Oman vs United Arab Emirates: Median age

Median age in 2023: 29.3 years in Oman and 31.2 years in United Arab Emirates, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 2 years, or 1.07 times that in Oman.

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1959, when it overtook Oman.
In 2023, Oman ranked 130 and United Arab Emirates ranked 120 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Oman at 35.5 years and United Arab Emirates at 34 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 30.4 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Oman	United Arab Emirates	World
2023	29.3	31.2	30.4
2022	29	30.9	30.1
2021	28.7	30.9	29.8
2020	28.8	30.9	29.6
2019	28.9	30.8	29.3
2018	28.8	30.8	29
2017	28.5	30.8	28.8
2016	28.2	30.8	28.5
2015	27.8	30.8	28.3
2014	27.5	30.8	28.1
2013	27.1	30.7	27.8
2012	26.6	30.7	27.6
2011	25.5	30.7	27.4
2010	24.2	30.7	27.2
2009	23.6	30.7	27
2008	23.1	30.6	26.7
2007	22.6	30.6	26.5
2006	22.1	30.4	26.3
2005	21.7	29.9	26.1
2004	21.3	29.3	25.9
2003	21	28.7	25.7
2002	20.6	28.1	25.5
2001	20.2	27.7	25.3
2000	19.9	27.3	25.1
1999	19.6	27.1	24.9
1998	19.3	27	24.7
1997	19.2	27	24.4
1996	19.1	27.2	24.2
1995	19.1	27	24
1994	19.1	26.4	23.8
1993	18.9	25.8	23.5
1992	18.3	25.4	23.3
1991	17.8	25	23.1
1990	17.3	24.9	22.9
1989	16.8	24.9	22.8
1988	16.4	25.1	22.6
1987	16	25.3	22.4
1986	15.7	25.6	22.2
1985	15.5	25.7	22
1984	15.4	25.5	21.9
1983	15.4	25.5	21.8
1982	15.4	25.4	21.7
1981	15.4	25.5	21.6
1980	15.4	25.2	21.5
1979	15.3	24.8	21.3
1978	15.3	24.5	21.1
1977	15.2	24.4	21
1976	15.2	24.6	20.8
1975	15.1	24.4	20.7
1974	15.2	23.7	20.5
1973	15.3	23.2	20.4
1972	15.5	22.6	20.4
1971	15.8	22.2	20.3
1970	16.1	22	20.3
1969	16.3	22.1	20.3
1968	16.6	22.5	20.4
1967	16.9	22.4	20.5
1966	17.3	21.6	20.6
1965	17.5	21	20.8
1964	17.5	20.5	21
1963	17.6	20	21.2
1962	17.6	19.5	21.4
1961	17.7	19.1	21.4
1960	17.8	18.6	21.5
1959	17.8	18.2	21.5
1958	17.8	17.8	21.5
1957	17.8	17.4	21.6
1956	17.8	17.1	21.7
1955	17.8	16.9	21.8
1954	17.8	16.7	21.9
1953	17.8	16.7	22
1952	17.8	16.8	22.1
1951	17.8	17.1	22.1
1950	17.8	17.5	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Oman	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	29.529.5–29.6	31.631.3–31.3	30.6
2025	29.729.7–30	31.630.9–30.9	30.9
2026	29.829.7–30.3	31.630.6–30.6	31.1
2027	29.929.6–30.5	31.730.4–30.5	31.3
2028	29.929.5–30.5	31.730.2–30.5	31.6
2029	29.929.3–30.5	31.730.2–30.5	31.8
2030	29.929.1–30.4	31.830.1–30.6	32
2031	29.928.9–30.3	31.830.1–30.8	32.2
2032	29.928.8–30.2	31.930.1–31	32.4
2033	29.928.8–30.1	31.930.2–31.2	32.6
