The Mean age in United Kingdom attained a value of 40.63 years in 2024
The indicator recorded a historical growth (CAGR) of 0.28% 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 the United Kingdom
The Mean Age in the United Kingdom is 40.2 years in 2021. The mean age in the United Kingdom was highest in 2021 at 40.2 years and was lowest in 2018 at 39.9 years, between 2018 and 2021. It recorded a growth of 0.3% in 2021 compared to the previous year. Between 2018-2021, the mean age in the United Kingdom increased by 0.9%.
United Kingdom Population Distribution in 2021, by Age
The share of the old-age population is expected to increase from 15.9% in 2005 to 19.5% in 2025, and the working-age population to decrease from 64.6% in 2015 to 63.2% in 2025. An increase in welfare schemes and statutory pensions, to support old retirees, also adds a burden to the government’s finances. As a result, age-related fiscal pressures are expected for the UK in the coming years.
The UK is experiencing an increase in its elderly population as the baby boomer generation is growing older. According to GlobalData, the working-age population as a proportion of the total population is expected to decline to 63.2% by 2025 from 64.6% in 2015.
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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