The Mean age in France attained a value of 41.78 years in 2024
The indicator recorded a historical growth (CAGR) of 0.47% 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 France
The Mean Age in France is 41.2 years in 2021. The mean age in France was highest in 2021 at 41.2 years and was lowest in 2018 at 40.6 years, between 2018 and 2021. It recorded a growth of 0.5% in 2021 compared to the previous year. Between 2018-2021, the mean age in France increased by 1.5%.
France Population Distribution in 2021, by Age
The population of France reached 67.5 million in 2021. France had the largest population group with 61.4% (41.5 million) of the population falling into the working-age group of 15-64 years. 65 years and above, was the second-largest population group in France with 20.8% (14 million) of the population. 15 years and below was the third largest population group with 17.8% (12 million) of the total population in 2021.
French society faces the challenge of an aging population. The old-age support ratio (the number of people the working age (15–64) relative to the number the retirement age (65+)) is declining because of increased life expectancy. The old-age dependency ratio (over-65 population as a share of working-age (15 to 64) population) will rise sharply from 37.3% in 2020 to 54.5% by 2050
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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