Median age in Bahrain

Median age in Bahrain: 17.9 years in 1950 and 32.9 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 32.9 years
Since 1950: +15 years
Rank, 2023: 107 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 36.6 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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years · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 36.6 years in 2100, between 35.1 years and 39.7 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 32.9 years in 2023, the lowest 16 years in 1968.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Bahrain	World
2023	32.9	30.4
2022	31.7	30.1
2021	30.6	29.8
2020	31	29.6
2019	31.2	29.3
2018	30.7	29
2017	30.4	28.8
2016	30.2	28.5
2015	30	28.3
2014	29.9	28.1
2013	29.7	27.8
2012	29.5	27.6
2011	29.2	27.4
2010	29	27.2
2009	28.5	27
2008	27.9	26.7
2007	27.3	26.5
2006	26.8	26.3
2005	26.4	26.1
2004	26	25.9
2003	25.8	25.7
2002	25.8	25.5
2001	25.8	25.3
2000	25.6	25.1
1999	25.2	24.9
1998	24.9	24.7
1997	24.6	24.4
1996	24.4	24.2
1995	24.3	24
1994	24.2	23.8
1993	24.2	23.5
1992	24.2	23.3
1991	24.1	23.1
1990	23.7	22.9
1989	23.3	22.8
1988	23	22.6
1987	22.7	22.4
1986	22.4	22.2
1985	22.1	22
1984	21.9	21.9
1983	21.7	21.8
1982	21.5	21.7
1981	21.3	21.6
1980	20.9	21.5
1979	20.3	21.3
1978	19.7	21.1
1977	19.2	21
1976	18.6	20.8
1975	18.1	20.7
1974	17.7	20.5
1973	17.2	20.4
1972	16.8	20.4
1971	16.5	20.3
1970	16.2	20.3
1969	16	20.3
1968	16	20.4
1967	16.2	20.5
1966	16.6	20.6
1965	17	20.8
1964	17.2	21
1963	17.3	21.2
1962	17.4	21.4
1961	17.6	21.4
1960	17.7	21.5
1959	17.8	21.5
1958	17.8	21.5
1957	17.9	21.6
1956	18	21.7
1955	18	21.8
1954	18	21.9
1953	18	22
1952	18	22.1
1951	18	22.1
1950	17.9	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Bahrain	World
2024	33.333.1–33.1	30.6
2025	33.432.8–32.9	30.9
2026	33.432.6–32.7	31.1
2027	33.532.5–32.6	31.3
2028	33.632.5–32.6	31.6
2029	33.632.4–32.5	31.8
2030	33.732.4–32.4	32
2031	33.732.3–32.4	32.2
2032	33.732.3–32.4	32.4
2033	33.832.2–32.5	32.6
2034	33.832.2–32.5	32.8
2035	33.832.1–32.6	33
2036	33.932.2–32.7	33.2
2037	33.932.3–32.8	33.4
2038	33.932.4–33	33.6
2039	3432.6–33.1	33.8
2040	34.132.7–33.2	34
2041	34.132.9–33.4	34.2
2042	34.233.1–33.6	34.4
2043	34.333.2–33.8	34.6
2044	34.433.4–34	34.8
2045	34.533.6–34.1	35
2046	34.633.7–34.3	35.2
2047	34.733.9–34.4	35.4
2048	34.834–34.5	35.6
2049	34.934.2–34.7	35.9
2050	3534.3–34.9	36.1
2051	3534.5–35	36.3
2052	35.134.6–35.2	36.5
2053	35.234.7–35.3	36.7
2054	35.334.8–35.5	36.9
2055	35.334.9–35.6	37.1
2056	35.435–35.7	37.3
2057	35.435–35.9	37.5
2058	35.435.1–36.1	37.6
2059	35.435.1–36.2	37.8
2060	35.535.2–36.4	37.9
2061	35.535.2–36.5	38
2062	35.535.3–36.6	38.1
2063	35.635.3–36.8	38.3
2064	35.635.3–36.9	38.4
2065	35.735.3–37	38.5
2066	35.735.3–37.1	38.6
2067	35.735.3–37.2	38.7
2068	35.835.3–37.3	38.8
2069	35.835.3–37.4	38.9
2070	35.835.2–37.6	39
2071	35.935.2–37.7	39.1
2072	35.935.1–37.9	39.2
2073	3635.1–38	39.3
2074	3635.1–38.2	39.4
2075	3635.1–38.2	39.5
2076	36.135.1–38.3	39.6
2077	36.135.1–38.4	39.7
2078	36.235.2–38.4	39.8
2079	36.235.2–38.5	40
2080	36.235.2–38.6	40.1
2081	36.335.2–38.6	40.2
2082	36.335.3–38.7	40.3
2083	36.335.4–38.8	40.4
2084	36.435.4–38.9	40.5
2085	36.435.4–38.9	40.6
2086	36.435.4–39	40.7
2087	36.435.4–39.1	40.9
2088	36.535.3–39.2	41
2089	36.535.2–39.2	41.1
2090	36.535.2–39.3	41.2
2091	36.535.3–39.3	41.3
2092	36.535.3–39.4	41.4
2093	36.535.3–39.5	41.5
2094	36.635.3–39.5	41.6
2095	36.635.3–39.5	41.7
2096	36.635.3–39.6	41.8
2097	36.635.4–39.6	41.9
2098	36.635.3–39.6	42
2099	36.635.2–39.6	42
2100	36.635.1–39.7	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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