Equatorial Guinea vs Gabon: Median age

Median age in 2023: 21 years in Equatorial Guinea and 21.5 years in Gabon, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Gabon, by 0.5 years, or 1.02 times that in Equatorial Guinea.

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What the numbers say

Gabon has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Equatorial Guinea.
In 2023, Equatorial Guinea ranked 178 and Gabon ranked 176 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Equatorial Guinea at 35 years and Gabon at 34.9 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 30.4 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Equatorial Guinea	Gabon	World
2023	21	21.5	30.4
2022	21	21.5	30.1
2021	21.1	21.5	29.8
2020	21.1	21.5	29.6
2019	21.2	21.5	29.3
2018	21.1	21.4	29
2017	21.1	21.4	28.8
2016	21	21.3	28.5
2015	20.9	21.2	28.3
2014	20.8	21.1	28.1
2013	20.7	20.9	27.8
2012	20.5	20.6	27.6
2011	20.4	20.4	27.4
2010	20.2	20.2	27.2
2009	19.9	20	27
2008	19.7	19.8	26.7
2007	19.4	19.5	26.5
2006	19.1	19.3	26.3
2005	18.9	19.1	26.1
2004	18.6	18.9	25.9
2003	18.4	18.7	25.7
2002	18.2	18.5	25.5
2001	18	18.4	25.3
2000	17.9	18.2	25.1
1999	17.9	18.1	24.9
1998	17.9	18	24.7
1997	17.9	17.9	24.4
1996	17.9	17.8	24.2
1995	18	17.7	24
1994	18.1	17.7	23.8
1993	18.2	17.7	23.5
1992	18.3	17.7	23.3
1991	18.5	17.8	23.1
1990	18.7	17.9	22.9
1989	18.8	18	22.8
1988	18.9	18.1	22.6
1987	19	18.3	22.4
1986	19	18.5	22.2
1985	18.9	18.7	22
1984	18.7	18.9	21.9
1983	18.3	19.1	21.8
1982	18.1	19.4	21.7
1981	18.2	19.6	21.6
1980	18.3	19.9	21.5
1979	18.4	20.2	21.3
1978	18.5	20.5	21.1
1977	18.6	20.8	21
1976	18.8	21.1	20.8
1975	18.9	21.5	20.7
1974	19	21.8	20.5
1973	19.1	22.1	20.4
1972	19.2	22.5	20.4
1971	19.2	22.8	20.3
1970	19.3	23.1	20.3
1969	19.5	23.5	20.3
1968	19.6	23.8	20.4
1967	19.8	24.2	20.5
1966	19.9	24.6	20.6
1965	20.1	24.9	20.8
1964	20.2	25.2	21
1963	20.4	25.5	21.2
1962	20.5	25.7	21.4
1961	20.7	26	21.4
1960	20.9	26.2	21.5
1959	21.1	26.4	21.5
1958	21.2	26.5	21.5
1957	21.4	26.7	21.6
1956	21.6	26.8	21.7
1955	21.7	26.9	21.8
1954	21.8	26.9	21.9
1953	22	27	22
1952	22.2	27	22.1
1951	22.3	27.1	22.1
1950	22.5	27.1	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Equatorial Guinea	Gabon	World
2024	20.920.8–21	21.521.4–21.6	30.6
2025	20.920.6–21.1	21.521.3–21.7	30.9
2026	20.920.5–21.1	21.621.2–21.8	31.1
2027	20.920.4–21.2	21.621.1–21.9	31.3
2028	2120.5–21.2	21.721.1–22	31.6
2029	21.120.6–21.3	21.821.1–22.2	31.8
2030	21.220.7–21.3	21.921.1–22.4	32
2031	21.320.8–21.3	2221.1–22.5	32.2
2032	21.421–21.3	22.221.2–22.7	32.4
2033	21.621.3–21.4	22.421.3–22.9	32.6
