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Country | Median age (years)
Afghanistan | total: 17.56 years male: 17.55 years female: 17.57 years (2005 est.)
Albania | total: 28.52 years male: 27.95 years female: 29.1 years (2005 est.)
Algeria | total: 24.36 years male: 24.18 years female: 24.53 years (2005 est.)
American Samoa | total: 22.76 years male: 22.5 years female: 23.05 years (2005 est.)
Andorra | total: 40.34 years male: 40.63 years female: 40.02 years (2005 est.)
Angola | total: 18.12 years male: 18.12 years female: 18.11 years (2005 est.)
Anguilla | total: 30.76 years male: 30.81 years female: 30.7 years (2005 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda | total: 29.67 years male: 29.19 years female: 30.15 years (2005 est.)
Argentina | total: 29.42 years male: 28.52 years female: 30.4 years (2005 est.)
Armenia | total: 30.07 years male: 27.45 years female: 32.84 years (2005 est.)
Aruba | total: 38 years male: 36.07 years female: 39.7 years (2005 est.)
Australia | total: 36.56 years male: 35.74 years female: 37.4 years (2005 est.)
Austria | total: 40.44 years male: 39.3 years female: 41.61 years (2005 est.)
Azerbaijan | total: 27.53 years male: 26.09 years female: 29 years (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The | total: 27.55 years male: 26.78 years female: 28.34 years (2005 est.)
Bahrain | total: 29.19 years male: 32.16 years female: 25.54 years (2005 est.)
Bangladesh | total: 21.87 years male: 21.88 years female: 21.85 years (2005 est.)
Barbados | total: 34.15 years male: 32.99 years female: 35.28 years (2005 est.)
Belarus | total: 37.03 years male: 34.32 years female: 39.7 years (2005 est.)
Belgium | total: 40.55 years male: 39.29 years female: 41.81 years (2005 est.)
Belize | total: 19.35 years male: 19.21 years female: 19.49 years (2005 est.)
Benin | total: 16.56 years male: 16.12 years female: 17.01 years (2005 est.)
Bermuda | total: 39.76 years male: 38.78 years female: 40.58 years (2005 est.)
Bhutan | total: 20.27 years male: 20.11 years female: 20.44 years (2005 est.)
Bolivia | total: 21.47 years male: 20.79 years female: 22.17 years (2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | total: 36.21 years male: 35.81 years female: 36.63 years (2005 est.)
Botswana | total: 19.29 years male: 18.64 years female: 19.93 years (2005 est.)
Brazil | total: 27.81 years male: 27.06 years female: 28.57 years (2005 est.)
British Virgin Islands | total: 30.9 years male: 31.1 years female: 30.7 years (2005 est.)
Brunei | total: 27.04 years male: 27.63 years female: 26.4 years (2005 est.)
Bulgaria | total: 40.66 years male: 38.59 years female: 42.66 years (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso | total: 16.82 years male: 16.43 years female: 17.22 years (2005 est.)
Burma | total: 26.14 years male: 25.57 years female: 26.72 years (2005 est.)
Burundi | total: 16.6 years male: 16.27 years female: 16.95 years (2005 est.)
Cambodia | total: 19.91 years male: 19.16 years female: 20.79 years (2005 est.)
Cameroon | total: 18.6 years male: 18.45 years female: 18.76 years (2005 est.)
Canada | total: 38.54 years male: 37.54 years female: 39.56 years (2005 est.)
Cape Verde | total: 19.4 years male: 18.62 years female: 20.25 years (2005 est.)
Cayman Islands | total: 36.83 years male: 36.48 years female: 37.18 years (2005 est.)
Central African Republic | total: 18.12 years male: 17.75 years female: 18.5 years (2005 est.)
Chad | total: 16.02 years male: 15.32 years female: 16.71 years (2005 est.)
Chile | total: 30.07 years male: 29.17 years female: 31.05 years (2005 est.)
China | total: 32.26 years male: 31.87 years female: 32.67 years (2005 est.)
Colombia | total: 26.04 years male: 25.14 years female: 26.93 years (2005 est.)
