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Average age, total by country

Countries reporting
113
Highest
47.03
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lowest
18.62
Mali
Median
34.47
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,668

What the numbers show

Average age, total is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 47.03 in Bosnia and Herzegovina; the lowest is 18.62 in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 34.47, and the mean is 34.12.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 116.4%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 28.0%).

Average age, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47.03 2019 up 19.1% rising
2 South Korea 46.13 2017 up 8.0% rising
3 Australia 45.26 2015 up 24.0% rising
4 Italy 44.69 2016 up 5.2% rising
5 Greece 43.97 2016 up 5.8% rising
6 Portugal 43.81 2016 up 7.3% rising
7 Bulgaria 43.77 2016 up 5.7% rising
8 Germany 43.53 2011 up 4.9% flat
9 Niger 43.21 2018 up 116.4% rising
10 Latvia 42.85 2016 up 7.6% rising
11 Croatia 42.83 2016 down 1.4% flat
12 Serbia 42.67 2018 down 0.6% flat
13 Spain 42.66 2016 up 5.0% rising
14 Hungary 42.64 2016 up 7.5% rising
15 Lithuania 42.63 2016 up 8.9% rising
16 Finland 42.45 2016 up 4.4% rising
17 Austria 42.39 2016 up 4.2% rising
18 Czechia 42.04 2016 up 4.9% rising
19 Estonia 41.99 2016 up 4.5% rising
20 Slovenia 41.86 2016 up 2.5% rising
21 Turkey 41.82 2019 up 48.1% rising
22 Belarus 41.76 2020 up 8.1% rising
23 Malta 41.69 2016 up 4.4% flat
24 Belgium 41.6 2016 up 3.6% rising
25 France 41.55 2016 up 3.9% rising
26 Netherlands 41.52 2016 up 6.7% rising
27 Romania 41.51 2018 up 4.8% rising
28 Denmark 41.51 2016 up 3.8% rising
29 Sweden 41.43 2016 up 5.8% flat
30 Norway 40.72 2016 up 3.3% rising
31 Slovakia 40.59 2016 up 4.3% rising
32 Moldova 40.5 2021 up 5.5% rising
33 Georgia 40.29 2020 up 4.5% rising
34 United Kingdom 40.06 2016 up 2.5% rising
35 Russia 39.72 2019 up 8.5% rising
36 Indonesia 39.71 2019 up 15.2% rising
37 Ukraine 39.53 2014 down 1.5% flat
38 North Macedonia 39.31 2020 up 6.7% rising
39 Poland 39.22 2019 down 0.7% rising
40 Armenia 39.2 2020 up 10.0% rising
41 United States 39.1 2018 up 4.9% rising
42 Thailand 38.95 2021 up 12.5% rising
43 Luxembourg 38.74 2016 down 0.0% rising
44 Cyprus 38.64 2016 up 4.3% flat
45 Albania 38.35 2019 down 4.4% rising
46 Montenegro 38.23 2013 up 11.1% rising
47 China 37.97 2013 up 9.2% rising
48 Iceland 37.74 2015 up 5.6% rising
49 Puerto Rico 37.4 2005 up 46.1% rising
50 Uruguay 37.4 2021 up 2.8% flat
51 Ireland 37.2 2016 up 4.8% rising
52 Chile 37.18 2017 up 12.8% rising
53 Mauritius 37.16 2017 up 13.1% rising
54 Costa Rica 36.88 2021 up 14.0% rising
55 Sri Lanka 35.59 2019 up 8.6% rising
56 Brazil 34.8 2021 up 6.5% rising
57 Argentina 34.47 2021 up 3.5% rising
58 Azerbaijan 34.39 2015 up 7.3% rising
59 Trinidad and Tobago 34.23 2011 up 12.0% rising
60 Peru 33.87 2021 up 7.4% rising
61 Panama 33.7 2021 up 8.4% rising
62 Tunisia 33.58 2015 up 8.8% rising
63 Kosovo 33.28 2017 up 14.1% rising
63 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 33.28 2017 up 14.1% rising
65 Kazakhstan 33.24 2018 down 1.1% flat
66 Mexico 32.9 2020 up 10.8% rising
67 Colombia 32.62 2021 up 8.3% rising
68 El Salvador 32.51 2019 up 14.1% rising
69 Senegal 31.1 2018 up 39.7% rising
70 Ecuador 31.01 2021 down 3.2% rising
71 India 30.57 2019 up 10.5% rising
72 Morocco 30.2 2013 up 3.6% rising
73 Kyrgyzstan 30.1 2020 up 4.1% flat
74 Bolivia 30.09 2021 up 10.1% rising
75 Dominican Republic 29.98 2013 up 9.1% rising
76 South Africa 29.93 2020 up 8.8% rising
77 Mongolia 29.71 2021 up 4.6% rising
78 Paraguay 29.7 2021 up 1.5% rising
79 Honduras 29.26 2019 up 12.9% rising
80 Jamaica 28.91 2002 up 8.5% rising
81 Guatemala 28.71 2019 up 13.6% rising
82 Laos 28.59 2018 up 11.3% rising
83 Philippines 28.45 2019 up 7.3% rising
84 Cambodia 28.01 2012 up 13.0% rising
85 Venezuela 27.99 2006 up 11.4% rising
86 Bangladesh 27.67 2016 up 10.0% rising
87 Nicaragua 27.44 2014 up 7.3% rising
88 Nepal 27.33 2014 up 10.0% rising
89 Egypt 26.31 2019 down 4.7% rising
90 Tajikistan 26.28 2013 up 10.2% rising
91 Jordan 25.81 2016 up 5.9% rising
92 Ghana 25.18 2016 up 4.0% rising
93 Namibia 25.1 2015 up 11.6% rising
94 Mozambique 25.01 2014 up 17.4% rising
95 Kenya 24.95 2019 up 11.7% rising
96 Rwanda 24.69 2021 up 10.8% rising
97 Zambia 24.24 2015 down 0.8% falling
98 Belize 24.22 1999 up 5.6% rising
99 Palestine 24.09 2017 down 28.0% falling
100 Djibouti 24.05 2017 up 4.7% rising
101 Nigeria 23.8 2018 down 4.4% rising
102 Pakistan 23.78 2020 up 3.5% rising
103 Togo 23.38 2018 up 0.3% flat
104 Ethiopia 23.07 2021 up 7.0% rising
105 Tanzania 22.66 2020 up 0.9% rising
106 Malawi 22.34 2019 up 5.5% flat
107 Madagascar 21.95 2012 down 1.5% flat
108 Gambia 21.94 2020 up 2.4% flat
109 Guinea 21.87 2018 down 5.1% flat
110 Burkina Faso 21.26 2009 down 2.3% flat
111 Benin 20.91 2018 up 0.2% flat
112 Uganda 20.48 2016 up 4.2% flat
113 Mali 18.62 2018 down 11.9% falling

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Indicator
Average age, total
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
113 places, 1,668 data points, 1970–2021
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