Jordan vs Syria: Median age

Median age in 2023: 24.3 years in Jordan and 22.3 years in Syria, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Jordan, by 2 years, or 1.09 times that in Syria.

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What the numbers say

Jordan has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Syria.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Jordan at 43.1 years and Syria at 43.3 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 30.4 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Jordan	Syria	World
2023	24.3	22.3	30.4
2022	23.9	21.6	30.1
2021	23.6	21	29.8
2020	23.3	20.4	29.6
2019	22.9	19.8	29.3
2018	22.5	19.1	29
2017	22.2	18.6	28.8
2016	21.8	18.4	28.5
2015	21.5	18.4	28.3
2014	21.3	19.1	28.1
2013	21.2	20.1	27.8
2012	21	20.8	27.6
2011	20.8	20.9	27.4
2010	20.6	20.7	27.2
2009	20.5	20.5	27
2008	20.3	20.3	26.7
2007	20.1	19.9	26.5
2006	19.9	19.2	26.3
2005	19.7	18.7	26.1
2004	19.5	18.4	25.9
2003	19.3	18.2	25.7
2002	19.2	17.9	25.5
2001	19.1	17.7	25.3
2000	19	17.5	25.1
1999	18.9	17.2	24.9
1998	18.8	17	24.7
1997	18.8	16.8	24.4
1996	18.7	16.6	24.2
1995	18.5	16.4	24
1994	18.3	16.2	23.8
1993	17.9	16	23.5
1992	17.5	15.8	23.3
1991	17	15.6	23.1
1990	16.1	15.4	22.9
1989	15.3	15.3	22.8
1988	15.2	15.2	22.6
1987	15	15	22.4
1986	14.9	14.9	22.2
1985	14.7	14.9	22
1984	14.6	14.8	21.9
1983	14.4	14.7	21.8
1982	14.3	14.6	21.7
1981	14.2	14.6	21.6
1980	14.1	14.5	21.5
1979	14	14.5	21.3
1978	13.9	14.6	21.1
1977	13.8	14.6	21
1976	13.8	14.6	20.8
1975	13.7	14.6	20.7
1974	13.7	14.6	20.5
1973	13.7	14.7	20.4
1972	13.8	14.7	20.4
1971	13.8	14.8	20.3
1970	13.9	14.8	20.3
1969	14	14.9	20.3
1968	14.1	15	20.4
1967	14.3	15.1	20.5
1966	14.4	15.3	20.6
1965	14.6	15.5	20.8
1964	14.9	15.6	21
1963	15.1	15.7	21.2
1962	15.4	15.9	21.4
1961	15.7	16.2	21.4
1960	16	16.5	21.5
1959	16.2	16.8	21.5
1958	16.4	17.1	21.5
1957	16.5	17.4	21.6
1956	16.6	17.7	21.7
1955	16.7	18	21.8
1954	16.8	18.3	21.9
1953	16.8	18.5	22
1952	16.9	18.8	22.1
1951	17	19	22.1
1950	17.1	19.2	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Jordan	Syria	World
2024	24.524.4–24.6	22.822.8–22.8	30.6
2025	24.724.4–24.9	23.323.3–23.4	30.9
2026	24.924.5–25.2	23.823.7–23.8	31.1
2027	25.124.6–25.5	24.324.2–24.3	31.3
2028	25.424.8–25.7	24.724.6–24.8	31.6
2029	25.625–26	25.125–25.2	31.8
2030	25.925.4–26.2	25.525.3–25.7	32
2031	26.225.7–26.5	25.925.7–26.2	32.2
2032	26.526–26.7	26.226.1–26.6	32.4
2033	26.826.3–27	26.626.4–27.1	32.6
2034	27.126.7–27.3	26.926.7–27.6	32.8
2035	27.427.1–27.5	27.326.9–28.2	33