Comoros | total: 18.61 years male: 18.35 years female: 18.87 years (2005 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total: 15.8 years male: 15.4 years female: 16.2 years (2005 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | total: 20.7 years male: 20.2 years female: 21.1 years (2005 est.)
Costa Rica | total: 26.03 years male: 25.59 years female: 26.5 years (2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | total: 19.05 years male: 19.36 years female: 18.76 years (2005 est.)
Croatia | total: 39.97 years male: 38.01 years female: 41.76 years (2005 est.)
Cuba | total: 35.36 years male: 34.73 years female: 35.98 years (2005 est.)
Cyprus | total: 34.68 years male: 33.64 years female: 35.7 years (2005 est.)
Czech Republic | total: 38.97 years male: 37.2 years female: 40.82 years (2005 est.)
Denmark | total: 39.47 years male: 38.55 years female: 40.4 years (2005 est.)
Djibouti | total: 18.23 years male: 18.77 years female: 17.69 years (2005 est.)
Dominica | total: 29.59 years male: 29.26 years female: 29.95 years (2005 est.)
Dominican Republic | total: 23.88 years male: 23.68 years female: 24.09 years (2005 est.)
East Timor | total: 20.41 years male: 20.46 years female: 20.35 years (2005 est.)
Ecuador | total: 23.27 years male: 22.82 years female: 23.74 years (2005 est.)
Egypt | total: 23.68 years male: 23.31 years female: 24.05 years (2005 est.)
El Salvador | total: 21.57 years male: 20.44 years female: 22.69 years (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | total: 18.83 years male: 18.2 years female: 19.46 years (2005 est.)
Eritrea | total: 17.54 years male: 17.35 years female: 17.73 years (2005 est.)
Estonia | total: 39.06 years male: 35.52 years female: 42.35 years (2005 est.)
Ethiopia | total: 17.75 years male: 17.64 years female: 17.85 years (2005 est.)
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Faroe Islands | total: 35.11 years male: 34.64 years female: 35.68 years (2005 est.)
Fiji | total: 24.28 years male: 23.84 years female: 24.74 years (2005 est.)
Finland | total: 40.97 years male: 39.43 years female: 42.52 years (2005 est.)
France | total: 38.85 years male: 37.3 years female: 40.39 years (2005 est.)
French Guiana | total: 28.45 years male: 29.49 years female: 27.31 years (2005 est.)
French Polynesia | total: 27.48 years male: 27.84 years female: 27.1 years (2005 est.)
Gabon | total: 18.57 years male: 18.34 years female: 18.8 years (2005 est.)
Gambia, The | total: 17.59 years male: 17.45 years female: 17.74 years (2005 est.)
Gaza Strip | total: 15.65 years male: 15.5 years female: 15.81 years (2005 est.)
Georgia | total: 37.36 years male: 34.93 years female: 39.7 years (2005 est.)
Germany | total: 42.16 years male: 40.88 years female: 43.53 years (2005 est.)
Ghana | total: 20.45 years male: 20.2 years female: 20.7 years (2005 est.)
Gibraltar | total: 39.4 years male: 39.12 years female: 39.63 years (2005 est.)
Greece | total: 40.5 years male: 39.39 years female: 41.65 years (2005 est.)
Greenland | total: 33.83 years male: 35.15 years female: 32.14 years (2005 est.)
Grenada | total: 21.26 years male: 21.73 years female: 20.76 years (2005 est.)
Guadeloupe | total: 31.81 years male: 30.91 years female: 32.73 years (2005 est.)
Guam | total: 28.38 years male: 28.16 years female: 28.61 years (2005 est.)
Guatemala | total: 18.47 years male: 18.25 years female: 18.71 years (2005 est.)
Guernsey | total: 40.99 years male: 40.03 years female: 41.91 years (2005 est.)
Guinea | total: 17.67 years male: 17.42 years female: 17.93 years (2005 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | total: 18.97 years male: 18.37 years female: 19.57 years (2005 est.)
Guyana | total: 26.91 years male: 26.44 years female: 27.4 years (2005 est.)
Haiti | total: 18.03 years male: 17.63 years female: 18.44 years (2005 est.)
Honduras | total: 19.15 years male: 18.75 years female: 19.56 years (2005 est.)