2034	21.721.4–21.5	22.521.4–23.2	32.8
2035	21.921.3–21.7	22.721.5–23.4	33
2036	22.121.3–21.9	22.921.6–23.7	33.2
2037	22.221.3–22.1	23.121.7–23.9	33.4
2038	22.421.3–22.3	23.321.8–24.2	33.6
2039	22.621.4–22.5	23.521.9–24.4	33.8
2040	22.721.5–22.8	23.722–24.7	34
2041	22.921.6–23.1	23.922.1–24.9	34.2
2042	23.121.8–23.3	24.122.2–25.2	34.4
2043	23.222–23.5	24.322.3–25.4	34.6
2044	23.422.2–23.7	24.522.4–25.7	34.8
2045	23.522.3–23.9	24.722.5–25.9	35
2046	23.722.4–24	24.922.6–26.2	35.2
2047	23.922.4–24.2	25.122.7–26.4	35.4
2048	2422.2–24.3	25.222.8–26.7	35.6
2049	24.221.9–24.4	25.422.9–27	35.9
2050	24.421.8–24.6	25.623.1–27.2	36.1
2051	24.521.7–24.8	25.823.2–27.5	36.3
2052	24.721.6–24.9	25.923.3–27.7	36.5
2053	24.921.5–25.2	26.123.4–27.9	36.7
2054	25.121.5–25.4	26.323.5–28	36.9
2055	25.321.5–25.6	26.423.6–28.2	37.1
2056	25.521.5–25.8	26.623.8–28.3	37.3
2057	25.721.6–26.1	26.723.9–28.4	37.5
2058	25.921.7–26.3	26.924–28.6	37.6
2059	26.121.8–26.5	27.124.2–28.7	37.8
2060	26.321.9–26.7	27.324.3–28.8	37.9
2061	26.521.9–26.9	27.424.4–28.9	38
2062	26.722–27	27.624.5–29	38.1
2063	26.922.1–27.2	27.824.7–29.1	38.3
2064	27.122.3–27.4	2824.8–29.2	38.4
2065	27.322.4–27.6	28.124.9–29.3	38.5
2066	27.522.6–27.9	28.325.1–29.5	38.6
2067	27.722.7–28.1	28.525.2–29.6	38.7
2068	27.922.8–28.3	28.725.3–29.8	38.8
2069	28.223–28.5	28.925.4–29.9	38.9
2070	28.423.2–28.7	29.125.6–30.1	39
2071	28.623.3–28.9	29.325.7–30.2	39.1
2072	28.823.5–29.1	29.525.8–30.4	39.2
2073	29.123.6–29.3	29.726–30.6	39.3
2074	29.323.8–29.6	29.926.1–30.7	39.4
2075	29.524–29.7	30.126.2–30.9	39.5
2076	29.724.2–29.9	30.326.3–31.1	39.6
2077	3024.4–30.1	30.526.4–31.3	39.7
2078	30.224.6–30.3	30.726.6–31.5	39.8
2079	30.424.7–30.5	30.926.7–31.7	40
2080	30.724.9–30.8	31.126.8–32	40.1
2081	30.925.1–31	31.326.9–32.2	40.2
2082	31.125.3–31.3	31.527–32.3	40.3
2083	31.425.5–31.5	31.727.1–32.5	40.4
2084	31.625.8–31.8	31.927.2–32.7	40.5
2085	31.826.1–32	32.227.3–32.9	40.6
2086	32.126.3–32.2	32.427.4–33.1	40.7
2087	32.326.5–32.2	32.627.5–33.3	40.9
2088	32.526.7–32.2	32.727.7–33.5	41
2089	32.727–32.3	32.927.8–33.7	41.1
2090	32.927.3–32.4	33.127.9–33.9	41.2
2091	33.227.6–32.5	33.328–34	41.3
2092	33.427.9–32.7	33.528.1–34.2	41.4
2093	33.628.2–32.8	33.728.2–34.4	41.5
2094	33.828.5–33	33.928.3–34.6	41.6
2095	3428.8–33.1	34.128.4–34.8	41.7
2096	34.229–33.3	34.228.5–35	41.8
2097	34.429.3–33.5	34.428.6–35.2	41.9
2098	34.629.6–33.8	34.628.8–35.3	42
2099	34.829.8–34.1	34.828.9–35.4	42
2100	3530.1–34.3	34.929–35.4	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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