Bhutan
Median age in Bhutan
Median age in Bhutan: 17 years in 1950 and 29.4 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 29.4 years
- Since 1950
- +12.4 years
- Rank, 2023
- 129 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 49.7 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 49.7 years in 2100, between 45.9 years and 48.2 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Bhutan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 29.4 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 28.8 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 28.2 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 27.7 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 27.1 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 26.5 | 29 |
| 2017 | 25.9 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 25.4 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 24.9 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 24.5 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 24.1 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 23.7 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 23.4 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 23 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 22.6 | 27 |
| 2008 | 22.2 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 21.9 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 21.5 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 21.1 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 20.7 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 20.2 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 19.8 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 19.4 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 19 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 18.7 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 18.5 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 18.2 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 18 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 17.8 | 24 |
| 1994 | 17.7 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 17.6 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 17.5 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 17.5 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 17.5 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 17.4 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 17.4 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 17.4 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 17.5 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 17.5 | 22 |
| 1984 | 17.5 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 17.6 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 17.6 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 17.7 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 17.8 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 17.9 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 17.9 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 18 | 21 |
| 1976 | 18 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 18.1 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 18.1 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 18.2 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 18.2 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 18.3 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 18.3 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 18.3 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 18.3 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 18.2 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 18.2 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 18.1 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 18 | 21 |
| 1963 | 17.9 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 17.9 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 17.8 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 17.7 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 17.7 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 17.6 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 17.6 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 17.5 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 17.4 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 17.3 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 17.2 | 22 |
| 1952 | 17.2 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 17.1 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 17 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Bhutan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29.929.8–30.1 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 30.530.2–30.8 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 3130.5–31.6 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 31.530.8–32.4 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 3231.2–33.1 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 32.531.5–33.9 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 3331.8–34.7 | 32 |
| 2031 | 33.532.1–35.5 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 3432.4–36.3 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 34.432.7–37.1 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 34.933–37.8 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 35.333.3–38.6 | 33 |
| 2036 | 35.833.7–39.4 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 36.234–40.1 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 36.734.3–40.9 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 37.134.6–41.6 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 37.635–42.4 | 34 |
| 2041 | 38.135.4–43.2 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 38.535.8–43.9 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 3936.1–44.5 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 39.536.5–45.2 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 39.936.8–45.9 | 35 |
| 2046 | 40.437.2–46.5 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 40.937.5–47.2 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 41.337.9–47.8 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 41.838.3–48.5 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 42.238.7–49 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 42.639.1–49.5 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 4339.6–50.1 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 43.440–50.7 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 43.840.3–51.2 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 44.240.7–51.7 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 44.641–52.1 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 4541.3–52.6 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 45.441.5–53.1 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 45.841.8–53.6 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 46.142–54 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 46.542.3–54.3 | 38 |
| 2062 | 46.842.5–54.7 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 47.142.7–55 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 47.342.8–55.3 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 47.643–55.6 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 47.843.2–55.9 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 47.943.4–56.2 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 4843.5–56.5 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 48.143.5–56.8 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 48.143.6–57.1 | 39 |
| 2071 | 48.243.7–57.3 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 48.343.9–57.6 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 48.444.1–57.8 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 48.544.1–58 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 48.644.2–58.1 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 48.744.2–58 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 48.744.2–57.6 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 48.744.3–57 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 48.844.4–56.8 | 40 |
| 2080 | 48.944.5–56.6 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 48.944.6–56.4 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 4944.7–56.2 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 4944.7–56.1 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 49.144.8–55.9 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 49.144.9–55.6 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 49.244.9–55.3 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 49.345–54.8 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 49.345.2–54.3 | 41 |
| 2089 | 49.445.3–53.7 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 49.545.4–53.1 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 49.645.5–52.5 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 49.645.6–52 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 49.745.6–51.4 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 49.745.6–50.9 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 49.745.7–50.5 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 49.745.8–50 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 49.745.8–49.6 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 49.745.9–49.1 | 42 |
| 2099 | 49.745.9–48.5 | 42 |
| 2100 | 49.745.9–48.2 | 42.1 |
Good to know
- 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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