Hong Kong | total: 39.4 years male: 39.3 years female: 39.6 years (2005 est.)
Hungary | total: 38.57 years male: 36.1 years female: 41.24 years (2005 est.)
Iceland | total: 34 years male: 33.53 years female: 34.49 years (2005 est.)
India | total: 24.66 years male: 24.64 years female: 24.67 years (2005 est.)
Indonesia | total: 26.48 years male: 26.03 years female: 26.93 years (2005 est.)
Iran | total: 24.23 years male: 24.03 years female: 24.44 years (2005 est.)
Iraq | total: 19.43 years male: 19.35 years female: 19.51 years (2005 est.)
Ireland | total: 33.7 years male: 32.9 years female: 34.49 years (2005 est.)
Israel | total: 29.39 years male: 28.58 years female: 30.27 years (2005 est.)
Italy | total: 41.77 years male: 40.24 years female: 43.35 years (2005 est.)
Jamaica | total: 27.25 years male: 26.55 years female: 27.97 years (2005 est.)
Japan | total: 42.64 years male: 40.87 years female: 44.44 years (2005 est.)
Jersey | total: 40.89 years male: 40.13 years female: 41.63 years (2005 est.)
Jordan | total: 22.62 years male: 23.25 years female: 21.94 years (2005 est.)
Kazakhstan | total: 28.52 years male: 26.92 years female: 30.25 years (2005 est.)
Kenya | total: 18.19 years male: 18.08 years female: 18.3 years (2005 est.)
Kiribati | total: 20.05 years male: 19.61 years female: 20.58 years (2005 est.)
Korea, North | total: 31.74 years male: 30.47 years female: 33 years (2005 est.)
Korea, South | total: 34.51 years male: 33.53 years female: 35.53 years (2005 est.)
Kuwait | total: 25.86 years male: 28.05 years female: 22.12 years (2005 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | total: 23.39 years male: 22.52 years female: 24.27 years (2005 est.)
Laos | total: 18.74 years male: 18.42 years female: 19.08 years (2005 est.)
Latvia | total: 39.12 years male: 35.95 years female: 42.15 years (2005 est.)
Lebanon | total: 27.34 years male: 26.28 years female: 28.43 years (2005 est.)
Lesotho | total: 20.19 years male: 19.68 years female: 20.74 years (2005 est.)
Liberia | total: 18.06 years male: 17.69 years female: 18.42 years (2005 est.)
Libya | total: 22.68 years male: 22.8 years female: 22.56 years (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein | total: 39.22 years male: 38.74 years female: 39.68 years (2005 est.)
Lithuania | total: 37.83 years male: 35.25 years female: 40.46 years (2005 est.)
Luxembourg | total: 38.51 years male: 37.56 years female: 39.48 years (2005 est.)
Macau | total: 35.2 years male: 34.9 years female: 35.4 years (2005 est.)
Macedonia | total: 32.8 years male: 31.7 years female: 33.9 years (2005 est.)
Madagascar | total: 17.46 years male: 17.24 years female: 17.67 years (2005 est.)
Malawi | total: 16.34 years male: 16.04 years female: 16.65 years (2005 est.)
Malaysia | total: 23.92 years male: 23.32 years female: 24.54 years (2005 est.)
Maldives | total: 17.69 years male: 17.58 years female: 17.8 years (2005 est.)
Mali | total: 16.35 years male: 15.79 years female: 16.92 years (2005 est.)
Malta | total: 38.36 years male: 36.91 years female: 39.84 years (2005 est.)
Man, Isle of | total: 39.48 years male: 38.16 years female: 40.89 years (2005 est.)
Marshall Islands | total: 19.95 years male: 19.98 years female: 19.92 years (2005 est.)
Martinique | total: 33.61 years male: 32.95 years female: 34.28 years (2005 est.)
Mauritania | total: 16.98 years male: 16.71 years female: 17.24 years (2005 est.)
Mauritius | total: 30.5 years male: 29.65 years female: 31.46 years (2005 est.)
Mayotte | total: 16.96 years male: 18.04 years female: 15.87 years (2005 est.)
Mexico | total: 24.93 years male: 24.04 years female: 25.85 years (2005 est.)
