Median age in Estonia

Median age in Estonia: 29 years in 1950 and 41.9 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 41.9 years
Since 1950: +12.9 years
Rank, 2023: 37 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 52.1 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 52.1 years in 2100, between 45.5 years and 63.2 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 41.9 years in 2023, the lowest 28.7 years in 1952.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Estonia	World
2023	41.9	30.4
2022	41.6	30.1
2021	41.5	29.8
2020	41.4	29.6
2019	41.2	29.3
2018	41.1	29
2017	40.9	28.8
2016	40.7	28.5
2015	40.6	28.3
2014	40.4	28.1
2013	40.2	27.8
2012	39.8	27.6
2011	39.5	27.4
2010	39.3	27.2
2009	39	27
2008	38.8	26.7
2007	38.7	26.5
2006	38.5	26.3
2005	38.3	26.1
2004	38.1	25.9
2003	37.9	25.7
2002	37.6	25.5
2001	37.3	25.3
2000	37.1	25.1
1999	36.7	24.9
1998	36.3	24.7
1997	36	24.4
1996	35.7	24.2
1995	35.3	24
1994	35	23.8
1993	34.6	23.5
1992	34.1	23.3
1991	33.6	23.1
1990	33.3	22.9
1989	33.2	22.8
1988	33	22.6
1987	33	22.4
1986	33	22.2
1985	32.9	22
1984	32.9	21.9
1983	32.9	21.8
1982	32.8	21.7
1981	32.7	21.6
1980	32.7	21.5
1979	32.8	21.3
1978	33	21.1
1977	33.3	21
1976	33.4	20.8
1975	33.4	20.7
1974	33.2	20.5
1973	33.1	20.4
1972	33	20.4
1971	32.8	20.3
1970	32.7	20.3
1969	32.6	20.3
1968	32.5	20.4
1967	32.4	20.5
1966	32.3	20.6
1965	32.1	20.8
1964	31.9	21
1963	31.7	21.2
1962	31.5	21.4
1961	31.3	21.4
1960	31.1	21.5
1959	30.9	21.5
1958	30.1	21.5
1957	29.3	21.6
1956	29.1	21.7
1955	28.9	21.8
1954	28.8	21.9
1953	28.7	22
1952	28.7	22.1
1951	28.8	22.1
1950	29	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Estonia	World
2024	42.342.2–42.3	30.6
2025	42.842.6–42.9	30.9
2026	43.243–43.5	31.1
2027	43.643.2–43.9	31.3
2028	43.943.5–44.4	31.6
2029	44.343.7–44.8	31.8
2030	44.743.9–45.3	32
2031	4544.2–45.8	32.2
2032	45.444.4–46.3	32.4
2033	45.844.7–46.8	32.6
2034	46.244.9–47.3	32.8
2035	46.645.2–47.7	33
2036	46.945.4–48.2	33.2
2037	47.345.6–48.7	33.4
2038	47.745.7–49.2	33.6
2039	4845.7–49.7	33.8
2040	48.345.7–50.2	34
2041	48.645.5–50.7	34.2
2042	48.745.3–51.2	34.4
2043	48.945.1–51.7	34.6
2044	48.944.8–52.1	34.8
2045	48.944.5–52.5	35
2046	48.944.3–52.9	35.2
2047	48.844.1–53.3	35.4
2048	48.644–53.6	35.6
2049	48.543.9–53.9	35.9
2050	48.443.8–54.1	36.1
2051	48.343.8–54.3	36.3
2052	48.243.9–54.4	36.5
2053	48.243.9–54.5	36.7
2054	48.244–54.5	36.9
2055	48.344.1–54.6	37.1
2056	48.544.2–54.6	37.3
2057	48.744.3–54.7	37.5
2058	48.944.4–54.7	37.6
2059	49.144.5–54.8	37.8
2060	49.444.6–54.9	37.9
2061	49.644.6–55.1	38
2062	49.844.7–55.3	38.1
2063	5044.9–55.6	38.3
2064	50.245–55.9	38.4
2065	50.345.1–56.2	38.5
2066	50.545.2–56.6	38.6
2067	50.745.3–57	38.7
2068	50.945.3–57.3	38.8
2069	5145.3–57.7	38.9
2070	51.245.2–58	39
2071	51.445.2–58.3	39.1
2072	51.645.1–58.6	39.2
2073	51.745–58.8	39.3
2074	51.844.9–59.1	39.4
2075	51.844.9–59.3	39.5
2076	51.844.8–59.6	39.6
2077	51.744.7–59.9	39.7
2078	51.544.7–60.2	39.8
2079	51.444.6–60.6	40
2080	51.344.6–61	40.1
2081	51.144.6–61.4	40.2
2082	5144.6–61.8	40.3
2083	50.944.6–62.1	40.4
2084	50.844.6–62.5	40.5
2085	50.744.6–62.9	40.6
2086	50.744.6–63.2	40.7
2087	50.644.7–63.4	40.9
2088	50.744.7–63.5	41
2089	50.744.8–63.6	41.1
2090	50.844.8–63.7	41.2
2091	50.944.9–63.8	41.3
2092	5144.9–63.9	41.4
2093	51.145–63.9	41.5
2094	51.245.1–63.8	41.6
2095	51.445.2–63.8	41.7
2096	51.545.3–63.7	41.8
2097	51.745.4–63.5	41.9
2098	51.845.5–63.4	42
2099	5245.5–63.3	42
2100	52.145.5–63.2	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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