2034	29.928.9–29.5	3230.3–31.5	32.8
2035	29.928.7–29.1	3230.5–31.8	33
2036	29.928–29.3	32.130.6–32.1	33.2
2037	3027.5–29.5	32.230.8–32.3	33.4
2038	3027.2–29.7	32.230.9–32.5	33.6
2039	30.126.9–29.9	32.331–32.5	33.8
2040	30.126.7–30.1	32.331.1–32.5	34
2041	30.226.5–30.3	32.331.3–32.5	34.2
2042	30.326.4–30.6	32.431.4–32.5	34.4
2043	30.426.3–30.8	32.431.5–32.5	34.6
2044	30.526.2–31.1	32.431.6–32.5	34.8
2045	30.726.1–31.3	32.431.7–32.5	35
2046	30.825.9–31.6	32.531.9–32.6	35.2
2047	3125.7–31.8	32.532–32.7	35.4
2048	31.225.4–32.1	32.532.2–32.7	35.6
2049	31.425.1–32.3	32.632.3–32.7	35.9
2050	31.524.9–32.5	32.632.5–32.8	36.1
2051	31.724.8–32.8	32.632.6–32.8	36.3
2052	31.824.6–33.1	32.632.7–32.8	36.5
2053	31.924.6–33.3	32.632.8–32.9	36.7
2054	3224.4–33.6	32.632.7–33	36.9
2055	32.124.3–33.8	32.732.7–33.1	37.1
2056	32.224.1–34	32.732.8–33.3	37.3
2057	32.323.8–34.3	32.732.8–33.5	37.5
2058	32.423.5–34.5	32.732.8–33.7	37.6
2059	32.523.2–34.7	32.732.8–33.8	37.8
2060	32.623.1–34.9	32.732.9–34	37.9
2061	32.723–35.2	32.732.9–34.2	38
2062	32.822.7–35.4	32.832.8–34.4	38.1
2063	32.922.6–35.7	32.832.8–34.5	38.3
2064	3322.4–35.9	32.832.8–34.7	38.4
2065	33.122.2–36.2	32.933–34.9	38.5
2066	33.221.9–36.4	32.933.1–35.1	38.6
2067	33.321.8–36.6	3333.3–35.3	38.7
2068	33.421.7–36.8	3333.5–35.5	38.8
2069	33.421.7–37	33.133.7–35.8	38.9
2070	33.521.7–37.1	33.134–35.9	39
2071	33.621.6–37.3	33.234.2–36.1	39.1
2072	33.621.6–37.5	33.334.4–36.3	39.2
2073	33.721.5–37.7	33.334.7–36.5	39.3
2074	33.821.5–37.9	33.434.9–36.7	39.4
2075	33.921.5–38.1	33.435.1–36.9	39.5
2076	33.921.4–38.3	33.535.3–37	39.6
2077	3421.4–38.4	33.535.4–37.2	39.7
2078	34.121.4–38.6	33.535.6–37.4	39.8
2079	34.121.5–38.7	33.635.8–37.6	40
2080	34.221.6–38.9	33.636–37.8	40.1
2081	34.321.6–39	33.736.2–38	40.2
2082	34.321.6–39.2	33.736.3–38.2	40.3
2083	34.421.7–39.3	33.736.4–38.4	40.4
2084	34.521.8–39.5	33.736.6–38.5	40.5
2085	34.521.8–39.7	33.736.7–38.7	40.6
2086	34.622–39.8	33.836.7–38.8	40.7
2087	34.722–40	33.836.5–38.9	40.9
2088	34.822.1–40.1	33.836.3–39	41
2089	34.822.2–40.2	33.836.1–39.1	41.1
2090	34.922.2–40.3	33.836–39.2	41.2
2091	3522.3–40.4	33.835.9–39.2	41.3
2092	3522.3–40.5	33.835.6–39.3	41.4
2093	35.122.4–40.6	33.835–39.4	41.5
2094	35.222.4–40.7	33.934.5–39.4	41.6
2095	35.222.5–40.9	33.934.3–39.5	41.7
2096	35.322.6–41	33.939.5–62.2	41.8
2097	35.422.8–41.2	33.939.5–65.2	41.9
2098	35.422.9–41.3	33.939.6–70.2	42
2099	35.523–41.4	33.939.6–81.6	42
2100	35.523.1–41.5	3439.6–61.2	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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