Research Article

Active Ageing in CIS Countries: Semantics, Challenges, and Responses

Table 1

Distribution (grouping) of CIS and EU countries by median age, 2009.

Median age (years)CIS countries (rank)EU countries (rank)

Above 35Germany (2)
Italy (3)
Finland (4)
Bulgaria (7)
Austria (8)
Slovenia (10)
Greece (12)
Belgium (13)
Sweden (14)
Portugal (15)
Ukraine (27)Denmark (16)
Belarus (37) Netherlands (17)
Russian Federation (40)Latvia (19)
Georgia (47)France (20)
Spain (21)
United Kingdom (22)
Hungary (24)
Lithuania (25)
Estonia (26)
Czech Republic (28)
Luxembourg (29)
Malta (32)
Romania (36)
Poland (41)
Slovakia (48)
Cyprus (52)

25–35Republic of Moldova (56)
Armenia (65)Ireland (58)
Kazakhstan (77)
Azerbaijan (83)

Below 25Kyrgyzstan (109)
Turkmenistan (115)
Uzbekistan (117)
Tajikistan (146)

Source: [15].