Moldova | total: 32.22 years male: 30.14 years female: 34.27 years (2005 est.)
Monaco | total: 45.25 years male: 43.27 years female: 47.19 years (2005 est.)
Mongolia | total: 24.28 years male: 23.93 years female: 24.64 years (2005 est.)
Montserrat | total: 28.56 years male: 28.29 years female: 28.79 years (2005 est.)
Morocco | total: 23.61 years male: 23.11 years female: 24.13 years (2005 est.)
Mozambique | total: 18.29 years male: 17.74 years female: 18.83 years (2005 est.)
Namibia | total: 19.79 years male: 19.63 years female: 19.94 years (2005 est.)
Nauru | total: 20.24 years male: 19.76 years female: 20.78 years (2005 est.)
Nepal | total: 20.07 years male: 19.91 years female: 20.24 years (2005 est.)
Netherlands | total: 39.04 years male: 38.22 years female: 39.9 years (2005 est.)
Netherlands Antilles | total: 32.46 years male: 30.86 years female: 34.01 years (2005 est.)
New Caledonia | total: 27.5 years male: 27.16 years female: 27.84 years (2005 est.)
New Zealand | total: 33.65 years male: 32.92 years female: 34.4 years (2005 est.)
Nicaragua | total: 20.56 years male: 20.15 years female: 20.98 years (2005 est.)
Niger | total: 16.25 years male: 15.8 years female: 16.72 years (2005 est.)
Nigeria | total: 18.63 years male: 18.71 years female: 18.55 years (2005 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands | total: 29.33 years male: 31.54 years female: 28.33 years (2005 est.)
Norway | total: 38.17 years male: 37.29 years female: 39.07 years (2005 est.)
Oman | total: 19.13 years male: 21.88 years female: 16.45 years (2005 est.)
Pakistan | total: 19.58 years male: 19.44 years female: 19.74 years (2005 est.)
Palau | total: 31.43 years male: 32.4 years female: 30.36 years (2005 est.)
Panama | total: 26.18 years male: 25.89 years female: 26.48 years (2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea | total: 21.09 years male: 21.25 years female: 20.93 years (2005 est.)
Paraguay | total: 21.2 years male: 20.94 years female: 21.46 years (2005 est.)
Peru | total: 24.95 years male: 24.69 years female: 25.21 years (2005 est.)
Philippines | total: 22.27 years male: 21.77 years female: 22.8 years (2005 est.)
Poland | total: 36.43 years male: 34.52 years female: 38.49 years (2005 est.)
Portugal | total: 38.2 years male: 36.06 years female: 40.33 years (2005 est.)
Puerto Rico | total: 34.23 years male: 32.5 years female: 35.87 years (2005 est.)
Qatar | total: 31.57 years male: 36.87 years female: 22.33 years (2005 est.)
Reunion | total: 26.72 years male: 25.53 years female: 27.92 years (2005 est.)
Romania | total: 36.39 years male: 35.04 years female: 37.77 years (2005 est.)
Russia | total: 38.15 years male: 34.99 years female: 41.03 years (2005 est.)
Rwanda | total: 18.48 years male: 18.26 years female: 18.7 years (2005 est.)
Saint Helena | total: 35.4 years male: 35.61 years female: 35.21 years (2005 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | total: 27.6 years male: 26.78 years female: 28.38 years (2005 est.)
Saint Lucia | total: 24.81 years male: 24.03 years female: 25.66 years (2005 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | total: 33.7 years male: 33.39 years female: 33.96 years (2005 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | total: 26.36 years male: 26.21 years female: 26.53 years (2005 est.)
Samoa | total: 24.59 years male: 27.42 years female: 21.42 years (2005 est.)
San Marino | total: 40.29 years male: 39.91 years female: 40.65 years (2005 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe | total: 16.12 years male: 15.53 years female: 16.71 years (2005 est.)
Saudi Arabia | total: 21.28 years male: 22.84 years female: 19.28 years (2005 est.)
Senegal | total: 18.15 years male: 17.6 years female: 18.7 years (2005 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro | total: 36.79 years male: 35.3 years female: 38.29 years (2005 est.)
