List of countries by median age
This article is a list of countries sorted by median age .
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methodology
The median age is the median of the ages observed in a sample . It is the age that divides the sample in such a way that at most 50% of its members are younger and at most 50% older than this age. It is used as a key figure to describe aging, for example in different countries.
The median age is usually not the same as the median or average age . The average age is the arithmetic mean of the ages observed in a sample. The median age does not change over time as quickly as the median age, so that medium and long-term trends become visible.
For example, let the sample be a family consisting of a father (age 37), mother (36) and child (2). Then the median age of the family would be 36. The median age would only be years.
countries
Currently the median age ranges from around 15 in Niger to 40 and more in various European countries, Japan and Canada.
Country / Region | CIA World Factbook 2014 estimate | ||
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30.1 | 29.4 | 30.9 |
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17.8 | 17.6 | 18.0 |
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23.8 | 23.5 | 24.1 |
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19.4 | 19.1 | 20.1 |
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18.6 | 18.5 | 18.6 |
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32.5 | 31.2 | 33.8 |
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27.8 | 27.5 | 28.1 |
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45.6 | 45.9 | 45.3 |
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43.7 | 43.8 | 43.5 |
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18.2 | 18.0 | 18.3 |
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34.6 | 32.7 | 36.4 |
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31.1 | 29.4 | 32.6 |
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31.5 | 30.3 | 32.7 |
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34.6 | 32.8 | 36.5 |
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39.1 | 37.3 | 40.9 |
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38.6 | 37.8 | 39.4 |
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30.9 | 29.3 | 32.6 |
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31.8 | 30.6 | 32.9 |
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32.1 | 33.5 | 29.3 |
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26.3 | 25.6 | 26.9 |
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37.6 | 36.5 | 38.7 |
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41.4 | 40.2 | 42.7 |
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22.4 | 22.2 | 22.6 |
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18.0 | 17.7 | 18.4 |
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43.2 | 41.4 | 45.1 |
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27.2 | 27.7 | 26.6 |
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24.0 | 23.3 | 24.7 |
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41.7 | 40.2 | 43.1 |
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23.2 | 23.4 | 23.1 |
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31.6 | 30.7 | 32.4 |
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36.2 | 36.0 | 36.3 |
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29.9 | 29.5 | 30.3 |
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42.4 | 40.6 | 44.5 |
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17.2 | 17.0 | 17.3 |
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17.0 | 16.8 | 17.2 |
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39.5 | 38.8 | 40.1 |
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34.0 | 32.9 | 35.2 |
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37.1 | 36.2 | 38.1 |
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35.9 | 35.3 | 36.4 |
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30.9 | 30.4 | 31.3 |
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36.0 | 33.3 | 39.8 |
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43.6 | 42.3 | 44.8 |
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38.5 | 36.2 | 41.2 |
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42.0 | 41.0 | 43.0 |
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46.8 | 45.7 | 47.9 |
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23.5 | 21.8 | 24.9 |
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33.0 | 32.5 | 33.5 |
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27.8 | 27.6 | 28.0 |
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27.4 | 26.7 | 28.1 |
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20.7 | 20.8 | 20.6 |
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26.6 | 25.1 | 28.1 |
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19.4 | 19.0 | 19.9 |
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42.4 | 37.6 | 44.5 |
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37.7 | 37.1 | 38.4 |
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28.6 | 28.4 | 28.8 |
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42.4 | 40.8 | 44.3 |
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41.2 | 39.5 | 42.9 |
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31.5 | 31.3 | 31.7 |
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18.6 | 18.4 | 18.8 |
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20.7 | 20.4 | 21.0 |
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38.0 | 35.1 | 40.7 |
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21.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 |
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34.5 | 33.6 | 35.0 |