2036	27.727.5–27.7	27.727.3–28.8	33.2
2037	28.127.9–28	28.127.6–29.4	33.4
2038	28.428.2–28.3	28.527.9–30	33.6
2039	28.728.5–28.6	28.928.2–30.7	33.8
2040	29.128.7–29	29.328.5–31.3	34
2041	29.428.9–29.5	29.728.7–32	34.2
2042	29.829.2–29.9	30.128.9–32.6	34.4
2043	30.129.4–30.4	30.529.2–33.3	34.6
2044	30.429.6–30.9	30.829.4–34	34.8
2045	30.729.8–31.3	31.229.6–34.8	35
2046	31.130.1–31.8	31.529.8–35.6	35.2
2047	31.430.3–32.3	31.730–36.2	35.4
2048	31.730.5–32.7	31.930–36.9	35.6
2049	3230.6–33.1	3230.1–37.5	35.9
2050	32.330.9–33.5	32.130.2–38.1	36.1
2051	32.631.1–33.9	32.230.3–38.8	36.3
2052	32.831.3–34.3	32.330.4–39.5	36.5
2053	33.131.5–34.7	32.430.6–40.3	36.7
2054	33.431.7–35	32.530.7–40.9	36.9
2055	33.731.9–35.4	32.730.8–41.5	37.1
2056	3432.1–35.8	32.930.9–42.1	37.3
2057	34.232.3–36	33.231–42.6	37.5
2058	34.532.4–36.3	33.431.2–43	37.6
2059	34.732.5–36.6	33.731.3–43.4	37.8
2060	34.932.7–36.8	34.131.5–42.6	37.9
2061	35.232.8–36.9	34.431.6–41.1	38
2062	35.433–37	34.731.8–40.9	38.1
2063	35.633.1–37.2	35.132.1–41	38.3
2064	35.833.3–37.4	35.432.3–41.3	38.4
2065	3633.4–37.6	35.732.6–41.9	38.5
2066	36.233.6–37.6	36.132.8–42.5	38.6
2067	36.433.9–37.7	36.533–43.1	38.7
2068	36.634.1–37.7	36.833.3–43.6	38.8
2069	36.934.3–37.9	37.233.5–44.1	38.9
2070	37.134.6–38.1	37.633.8–44.8	39
2071	37.334.8–38.2	37.934.1–45.5	39.1
2072	37.535–38.5	38.334.4–46	39.2
2073	37.835.2–38.8	38.734.7–46.6	39.3
2074	3835.4–39.1	3934.8–47.4	39.4
2075	38.235.7–39.5	39.334.9–47.9	39.5
2076	38.535.9–39.9	39.735–48.1	39.6
2077	38.736.2–40.3	4035.1–48.3	39.7
2078	3936.4–40.7	40.335.2–48.7	39.8
2079	39.236.6–41.1	40.635.3–49	40
2080	39.536.8–41.5	40.835.5–49.3	40.1
2081	39.737–41.7	4135.7–49.7	40.2
2082	39.937.1–41.9	41.235.8–50	40.3
2083	40.237.3–42.3	41.436–50.3	40.4
2084	40.437.6–42.7	41.536.1–50.6	40.5
2085	40.737.8–43	41.636.2–50.6	40.6
2086	40.938–43.3	41.736.3–50.7	40.7
2087	41.138.2–43.7	41.936.4–50.8	40.9
2088	41.338.3–44	41.936.5–50.7	41
2089	41.538.4–44.1	4236.6–50.1	41.1
2090	41.738.6–44.3	42.136.7–49	41.2
2091	41.838.7–44.3	42.136.7–47.5	41.3
2092	4238.8–44.2	42.236.8–46.4	41.4
2093	42.238.8–44.1	42.336.8–45.4	41.5
2094	42.338.9–43.9	42.437–44.7	41.6
2095	42.539–43.6	42.537.1–44.1	41.7
2096	42.639.1–43.4	42.637.1–43.7	41.8
2097	42.839.2–43.4	42.737.1–43.5	41.9
2098	42.939.3–43.3	42.937.2–43.4	42
2099	4339.4–43.3	43.137.4–43.4	42
2100	43.139.6–43.4	43.337.6–43.2	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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