Belarus vs Ukraine: Median age

Median age in 2023: 40.5 years in Belarus and 42 years in Ukraine, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 1.4 years, or 1.04 times that in Belarus.

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What the numbers say

Ukraine has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2023, Belarus ranked 49 and Ukraine ranked 36 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Belarus at 53.5 years and Ukraine at 57.9 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 30.4 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Belarus	Ukraine	World
2023	40.5	42	30.4
2022	40.2	41.5	30.1
2021	39.9	41.1	29.8
2020	39.6	40.8	29.6
2019	39.3	40.5	29.3
2018	39	40.2	29
2017	38.8	39.8	28.8
2016	38.7	39.5	28.5
2015	38.5	39.2	28.3
2014	38.4	39	28.1
2013	38.3	38.8	27.8
2012	38.2	38.8	27.6
2011	38.1	38.7	27.4
2010	37.9	38.6	27.2
2009	37.8	38.4	27
2008	37.6	38.2	26.7
2007	37.5	38	26.5
2006	37.3	37.9	26.3
2005	37	37.7	26.1
2004	36.8	37.6	25.9
2003	36.5	37.3	25.7
2002	36.2	37	25.5
2001	35.9	36.7	25.3
2000	35.6	36.3	25.1
1999	35.2	35.9	24.9
1998	34.8	35.5	24.7
1997	34.4	35.2	24.4
1996	34	34.8	24.2
1995	33.6	34.5	24
1994	33.2	34.2	23.8
1993	32.9	33.9	23.5
1992	32.6	33.7	23.3
1991	32.3	33.4	23.1
1990	32	33.2	22.9
1989	31.7	33.1	22.8
1988	31.5	33.1	22.6
1987	31.3	33	22.4
1986	31	32.9	22.2
1985	30.8	32.7	22
1984	30.7	32.6	21.9
1983	30.5	32.6	21.8
1982	30.3	32.6	21.7
1981	30.2	32.5	21.6
1980	30	32.5	21.5
1979	29.9	32.7	21.3
1978	29.7	33	21.1
1977	29.5	33.2	21
1976	29.4	33.2	20.8
1975	29.5	33.1	20.7
1974	29.7	32.8	20.5
1973	29.8	32.5	20.4
1972	29.7	32.1	20.4
1971	29.4	31.7	20.3
1970	29.1	31.3	20.3
1969	28.8	30.8	20.3
1968	28.4	30.3	20.4
1967	28	29.9	20.5
1966	27.6	29.5	20.6
1965	27.2	29.1	20.8
1964	26.8	28.9	21
1963	26.5	28.8	21.2
1962	26.2	28.7	21.4
1961	25.9	28.6	21.4
1960	25.7	28.3	21.5
1959	25.5	28.1	21.5
1958	25.4	28.2	21.5
1957	25.2	28.2	21.6
1956	25	27.9	21.7
1955	24.8	27.5	21.8
1954	24.6	27.2	21.9
1953	24.3	26.9	22
1952	24.1	26.7	22.1
1951	23.9	26.5	22.1
1950	23.7	26.4	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Belarus	Ukraine	World
2024	40.940.9–41	42.142.1–42.2	30.6
2025	41.341.2–41.5	41.841.6–42	30.9
2026	41.841.6–42	41.841.5–42.1	31.1
2027	42.242–42.5	42.342–42.6	31.3
2028	42.742.4–43	42.842.5–43.1	31.6
2029	43.142.8–43.5	43.242.9–43.6	31.8
2030	43.643.2–44	43.743.4–44.1	32
2031	4443.6–44.5	44.243.9–44.6	32.2
2032	44.544–45	44.744.4–45	32.4
2033	44.944.4–45.6	45.244.9–45.5	32.6
2034	45.344.8–46.1	45.745.3–46.1	32.8
2035	45.845.1–46.5	46.145.8–46.5	33
2036	46.245.5–47	46.646.2–47	33.2