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44.2 | 43.1 | 45.3 |
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33.8 | 35.0 | 32.6 |
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29.9 | 29.8 | 29.9 |
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30.4 | 29.8 | 30.9 |
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21.7 | 21.0 | 22.4 |
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18.8 | 18.6 | 19.1 |
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20.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 |
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25.8 | 25.5 | 26.2 |
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22.6 | 22.4 | 22.8 |
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22.6 | 22.3 | 23.0 |
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44.0 | 43.2 | 44.5 |
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41.8 | 39.9 | 44.1 |
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36.3 | 35.7 | 36.9 |
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27.6 | 26.9 | 28.3 |
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29.9 | 29.3 | 30.5 |
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29.4 | 29.1 | 29.7 |
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19.9 | 19.6 | 20.2 |
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36.4 | 36.1 | 36.8 |
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43.9 | 43.2 | 44.7 |
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29.7 | 29.1 | 30.4 |
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45.1 | 44.0 | 46.2 |
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25.6 | 25.1 | 26.1 |
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46.9 | 45.6 | 48.3 |
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19.2 | 19.1 | 19.3 |
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22.3 | 21.9 | 22.7 |
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24.9 | 24.2 | 25.6 |
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18.5 | 18.4 | 18.6 |
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42.0 | 40.8 | 43.3 |
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24.9 | 24.1 | 25.7 |
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30.3 | 29.0 | 31.6 |
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33.0 | 33.6 | 28.5 |
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19.5 | 19.4 | 19.6 |
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24.3 | 23.4 | 25.1 |
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33.8 | 32.3 | 35.4 |
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41.2 | 39.7 | 42.8 |
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28.7 | 28.3 | 29.0 |
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29.6 | 28.7 | 30.6 |
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18.4 | 18.1 | 18.6 |
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19.7 | 19.7 | 19.9 |
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19.6 | 19.0 | 20.2 |
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42.7 | 40.8 | 44.8 |
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41.1 | 40.0 | 42.2 |
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29.2 | 30.3 | 27.2 |
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26.2 | 25.2 | 27.3 |
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22.7 | 22.4 | 23.0 |
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24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 |
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43.3 | 39.5 | 46.6 |
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29.9 | 29.3 | 30.5 |
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18.3 | 18.1 | 18.5 |
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28.5 | 28.6 | 28.3 |
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42.9 | 41.7 | 44.1 |
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43.4 | 39.5 | 46.7 |
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39.2 | 38.6 | 39.9 |
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38.7 | 39.1 | 38.5 |
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19.5 | 19.3 | 19.7 |
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16.5 | 16.3 | 16.6 |
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28.2 | 28.0 | 28.5 |
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27.8 | 27.8 | 27.8 |
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16.2 | 15.5 | 16.8 |
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41.5 | 40.4 | 42.7 |
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22.7 | 22.6 | 22.8 |
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20.3 | 19.3 | 21.2 |
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34.8 | 33.9 | 35.8 |
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28.0 | 26.9 | 29.1 |
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24.7 | 24.0 | 25.3 |
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36.3 | 34.5 | 38.3 |
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52.4 | 51.1 | 53.7 |
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27.9 | 27.1 | 28.7 |
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40.2 | 39.3 | 41.3 |
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32.6 | 32.1 | 33.1 |
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28.9 | 28.3 | 29.5 |
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17.1 | 16.5 | 17.7 |
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27.9 | 27.3 | 28.5 |
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21.0 | 20.2 | 21.7 |
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26.1 | 26.5 | 25.5 |
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23.6 | 22.4 | 24.8 |
