Cook Islands
Median age in Cook Islands
Median age in Cook Islands: 15.7 years in 1950 and 35.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 35.1 years
- Since 1950
- +19.4 years
- Rank, 2023
- 94 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 39 years and 41.2 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 35.1 years in 2023, the lowest 13.3 years in 1967.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Cook Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 35.1 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 34.1 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 33.3 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 32.7 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 32.5 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 32.1 | 29 |
| 2017 | 31.8 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 31.5 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 31.1 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 30.7 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 30.3 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 29.9 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 29.4 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 28.7 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 28 | 27 |
| 2008 | 27.3 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 26.7 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 26.1 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 25.7 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 25.3 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 24.8 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 24.4 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 24 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 23.5 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 23.1 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 22.5 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 22.1 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 21.7 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 21.5 | 24 |
| 1994 | 21.1 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 20.8 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 20.4 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 20.1 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 19.8 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 19.4 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 18.9 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 18.5 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 18.1 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 17.8 | 22 |
| 1984 | 17.5 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 17.1 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 16.7 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 16.2 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 15.8 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 15.4 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 14.9 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 14.4 | 21 |
| 1976 | 14.1 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 14 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 13.9 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 13.7 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 13.5 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 13.4 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 13.3 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 13.3 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 13.3 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 13.3 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 13.3 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 13.6 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 13.9 | 21 |
| 1963 | 14.2 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 14.5 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 14.8 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 15.1 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 15.5 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 15.7 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 15.9 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 15.8 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 15.7 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 15.7 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 15.6 | 22 |
| 1952 | 15.6 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 15.6 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 15.7 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Cook Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36.135.8–36.4 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 37.136.2–38.3 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 38.136.4–40.3 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 39.136.4–42.4 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 4036.2–44.4 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 40.835.9–46.2 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 41.535.3–47.6 | 32 |
| 2031 | 42.234.7–48.8 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 42.734–50.1 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 43.233.3–51.3 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 43.532.7–52.5 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 43.832.3–53.6 | 33 |
| 2036 | 4432.1–54.5 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 4431.9–55.5 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 43.731.9–56.4 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 42.931.9–57.2 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 38.732–58.1 | 34 |
| 2041 | 36.932.1–58.9 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 36.432.2–59.7 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 36.232.5–60.5 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 36.432.7–61.2 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 36.632.8–62 | 35 |
| 2046 | 36.833–62.7 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 37.133–63.3 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 37.533.1–63.9 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 37.933.2–64.5 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 38.333.3–64.9 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 38.733.3–65.3 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 39.133.4–65.6 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 39.533.5–65.7 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 39.933.7–65.9 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 40.333.8–66 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 40.733.9–65.5 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 41.134–64.4 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 41.634–54.3 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 4234.2–50.9 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 42.434.2–49.8 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 42.834.1–49.6 | 38 |
| 2062 | 43.134.2–49.5 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 43.534.2–49.4 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 43.834.2–49.2 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 44.134.1–48.8 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 44.434–48.5 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 44.534.1–47.8 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 44.634.1–46.7 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 44.634.1–45.5 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 44.334.2–44.1 | 39 |
| 2071 | 4434.3–43 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 43.634.3–42.4 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 43.234.4–41.9 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 42.834.4–41.5 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 42.534.5–41.1 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 42.434.5–40.8 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 42.334.6–40.5 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 42.334.7–40.3 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 42.334.8–40.1 | 40 |
| 2080 | 42.535–40.1 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 42.735.1–40.1 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 4335.2–40.1 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 43.335.3–40 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 43.735.6–40 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 4435.8–40.1 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 44.536.1–40.2 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 44.936.4–40.5 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 45.336.5–40.6 | 41 |
| 2089 | 45.836.7–40.8 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 46.236.8–40.9 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 46.737–41.1 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 47.137.2–41.3 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 47.637.5–41.5 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 4837.8–41.6 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 48.438.2–41.6 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 48.738.5–41.6 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 4938.7–41.5 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 49.338.8–41.4 | 42 |
| 2099 | 49.638.9–41.3 | 42 |
| 2100 | 49.739–41.2 | 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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