
female:
44.8 years (2020 est.)

Bulgaria

total:
43.7 years
male:
41.9 years
female:
45.6 years (2020 est.)

Croatia

total:
43.9 years
male:
42 years
female:
45.9 years (2020 est.)

Czechia

total:
43.3 years
male:
42 years
female:
44.7 years (2020 est.)

Denmark

total:
42 years
male:
40.9 years
female:
43.1 years (2020 est.)

Estonia

total:
43.7 years
male:
40.4 years
female:
47 years (2020 est.)

European Union

total:
44 years
male:
42.6 years
female:
45.5 years (2020 est.)

Faroe Islands

total:
37.2 years
male:
36.9 years
female:
37.7 years (2020 est.)

Finland

total:
42.8 years
male:
41.3 years
female:
44.4 years (2020 est.)

France

total:
41.7 years
male:
40 years
female:
43.4 years (2020 est.)

Germany

total:
47.8 years
male:
46.5 years
female:
49.1 years (2020 est.)

Gibraltar

total:
35.5 years
male:
34.4 years
female:
36.6 years (2020 est.)

Greece

total:
45.3 years
male:
43.7 years
female:
46.8 years (2020 est.)

Guernsey

total:
44.3 years
male:
43 years
female:
45.6 years (2020 est.)

Hungary

total:
43.6 years
male:
41.5 years
female:
45.5 years (2020 est.)

Ireland

total:
37.8 years
male:
37.4 years
female:
38.2 years (2020 est.)

Isle of Man

total:
44.6 years
male:
43.6 years
female:
45.6 years (2020 est.)

Italy

total:
46.5 years
male:
45.4 years
female:
47.5 years (2020 est.)

Jersey

total:
37.5 years
male:
36 years
female:
39.5 years (2020 est.)

Kosovo

total:
30.5 years
male:
30.2 years
female:
30.8 years (2020 est.)

Latvia

total:
44.4 years
male:
40.5 years
female:
48 years (2020 est.)

Liechtenstein

total:
43.7 years
male:
42 years
female:
45.3 years (2020 est.)

Lithuania

total:
44.5 years
male:
40.2 years
female:
48.2 years (2020 est.)

Luxembourg

total:
39.5 years
male:
38.9 years
female:
40 years (2020 est.)

Malta

total:
42.3 years
male:
41.2 years
female:
43.5 years (2020 est.)

Moldova

total:
37.7 years
male:
36.2 years
female:
39.5 years (2020 est.)

Monaco

total:
55.4 years
male:
53.7 years
female:
57 years (2020 est.)

Montenegro

total:
39.6 years
male:
38.1 years
female:
41.1 years (2020 est.)

Netherlands

total:
42.8 years
male:
41.6 years
female:
44 years (2020 est.)

North Macedonia

total:
39 years
male:
38 years
female:
40 years (2020 est.)

Norway

total:
39.5 years
male:
38.8 years
female:
40.2 years (2020 est.)

Poland

total:
41.9 years
male:
40.3 years
female:
43.6 years (2020 est.)

Portugal

total:
44.6 years
male:
42.7 years
female:
46.5 years (2020 est.)

Romania

total:
42.5 years
male:
41 years
female:
44 years (2020 est.)

San Marino

total:
45.2 years
male:
43.9 years
female:
46.3 years (2020 est.)

Serbia

total:
43.4 years
male:
41.7 years
female:
45 years (2020 est.)

Slovakia

total:
41.8 years
male:
40.1 years
female:
43.6 years (2020 est.)

Slovenia

total:
44.9 years
male:
43.4 years
female:
46.6 years (2020 est.)

Spain

total:
43.9 years
male:
42.7 years
female:
45.1 years (2020 est.)

Sweden

total:
41.1 years
male:
40.1 years
female:
42.1 years (2020 est.)

Switzerland

total:
42.7 years
male:
41.7 years
female:
43.7 years (2020 est.)

Ukraine

total:
41.2 years
male:
38.2 years
female:
44.3 years (2020 est.)

United Kingdom

total:
40.6 years
male:
39.6 years
female:
41.7 years (2020 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total:
32.9 years
male:
34.4 years
female:
30.3 years (2020 est.)

Cyprus

total:
37.9 years
male:
36.7 years
female:
39.4 years (2020 est.)

Gaza Strip

total:
18 years
male:
17.7 years
female:
18.4 years (2020 est.)

Iran

total:
31.7 years
male:
31.5 years
female:
32 years (2020 est.)

Iraq

total:
21.2 years
male:
20.8 years
female:
21.6 years (2020 est.)

Israel

total:
30.4 years
male:
29.8 years
female:
31 years (2020 est.)

Jordan

total:
23.5 years
male:
23.9 years
female:
22.9 years (2020 est.)

Kuwait

total:
29.7 years
male:
30.7 years
female:
27.9 years (2020 est.)

Lebanon

total:
33.7 years
male:
33.1 years
female:
34.4 years (2020 est.)

Oman

total:
26.2 years
male:
27.2 years
female:
25.1 years (2020 est.)

Qatar

total:
33.7 years
male:
35 years
female:
28.2 years (2020 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total:
30.8 years
male:
33 years
female:
27.9 years (2020 est.)

