Median age in Cape Verde

Median age in Cape Verde: 16.9 years in 1950 and 27.9 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 27.9 years
Since 1950: +11 years
Rank, 2023: 143 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 53.4 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 53.4 years in 2100, between 38.9 years and 62.4 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 27.9 years in 2023, the lowest 15 years in 1980.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Cape Verde	World
2023	27.9	30.4
2022	27.3	30.1
2021	26.8	29.8
2020	26.4	29.6
2019	26	29.3
2018	25.6	29
2017	25.2	28.8
2016	24.7	28.5
2015	24.2	28.3
2014	23.7	28.1
2013	23.1	27.8
2012	22.6	27.6
2011	22	27.4
2010	21.5	27.2
2009	21	27
2008	20.6	26.7
2007	20.2	26.5
2006	19.8	26.3
2005	19.3	26.1
2004	18.9	25.9
2003	18.5	25.7
2002	18.1	25.5
2001	17.8	25.3
2000	17.5	25.1
1999	17.2	24.9
1998	17	24.7
1997	16.7	24.4
1996	16.6	24.2
1995	16.4	24
1994	16.3	23.8
1993	16.1	23.5
1992	16	23.3
1991	16	23.1
1990	15.9	22.9
1989	15.8	22.8
1988	15.8	22.6
1987	15.7	22.4
1986	15.6	22.2
1985	15.5	22
1984	15.4	21.9
1983	15.3	21.8
1982	15.2	21.7
1981	15.1	21.6
1980	15	21.5
1979	15.1	21.3
1978	15.3	21.1
1977	15.5	21
1976	15.7	20.8
1975	15.9	20.7
1974	16	20.5
1973	16	20.4
1972	16.1	20.4
1971	16.1	20.3
1970	16	20.3
1969	16	20.3
1968	15.9	20.4
1967	15.8	20.5
1966	15.9	20.6
1965	16	20.8
1964	16.3	21
1963	16.6	21.2
1962	17	21.4
1961	17.5	21.4
1960	17.9	21.5
1959	18	21.5
1958	18	21.5
1957	17.8	21.6
1956	17.6	21.7
1955	17.4	21.8
1954	17.3	21.9
1953	17.2	22
1952	17.1	22.1
1951	17	22.1
1950	16.9	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Cape Verde	World
2024	28.428.4–28.5	30.6
2025	2928.8–29.2	30.9
2026	29.529.2–29.8	31.1
2027	3029.6–30.6	31.3
2028	30.629.9–31.3	31.6
2029	31.130.3–32	31.8
2030	31.630.6–32.8	32
2031	3230.9–33.5	32.2
2032	32.531.2–34.3	32.4
2033	3331.4–35.1	32.6
2034	33.431.7–35.9	32.8
2035	33.931.9–36.7	33
2036	34.332.2–37.5	33.2
2037	34.732.5–38.3	33.4
2038	35.232.8–39.1	33.6
2039	35.633.1–39.9	33.8
2040	3633.4–40.7	34
2041	36.533.7–41.5	34.2
2042	3734–42.4	34.4
2043	37.434.2–43.2	34.6
2044	37.934.5–44.1	34.8
2045	38.434.7–44.9	35
2046	38.935–45.8	35.2
2047	39.435.2–46.6	35.4
2048	39.835.5–47.5	35.6
2049	40.335.8–48.4	35.9
2050	40.836–49.2	36.1
2051	41.336.2–50	36.3
2052	41.836.5–50.9	36.5
2053	42.336.7–51.7	36.7
2054	42.837–52.6	36.9
2055	43.337.2–53.5	37.1
2056	43.837.4–54.3	37.3
2057	44.337.6–55.2	37.5
2058	44.837.7–56.1	37.6
2059	45.337.9–57	37.8
2060	45.838–57.9	37.9
2061	46.338–58.7	38
2062	46.838.1–59.5	38.1
2063	47.338.2–60.2	38.3
2064	47.838.2–60.8	38.4
2065	48.338.3–61.5	38.5
2066	48.838.3–62.1	38.6
2067	49.238.3–62.7	38.7
2068	49.738.3–63.4	38.8
2069	50.138.3–64	38.9
2070	50.638.4–64.6	39
2071	5138.4–65.2	39.1
2072	51.438.4–65.7	39.2
2073	51.738.5–66.2	39.3
2074	51.938.6–66.7	39.4
2075	5238.7–67.1	39.5
2076	5238.7–67.5	39.6
2077	5238.7–67.9	39.7
2078	5238.6–68.3	39.8
2079	52.138.6–68.6	40
2080	52.138.6–69	40.1
2081	52.138.7–69.4	40.2
2082	52.138.7–69.8	40.3
2083	52.238.8–70.1	40.4
2084	52.238.8–70.5	40.5
2085	52.238.9–70.9	40.6
2086	52.339–71.3	40.7
2087	52.339.1–71.7	40.9
2088	52.439.1–72	41
2089	52.539.1–72.4	41.1
2090	52.539.2–72.8	41.2
2091	52.639.1–73.2	41.3
2092	52.739.1–73.6	41.4
2093	52.839.1–74	41.5
2094	52.939.1–74.3	41.6
2095	5339.2–74.7	41.7
2096	53.139.1–74.8	41.8
2097	53.239–73.4	41.9
2098	53.338.9–68.8	42
2099	53.338.9–65.2	42
2100	53.438.9–62.4	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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