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42.5 | 41.4 | 43.4 |
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31.7 | 31.0 | 32.4 |
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37.8 | 36.9 | 38.7 |
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25.2 | 24.3 | 26.0 |
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15.3 | 15.2 | 15.4 |
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18.3 | 18.2 | 18.4 |
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32.7 | 30.0 | 33.7 |
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37.5 | 36.4 | 38.6 |
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39.1 | 38.4 | 40.0 |
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43.8 | 42.7 | 44.9 |
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25.4 | 26.5 | 24.0 |
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23.4 | 23.3 | 23.4 |
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33.3 | 32.7 | 34.7 |
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18.2 | 18.0 | 18.4 |
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28.9 | 28.5 | 29.3 |
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22.9 | 23.0 | 22.8 |
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27.8 | 27.5 | 28.0 |
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27.7 | 26.9 | 28.4 |
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23.4 | 22.9 | 23.8 |
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40.3 | 38.6 | 42.0 |
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41.8 | 39.8 | 44.0 |
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39.5 | 37.5 | 41.4 |
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19.0 | 18.7 | 19.2 |
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40.7 | 39.3 | 42.1 |
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39.3 | 36.4 | 42.3 |
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22.2 | 22.0 | 22.4 |
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41.5 | 41.5 | 41.4 |
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34.5 | 34.6 | 34.4 |
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34.2 | 33.0 | 35.3 |
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45.9 | 45.4 | 46.3 |
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33.0 | 33.2 | 32.9 |
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23.9 | 23.7 | 24.2 |
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28.3 | 28.8 | 27.8 |
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44.2 | 43.1 | 45.1 |
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18.2 | 17.8 | 18.6 |
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16.7 | 16.6 | 16.9 |
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27.2 | 27.9 | 26.2 |
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41.2 | 40.2 | 42.2 |
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42.2 | 41.3 | 43.2 |
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18.7 | 17.5 | 19.6 |
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42.3 | 40.7 | 44.0 |
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34.9 | 34.4 | 35.5 |
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19.0 | 18.4 | 19.6 |
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20.6 | 20.5 | 20.8 |
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34.3 | 34.2 | 34.4 |
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40.7 | 39.8 | 41.7 |
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40.1 | 38.4 | 41.9 |
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44.1 | 42.5 | 45.9 |
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17.9 | 18.1 | 17.8 |
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42.3 | 41.2 | 43.6 |
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32.5 | 31.2 | 33.7 |
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26.8 | 26.5 | 27.0 |
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19.6 | 19.4 | 19.9 |
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17.1 | 17.0 | 17.3 |
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29.5 | 29.1 | 29.9 |
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21.4 | 21.2 | 21.7 |
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24.1 | 23.7 | 24.6 |
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40.2 | 39.5 | 40.9 |
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24.2 | 23.6 | 24.8 |
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17.6 | 17.3 | 17.9 |
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37.2 | 36.2 | 38.2 |
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18.8 | 18.2 | 19.4 |
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19.7 | 19.4 | 20.0 |
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22.6 | 22.2 | 23.1 |
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35.5 | 35.0 | 36.0 |
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17.6 | 16.6 | 18.6 |
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41.7 | 40.4 | 43.0 |
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32.4 | 31.9 | 32.7 |
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30.5 | 30.1 | 31.0 |
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27.5 | 27.0 | 28.0 |
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32.9 | 33.2 | 32.5 |
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25.5 | 24.4 | 26.8 |
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15.7 | 15.6 | 15.8 |
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40.4 | 37.2 | 43.5 |
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34.7 | 33.0 | 36.4 |
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28.1 | 27.6 | 28.7 |
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30.3 | 32.1 | 25.1 |
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37.9 | 36.6 | 39.3 |