Syria

total:
23.5 years
male:
23 years
female:
24 years (2020 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total:
32.2 years
male:
31.7 years
female:
32.8 years (2020 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total:
38.4 years
male:
40.4 years
female:
31.5 years (2020 est.)

West Bank

total:
21.9 years
male:
21.7 years
female:
22.2 years (2020 est.)

Yemen

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

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total:
43.6 years
male:
41.6 years
female:
45.7 years (2020 est.)

Canada

total:
41.8 years
male:
40.6 years
female:
42.9 years (2020 est.)

Mexico

total:
29.3 years
male:
28.2 years
female:
30.4 years (2020 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total:
48.5 years
male:
47.9 years
female:
49 years (2020 est.)

United States

total:
38.5 years
male:
37.2 years
female:
39.8 years (2020 est.)

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

total:
27.2 years
male:
26.7 years
female:
27.7 years (2020 est.)

Australia

total:
37.5 years
male:
36.5 years
female:
38.5 years (2020 est.)

Cook Islands

total:
38.3 years
male:
37.8 years
female:
38.7 years (2020 est.)

Fiji

total:
29.9 years
male:
29.7 years
female:
30.1 years (2020 est.)

French Polynesia

total:
33.3 years
male:
33 years
female:
33.5 years (2020 est.)

Guam

total:
29.4 years
male:
28.7 years
female:
30.2 years (2020 est.)

Kiribati

total:
25.7 years
male:
24.8 years
female:
26.6 years (2020 est.)

Marshall Islands

total:
23.8 years
male:
23.6 years
female:
23.9 years (2020 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total:
26.3 years
male:
25.5 years
female:
27.1 years (2020 est.)

Nauru

total:
27 years
male:
28.2 years
female:
25.9 years (2020 est.)

New Caledonia

total:
32.9 years
male:
32.1 years
female:
33.7 years (2020 est.)

New Zealand

total:
37.2 years
male:
36.4 years
female:
37.9 years (2020 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total:
32.8 years
male:
31.8 years
female:
34.1 years (2020 est.)

Palau

total:
33.9 years
male:
32.9 years
female:
35.9 years (2020 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total:
24 years
male:
24 years
female:
24 years (2020 est.)

Samoa

total:
25.6 years
male:
25.3 years
female:
26 years (2020 est.)

Solomon Islands

total:
23.5 years
male:
23.2 years
female:
23.7 years (2020 est.)

Tonga

total:
24.1 years
male:
23.6 years
female:
24.5 years (2020 est.)

Tuvalu

total:
26.6 years
male:
25.6 years
female:
27.6 years (2020 est.)

Vanuatu

total:
23 years
male:
22.6 years
female:
23.5 years (2020 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

total:
34 years
male:
33.1 years
female:
35.1 years (2020 est.)

South America

12 entries

Argentina

total:
32.4 years
male:
31.1 years
female:
33.6 years (2020 est.)

Bolivia

total:
25.3 years
male:
24.5 years
female:
26 years (2020 est.)

Brazil

total:
33.2 years
male:
32.3 years
female:
34.1 years (2020 est.)

Chile

total:
35.5 years
male:
34.3 years
female:
36.7 years (2020 est.)

Colombia

total:
31.2 years
male:
30.2 years
female:
32.2 years (2020 est.)

Ecuador

total:
28.8 years
male:
28 years
female:
29.6 years (2020 est.)

Guyana

total:
27.5 years
male:
27.2 years
female:
27.9 years (2020 est.)

Paraguay

total:
29.7 years
male:
29.5 years
female:
29.9 years (2020 est.)

Peru

total:
29.1 years
male:
28.3 years
female:
29.9 years (2020 est.)

Suriname

total:
31 years
male:
30.6 years
female:
31.4 years (2020 est.)

Uruguay

total:
35.5 years
male:
33.8 years
female:
37.3 years (2020 est.)

Venezuela

total:
30 years
male:
29.4 years
female:
30.7 years (2020 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total:
31.1 years
male:
30.5 years
female:
31.8 years (2020 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:
29.2 years
male:
28.3 years
female:
30 years (2020 est.)

Cambodia

total:
26.4 years
male:
25.6 years
female:
27.2 years (2020 est.)

Hong Kong

total:
45.6 years
male:
44.2 years
female:
46.5 years (2020 est.)

Indonesia

total:
31.1 years
male:
30.5 years
female:
31.8 years (2020 est.)

Laos

total:
24 years
male:
23.7 years
female:
24.4 years (2020 est.)

Macau

total:
40.8 years
male:
40.7 years
female:
40.9 years (2020 est.)

Malaysia

total:
29.2 years
male:
28.9 years
female:
29.6 years (2020 est.)

Philippines

total:
24.1 years
male:
23.6 years
female:
24.6 years (2020 est.)

Singapore

total:
35.6 years
male:
35.4 years
female:
35.7 years (2020 est.)

Taiwan

total:
42.3 years
male:
41.5 years
female:
43.1 years (2020 est.)

Thailand

total:
39 years
male:
37.8 years
female:
40.1 years (2020 est.)

Timor-Leste

total:
19.6 years
male:
18.9 years
female:
20.2 years (2020 est.)

Vietnam

total:
31.9 years
male:
30.8 years
female:
33 years (2020 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2020, “Median age”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/median-age/2020.

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