Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

median age

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: me-di-an age
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The age that divides a population (of a country etc.) into two numerically equivalent groups.

Example Sentences

"In 2020, the median age of the United States population was 38.5 years."

Inflected Forms

median ages (plural)

Synonyms

average age

Questions

What does median age mean?: The age that divides a population (of a country etc.) into two numerically equivalent groups.

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