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40.5 | 39.3 | 41.7 |
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21.7 | 21.3 | 22.1 |
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28.0 | 27.3 | 28.7 |
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30.1 | 28.9 | 31.2 |
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31.6 | 30.6 | 32.8 |
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39.8 | 36.8 | 42.9 |
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21.1 | 20.7 | 21.6 |
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19.6 | 19.3 | 19.9 |
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36.4 | 35.1 | 38.0 |
Country / Region | Total | Men | Women |
Historical development
The following list shows the historical development of the median age in different countries, which shows the aging of a society over time. All figures come from the UN . All figures from 2015 onwards are UN forecasts. The table is sortable
country | Median age | ||||
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23.1 | 23.3 | 29.6 | 33.0 | 36.1 |
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19.2 | 16.3 | 17.3 | 21.9 | 28.9 |
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20.7 | 19.5 | 24.7 | 26.6 | 31.2 |
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20.6 | 22.8 | 36.2 | 41.6 | 49.5 |
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18.6 | 17.1 | 27.5 | 31.8 | 37.0 |
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18.8 | 16.0 | 16.4 | 18.1 | 21.1 |
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26.3 | 27.3 | 30.8 | 34.1 | 38.5 |
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22.7 | 25.3 | 33.9 | 40.4 | 45.5 |
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22.1 | 22.8 | 30.3 | 36.7 | 40.0 |
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18.0 | 17.0 | 18.6 | 22.6 | 28.8 |
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30.2 | 30.7 | 37.4 | 39.8 | 41.5 |
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19.4 | 17.7 | 25.6 | 31.6 | 40.0 |
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34.6 | 35.3 | 41.3 | 43.4 | 44.7 |
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18.9 | 21.2 | 31.3 | 37.7 | 45.1 |
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28.9 | 35.3 | 43.5 | 47.1 | 48.1 |
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21.5 | 24.2 | 33.7 | 39.2 | 45.1 |
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22.3 | 23.6 | 37.0 | 43.0 | 48.0 |
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18.1 | 22.0 | 31.4 | 38.0 | 45.4 |
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32.4 | 36.0 | 41.6 | 42.4 | 44.2 |
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34.5 | 37.2 | 45.9 | 47.6 | 50.3 |
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16.8 | 19.2 | 26.1 | 30.6 | 37.2 |
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19.2 | 19.6 | 26.6 | 31.2 | 37.3 |
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18.2 | 18.6 | 25.8 | 31.8 | 39.6 |
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18.6 | 17.4 | 18.3 | 19.6 | 22.5 |
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28.0 | 34.7 | 42.5 | 43.9 | 44.7 |
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32.9 | 33.8 | 41.2 | 43.3 | 44.3 |
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27.4 | 29.8 | 38.0 | 40.9 | 42.0 |
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17.6 | 17.4 | 20.4 | 22.8 | 26.9 |
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26.9 | 34.0 | 43.3 | 47.1 | 48.1 |
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17.8 | 16.6 | 21.3 | 26.3 | 33.0 |
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20.8 | 18.7 | 18.4 | 20.4 | 24.3 |
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20.0 | 18.8 | 23.0 | 27.2 | 33.1 |
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17.9 | 16.4 | 23.0 | 29.0 | 36.8 |
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24.0 | 28.3 | 43.2 | 48.0 | 52.4 |
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20.8 | 20.6 | 26.7 | 31.4 | 37.5 |
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20.4 | 19.9 | 28.0 | 31.9 | 36.6 |
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20.3 | 16.7 | 19.4 | 21.4 | 24.7 |
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20.9 | 17.3 | 29.5 | 38.4 | 45.2 |
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30.1 | 26.8 | 36.9 | 41.3 | 42.6 |
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24.6 | 25.4 | 30.2 | 31.7 | 35.1 |
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30.1 | 35.5 | 45.9 | 50.9 | 51.4 |
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22.0 | 20.6 | 29.4 | 35.9 | 44.7 |
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23.6 | 35.0 | 46.3 | 51.5 | 53.2 |
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18.7 | 14.7 | 19.2 | 22.8 | 29.3 |
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17.6 | 16.3 | 22.1 | 26.0 | 32.1 |
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17.9 | 18.5 | 24.1 | 28.5 | 34.3 |
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20.4 | 17.2 | 18.3 | 20.4 | 24.4 |
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27.3 | 31.0 | 40.5 | 43.3 | 45.2 |
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23.3 | 24.6 | 29.3 | 32.0 | 34.6 |
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19.4 | 26.9 | 31.3 | 34.7 | 40.5 |
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18.9 | 15.0 | 19.0 | 22.5 | 27.4 |
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17.7 | 20.2 | 30.0 | 36.4 | 43.3 |
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18.1 | 17.5 | 16.8 | 18.2 | 22.1 |
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19.1 | 23.5 | 34.0 | 37.7 | 42.1 |
