The Mean age in Switzerland attained a value of 42.46 years in 2024
The indicator recorded a historical growth (CAGR) of 0.51% 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 Switzerland
The Mean Age in Switzerland is 41.9 years in 2021. The mean age in Switzerland was highest in 2021 at 41.9 years and was lowest in 2018 at 41.4 years, between 2018 and 2021. It recorded a growth of 0.6% in 2021 compared to the previous year. Between 2018-2021, the mean age in Switzerland increased by 1.2%.
Switzerland Population Distribution in 2021, by Age
The population of Switzerland reached 8.7 million in 2021. Switzerland had the largest population group with 65.9% (5.76 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 Switzerland with 19.0% (1.66 million) of the population. Below 15 years was the third largest population group with 15.0% (1.31 million) of the total population in 2021. Both the male and female populations of Switzerland had modest single-digit year-over-year growth in 2021. The number of females in the country has surpassed that of males since the 1960s.
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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