The Mean age in China attained a value of 39.67 years in 2024
The indicator recorded a historical growth (CAGR) of 0.92% between 2021 to 2024, and is expected to grow by...
GlobalData projects the figure to grow at a CAGR of ...
Mean Age
Mean age is the average age of the total population in a country for a given period. The term "mean age" describes the average age of a person or a group of people. The mean age is used to compare a group of people with another group of people who are in a different age group.
Mean Age in China
The Mean Age in China is 38.6 years in 2021. The mean age in China was highest in 2021 at 38.6 years and was lowest in 2018 at 37.5 years, between 2018 and 2021. It recorded a growth of 0.9% in 2021 compared to the previous year. Between 2018-2021, the mean age in China increased by 2.9%.
China Population Distribution in 2021, by Age
China had the largest population group with 70.1% (993.1 million) of the population falling into the working-age group of 15-64 years. After 15 years, was the second-largest population group in China with 16.8% (237.7 million) of the population. 65 years and above was the third largest population group with 13.1% (185.1 million) of the total population in 2021. With a population of 1.41 billion as of 2020, according to Global Data, China is the most populous country in the world. The population has grown constantly since the 1990s. The population of China reached 1.42 billion in 2021
Mean Age: Global Scenario
According to GlobalData, Samoa had the highest mean age in 2021 at 61 years, followed by Monaco (50 years), Japan (47 years), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (45 years), Italy (45 years), Martinique (45 years), Portugal (44 years), and Hong Kong (44 years).
Countries with the lowest mean age in 2021 are Niger (20 years), Uganda (20 years), Chad (20 years), Angola (21 years) and Benin (21 years), Mali (21 years), Mozambique (21 years), Zambia (22 years), and Guinea-Bissau (22 years).
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