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The Mean Age in India (2021 - 2029, years)

  • The Mean age in India attained a value of 31.35 years in 2024

  • The indicator recorded a historical growth (CAGR) of 0.48% between 2021 to 2024, and is expected to grow by...

  • GlobalData projects the figure to grow at a CAGR of ...

The Mean Age in India (2021 - 2029, years)

Published: Apr 2025
Source: GlobalData

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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 India

The Mean Age in India is 30.9 years in 2021. The mean age in India was highest in 2021 at 30.9 years and was lowest in 2018 at 30.1 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 India increased by 2.3%.

India Population Distribution in 2021, by Age

The population of India reached 1.3 billion in 2021. India had the largest population group with 67.7% (908.7 million) of the population falling into the working-age group of 15-64 years in 2021. Below 15 years, was the second-largest population group in Australia with 25.4% (340.4 million) of the population. 65 years and above was the third largest population group with 6.9% (93.2 million) of the total population. India is the second-most populous nation in the world, with more than 1.33 billion people in 2020, according to Global Data.

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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