Seychelles | total: 27.7 years male: 26.62 years female: 28.76 years (2005 est.)
Sierra Leone | total: 17.53 years male: 17.2 years female: 17.84 years (2005 est.)
Singapore | total: 36.76 years male: 36.4 years female: 37.07 years (2005 est.)
Slovakia | total: 35.43 years male: 33.85 years female: 37.25 years (2005 est.)
Slovenia | total: 40.23 years male: 38.65 years female: 41.75 years (2005 est.)
Solomon Islands | total: 18.63 years male: 18.5 years female: 18.76 years (2005 est.)
Somalia | total: 17.59 years male: 17.53 years female: 17.65 years (2005 est.)
South Africa | total: 23.98 years male: 23.12 years female: 24.86 years (2005 est.)
Spain | total: 39.51 years male: 38.18 years female: 40.93 years (2005 est.)
Sri Lanka | total: 29.44 years male: 28.38 years female: 30.51 years (2005 est.)
Sudan | total: 18.07 years male: 17.86 years female: 18.29 years (2005 est.)
Suriname | total: 26.13 years male: 25.72 years female: 26.58 years (2005 est.)
Swaziland | total: 18.72 years male: 18.53 years female: 18.92 years (2005 est.)
Sweden | total: 40.6 years male: 39.49 years female: 41.75 years (2005 est.)
Switzerland | total: 39.77 years male: 38.75 years female: 40.81 years (2005 est.)
Syria | total: 20.37 years male: 20.24 years female: 20.51 years (2005 est.)
Taiwan | total: 34.14 years male: 33.71 years female: 34.57 years (2005 est.)
Tajikistan | total: 19.73 years male: 19.45 years female: 20.02 years (2005 est.)
Tanzania | total: 17.62 years male: 17.36 years female: 17.89 years (2005 est.)
Thailand | total: 30.88 years male: 30.11 years female: 31.66 years (2005 est.)
Togo | total: 17.78 years male: 17.42 years female: 18.14 years (2005 est.)
Tonga | total: 20.46 years male: 19.93 years female: 21.02 years (2005 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | total: 30.91 years male: 30.46 years female: 31.44 years (2005 est.)
Tunisia | total: 27.29 years male: 26.78 years female: 27.82 years (2005 est.)
Turkey | total: 27.7 years male: 27.52 years female: 27.89 years (2005 est.)
Turkmenistan | total: 21.56 years male: 20.68 years female: 22.44 years (2005 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | total: 27.35 years male: 28.08 years female: 26.62 years (2005 est.)
Tuvalu | total: 24.45 years male: 23.36 years female: 25.85 years (2005 est.)
Uganda | total: 14.97 years male: 14.87 years female: 15.08 years (2005 est.)
Ukraine | total: 38.22 years male: 34.91 years female: 41.21 years (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates | total: 27.9 years male: 35.2 years female: 22.9 years (2005 est.)
United Kingdom | total: 38.99 years male: 37.89 years female: 40.13 years (2005 est.)
United States | total: 36.27 years male: 34.94 years female: 37.6 years (2005 est.)
Uruguay | total: 32.46 years male: 31.02 years female: 33.95 years (2005 est.)
Uzbekistan | total: 22.36 years male: 21.74 years female: 23 years (2005 est.)
Vanuatu | total: 22.64 years male: 22.68 years female: 22.59 years (2005 est.)
Venezuela | total: 25.6 years male: 24.98 years female: 26.24 years (2005 est.)
Vietnam | total: 25.51 years male: 24.47 years female: 26.68 years (2005 est.)
Virgin Islands | total: 36.52 years male: 35.6 years female: 37.33 years (2005 est.)
West Bank | total: 18.14 years male: 17.99 years female: 18.3 years (2005 est.)
World | total: 27.6 years male: 27 years female: 28.2 years (2005 est.)
Yemen | total: 16.54 years male: 16.53 years female: 16.56 years (2005 est.)
Zambia | total: 16.46 years male: 16.26 years female: 16.67 years (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe | total: 19.26 years male: 19.28 years female: 19.24 years (2005 est.)

This page was last updated on 30 June, 2005