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18.9 | 24.3 | 40.8 | 47.8 | 53.9 |
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28.2 | 34.3 | 42.6 | 46.7 | 49.8 |
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22.4 | 25.5 | 41.1 | 45.5 | 50.4 |
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22.7 | 22.2 | 33.4 | 34.8 | 38.1 |
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22.0 | 21.5 | 28.5 | 37.9 | 47.6 |
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20.2 | 16.9 | 18.7 | 21.2 | 24.9 |
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18.5 | 20.5 | 27.7 | 34.1 | 40.2 |
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20.1 | 17.4 | 16.0 | 17.8 | 21.6 |
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19.2 | 18.7 | 27.9 | 33.0 | 38.9 |
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17.8 | 18.2 | 27.5 | 33.2 | 40.8 |
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24.3 | 18.5 | 27.1 | 30.3 | 34.2 |
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18.9 | 17.3 | 17.2 | 19.3 | 22.6 |
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22.2 | 19.8 | 27.7 | 32.0 | 37.5 |
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20.2 | 19.0 | 23.2 | 29.5 | 39.0 |
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28.7 | 29.5 | 37.3 | 39.8 | 43.1 |
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28.5 | 33.1 | 42.1 | 44.5 | 46.8 |
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19.1 | 17.5 | 17.9 | 19.2 | 22.4 |
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33.6 | 34.6 | 39.2 | 41.1 | 43.2 |
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18.5 | 17.5 | 29.0 | 34.1 | 39.9 |
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35.1 | 35.8 | 43.2 | 46.5 | 49.9 |
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20.2 | 18.6 | 22.5 | 25.6 | 30.9 |
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18.4 | 20.3 | 28.4 | 32.3 | 37.6 |
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16.2 | 18.9 | 24.9 | 29.8 | 35.6 |
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18.8 | 19.4 | 27.5 | 32.4 | 38.6 |
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17.2 | 18.7 | 24.1 | 27.5 | 31.8 |
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26.0 | 30.7 | 39.7 | 46.3 | 52.2 |
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27.2 | 32.1 | 43.9 | 50.1 | 53.1 |
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17.5 | 15.2 | 19.4 | 22.9 | 28.7 |
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27.2 | 31.6 | 41.3 | 45.4 | 48.0 |
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26.1 | 32.2 | 38.7 | 42.6 | 41.4 |
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18.8 | 19.3 | 29.8 | 34.7 | 39.6 |
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35.1 | 37.7 | 40.9 | 42.0 | 43.2 |
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32.9 | 36.0 | 42.2 | 45.2 | 47.5 |
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18.6 | 16.3 | 18.3 | 20.2 | 24.2 |
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26.5 | 32.1 | 40.0 | 43.2 | 46.4 |
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18.2 | 15.9 | 19.0 | 21.8 | 27.7 |
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19.4 | 27.3 | 40.0 | 47.0 | 52.8 |
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27.4 | 30.0 | 39.2 | 45.1 | 49.0 |
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28.6 | 31.6 | 43.2 | 50.1 | 52.3 |
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20.0 | 22.8 | 32.3 | 37.1 | 42.6 |
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20.3 | 19.6 | 26.1 | 29.6 | 34.1 |
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17.8 | 16.6 | 18.9 | 21.6 | 25.1 |
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18.8 | 15.6 | 20.2 | 26.5 | 34.1 |
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22.4 | 18.4 | 22.4 | 24.8 | 29.9 |
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18.1 | 24.8 | 39.6 | 47.1 | 53.7 |
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17.0 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 19.0 | 22.3 |
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18.9 | 21.8 | 37.8 | 43.8 | 49.2 |
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32.2 | 34.1 | 41.4 | 46.8 | 47.9 |
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19.4 | 19.9 | 31.1 | 36.2 | 39.9 |
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19.8 | 21.0 | 29.9 | 35.0 | 41.8 |
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17.7 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 17.9 | 21.9 |
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28.3 | 34.0 | 40.3 | 44.4 | 45.4 |
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30.8 | 35.0 | 41.7 | 46.1 | 48.5 |
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28.4 | 30.4 | 34.9 | 37.8 | 42.5 |
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23.6 | 19.6 | 26.3 | 31.9 | 37.2 |
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17.3 | 19.9 | 27.4 | 32.0 | 37.9 |
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18.4 | 26.3 | 33.4 | 35.5 | 40.4 |
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30.3 | 31.4 | 37.6 | 39.8 | 42.0 |
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35.1 | 35.4 | 40.2 | 42.4 | 43.9 |
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23.6 | 20.0 | 30.4 | 36.9 | 42.0 |
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27.7 | 32.0 | 39.6 | 43.1 | 43.2 |
country | 1955 | 1985 | 2015 | 2030 | 2050 |
Median age |
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed August 7, 2017 .
- ^ CIA The World Factbook / Median Age 2014 . Retrieved 15/07/2015.
- ↑ World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations. Retrieved August 7, 2017 .