Median age in Barbados

Median age in Barbados: 21.8 years in 1950 and 38.9 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 38.9 years
Since 1950: +17.2 years
Rank, 2023: 61 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 50.1 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 50.1 years in 2100, between 36.7 years and 72.9 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 38.9 years in 2023, the lowest 20.7 years in 1963.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Barbados	World
2023	38.9	30.4
2022	38.7	30.1
2021	38.4	29.8
2020	38.2	29.6
2019	37.9	29.3
2018	37.7	29
2017	37.5	28.8
2016	37.2	28.5
2015	37	28.3
2014	36.7	28.1
2013	36.4	27.8
2012	36.2	27.6
2011	35.9	27.4
2010	35.6	27.2
2009	35.3	27
2008	35	26.7
2007	34.6	26.5
2006	34.3	26.3
2005	33.9	26.1
2004	33.6	25.9
2003	33.3	25.7
2002	33	25.5
2001	32.7	25.3
2000	32.4	25.1
1999	32.1	24.9
1998	31.6	24.7
1997	31.2	24.4
1996	30.7	24.2
1995	30.3	24
1994	29.8	23.8
1993	29.4	23.5
1992	28.9	23.3
1991	28.5	23.1
1990	28.1	22.9
1989	27.7	22.8
1988	27.3	22.6
1987	27	22.4
1986	26.6	22.2
1985	26.2	22
1984	25.8	21.9
1983	25.5	21.8
1982	25.1	21.7
1981	24.7	21.6
1980	24.3	21.5
1979	23.9	21.3
1978	23.5	21.1
1977	23.1	21
1976	22.8	20.8
1975	22.4	20.7
1974	22.1	20.5
1973	21.9	20.4
1972	21.7	20.4
1971	21.5	20.3
1970	21.3	20.3
1969	21.1	20.3
1968	21	20.4
1967	20.8	20.5
1966	20.7	20.6
1965	20.7	20.8
1964	20.7	21
1963	20.7	21.2
1962	20.7	21.4
1961	20.7	21.4
1960	20.8	21.5
1959	20.9	21.5
1958	21	21.5
1957	21	21.6
1956	21	21.7
1955	21.1	21.8
1954	21.2	21.9
1953	21.3	22
1952	21.4	22.1
1951	21.6	22.1
1950	21.8	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Barbados	World
2024	39.239.1–39.2	30.6
2025	39.439.2–39.7	30.9
2026	39.739.2–40.1	31.1
2027	39.939.2–40.5	31.3
2028	40.139.2–41	31.6
2029	40.339.2–41.4	31.8
2030	40.539.1–41.8	32
2031	40.739.2–42.2	32.2
2032	40.939.2–42.7	32.4
2033	41.239.2–43.2	32.6
2034	41.439.1–43.7	32.8
2035	41.638.9–44.2	33
2036	41.838.8–44.7	33.2
2037	4238.7–45.3	33.4
2038	42.138.6–45.8	33.6
2039	42.338.5–46.4	33.8
2040	42.538.4–46.9	34
2041	42.638.3–47.5	34.2
2042	42.838.2–48	34.4
2043	4338.1–48.5	34.6
2044	43.238–49	34.8
2045	43.438–49.5	35
2046	43.637.9–50	35.2
2047	43.837.9–50.5	35.4
2048	4437.9–51.1	35.6
2049	44.237.8–51.6	35.9
2050	44.337.8–52.2	36.1
2051	44.537.7–52.7	36.3
2052	44.637.6–53.3	36.5
2053	44.837.6–53.9	36.7
2054	4537.5–54.5	36.9
2055	45.237.4–55.1	37.1
2056	45.437.3–55.7	37.3
2057	45.537.2–56.3	37.5
2058	45.637.2–57	37.6
2059	45.737.1–57.6	37.8
2060	45.837–58.2	37.9
2061	4636.9–58.9	38
2062	46.136.9–59.5	38.1
2063	46.236.9–60.2	38.3
2064	46.336.8–60.8	38.4
2065	46.436.8–61.5	38.5
2066	46.536.7–62.1	38.6
2067	46.736.7–62.8	38.7
2068	46.836.7–63.4	38.8
2069	46.936.7–64.1	38.9
2070	4736.7–64.8	39
2071	47.236.7–65.4	39.1
2072	47.336.7–66.1	39.2
2073	47.436.7–66.7	39.3
2074	47.536.7–67.3	39.4
2075	47.636.7–67.8	39.5
2076	47.836.7–68.4	39.6
2077	47.936.7–69	39.7
2078	4836.8–69.6	39.8
2079	48.136.8–70.1	40
2080	48.336.9–70.6	40.1
2081	48.436.9–71.1	40.2
2082	48.537–71.5	40.3
2083	48.637–71.9	40.4
2084	48.737–72.2	40.5
2085	48.837.1–72.5	40.6
2086	48.937.1–72.7	40.7
2087	4937.1–72.8	40.9
2088	49.137.1–72.9	41
2089	49.237.1–72.9	41.1
2090	49.337.1–73	41.2
2091	49.437.1–73	41.3
2092	49.537–73	41.4
2093	49.637–73	41.5
2094	49.637–73.1	41.6
2095	49.737–73.1	41.7
2096	49.836.9–73.2	41.8
2097	49.836.9–73.2	41.9
2098	49.936.9–73.1	42
2099	5036.8–73	42
2100	50.136.7–72.9	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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