2037	46.645.8–47.5	4746.7–47.5	33.4
2038	46.946.1–47.9	47.547.1–48	33.6
2039	47.246.3–48.4	47.947.5–48.4	33.8
2040	47.546.6–48.8	48.347.8–48.8	34
2041	47.846.7–49.2	48.648.2–49.2	34.2
2042	4846.8–49.6	4948.5–49.6	34.4
2043	48.246.8–49.9	49.348.7–50	34.6
2044	48.346.7–50.2	49.649–50.3	34.8
2045	48.346.6–50.5	49.949.2–50.7	35
2046	48.346.5–50.7	50.149.5–51	35.2
2047	48.246.4–50.8	50.449.7–51.3	35.4
2048	48.246.3–50.8	50.649.9–51.6	35.6
2049	48.146.2–50.9	50.950.1–51.9	35.9
2050	48.146.1–50.9	51.150.3–52.1	36.1
2051	48.146–51	51.350.4–52.4	36.3
2052	4845.9–51.1	51.550.6–52.6	36.5
2053	4846–51.1	51.750.7–52.9	36.7
2054	4846.1–51.2	51.950.9–53.1	36.9
2055	48.146.2–51.3	52.151.1–53.3	37.1
2056	48.346.4–51.3	52.351.2–53.5	37.3
2057	48.546.7–51.4	52.551.4–53.7	37.5
2058	48.746.9–51.4	52.751.6–53.9	37.6
2059	4947.1–51.6	5351.8–54.2	37.8
2060	49.247.4–51.8	53.252–54.5	37.9
2061	49.547.7–52	53.552.2–54.7	38
2062	49.848–52.3	53.852.5–55	38.1
2063	50.148.3–52.6	54.152.7–55.4	38.3
2064	50.548.6–52.9	54.452.9–55.7	38.4
2065	50.848.9–53.2	54.753.1–56	38.5
2066	51.249.3–53.5	5553.4–56.4	38.6
2067	51.649.5–53.9	55.353.6–56.7	38.7
2068	51.949.8–54.3	55.653.8–57.1	38.8
2069	52.349.9–54.7	55.954–57.4	38.9
2070	52.650–55.2	56.254.1–57.8	39
2071	52.950–55.6	56.654.3–58.2	39.1
2072	53.150–56	56.954.4–58.6	39.2
2073	53.249.9–56.5	57.154.4–59	39.3
2074	53.349.7–56.9	57.454.4–59.4	39.4
2075	53.449.5–57.3	57.654.3–59.8	39.5
2076	53.449.3–57.7	57.854.3–60.2	39.6
2077	53.349.1–58.1	57.954.1–60.6	39.7
2078	53.248.9–58.4	58.153.8–61	39.8
2079	5348.7–58.6	58.253.6–61.3	40
2080	52.948.5–58.9	58.353.5–61.7	40.1
2081	52.748.4–59.1	58.353.3–62	40.2
2082	52.548.3–59.3	58.253.1–62.3	40.3
2083	52.448.2–59.5	58.252.9–62.6	40.4
2084	52.248.1–59.6	58.252.8–62.9	40.5
2085	52.148.1–59.5	58.152.7–63.2	40.6
2086	52.148.1–59.5	5852.6–63.4	40.7
2087	5248.1–59.5	57.952.5–63.5	40.9
2088	5248.2–59.4	57.852.4–63.6	41
2089	5248.3–59.4	57.852.3–63.8	41.1
2090	52.148.4–59.3	57.752.3–63.9	41.2
2091	52.248.5–59.2	57.752.3–64	41.3
2092	52.348.6–59.1	57.752.3–64	41.4
2093	52.448.8–59	57.752.4–64	41.5
2094	52.549–58.9	57.752.4–64	41.6
2095	52.749.2–58.8	57.752.5–64	41.7
2096	52.949.4–58.8	57.752.6–64	41.8
2097	5349.5–58.7	57.852.6–64.1	41.9
2098	53.249.7–58.6	57.852.7–64.1	42
2099	53.449.8–58.6	57.952.8–64.1	42
2100	53.550–58.7	57.952.8–64.1	42.1

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Half the people are older than this age and half are younger.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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