Median age in Gabon

Median age in Gabon: 27.1 years in 1950 and 21.5 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 21.5 years
Since 1950: −5.6 years
Rank, 2023: 176 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 34.9 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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years · UN

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What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 34.9 years in 2100, between 29 years and 35.4 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 27.1 years in 1950, the lowest 17.7 years in 1994.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Gabon	World
2023	21.5	30.4
2022	21.5	30.1
2021	21.5	29.8
2020	21.5	29.6
2019	21.5	29.3
2018	21.4	29
2017	21.4	28.8
2016	21.3	28.5
2015	21.2	28.3
2014	21.1	28.1
2013	20.9	27.8
2012	20.6	27.6
2011	20.4	27.4
2010	20.2	27.2
2009	20	27
2008	19.8	26.7
2007	19.5	26.5
2006	19.3	26.3
2005	19.1	26.1
2004	18.9	25.9
2003	18.7	25.7
2002	18.5	25.5
2001	18.4	25.3
2000	18.2	25.1
1999	18.1	24.9
1998	18	24.7
1997	17.9	24.4
1996	17.8	24.2
1995	17.7	24
1994	17.7	23.8
1993	17.7	23.5
1992	17.7	23.3
1991	17.8	23.1
1990	17.9	22.9
1989	18	22.8
1988	18.1	22.6
1987	18.3	22.4
1986	18.5	22.2
1985	18.7	22
1984	18.9	21.9
1983	19.1	21.8
1982	19.4	21.7
1981	19.6	21.6
1980	19.9	21.5
1979	20.2	21.3
1978	20.5	21.1
1977	20.8	21
1976	21.1	20.8
1975	21.5	20.7
1974	21.8	20.5
1973	22.1	20.4
1972	22.5	20.4
1971	22.8	20.3
1970	23.1	20.3
1969	23.5	20.3
1968	23.8	20.4
1967	24.2	20.5
1966	24.6	20.6
1965	24.9	20.8
1964	25.2	21
1963	25.5	21.2
1962	25.7	21.4
1961	26	21.4
1960	26.2	21.5
1959	26.4	21.5
1958	26.5	21.5
1957	26.7	21.6
1956	26.8	21.7
1955	26.9	21.8
1954	26.9	21.9
1953	27	22
1952	27	22.1
1951	27.1	22.1
1950	27.1	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Gabon	World
2024	21.521.4–21.6	30.6
2025	21.521.3–21.7	30.9
2026	21.621.2–21.8	31.1
2027	21.621.1–21.9	31.3
2028	21.721.1–22	31.6
2029	21.821.1–22.2	31.8
2030	21.921.1–22.4	32
2031	2221.1–22.5	32.2
2032	22.221.2–22.7	32.4
2033	22.421.3–22.9	32.6
2034	22.521.4–23.2	32.8
2035	22.721.5–23.4	33
2036	22.921.6–23.7	33.2
2037	23.121.7–23.9	33.4
2038	23.321.8–24.2	33.6
2039	23.521.9–24.4	33.8
2040	23.722–24.7	34
2041	23.922.1–24.9	34.2
2042	24.122.2–25.2	34.4
2043	24.322.3–25.4	34.6
2044	24.522.4–25.7	34.8
2045	24.722.5–25.9	35
2046	24.922.6–26.2	35.2
2047	25.122.7–26.4	35.4
2048	25.222.8–26.7	35.6
2049	25.422.9–27	35.9
2050	25.623.1–27.2	36.1
2051	25.823.2–27.5	36.3
2052	25.923.3–27.7	36.5
2053	26.123.4–27.9	36.7
2054	26.323.5–28	36.9
2055	26.423.6–28.2	37.1
2056	26.623.8–28.3	37.3
2057	26.723.9–28.4	37.5
2058	26.924–28.6	37.6
2059	27.124.2–28.7	37.8
2060	27.324.3–28.8	37.9
2061	27.424.4–28.9	38
2062	27.624.5–29	38.1
2063	27.824.7–29.1	38.3
2064	2824.8–29.2	38.4
2065	28.124.9–29.3	38.5
2066	28.325.1–29.5	38.6
2067	28.525.2–29.6	38.7
2068	28.725.3–29.8	38.8
2069	28.925.4–29.9	38.9
2070	29.125.6–30.1	39
2071	29.325.7–30.2	39.1
2072	29.525.8–30.4	39.2
2073	29.726–30.6	39.3
2074	29.926.1–30.7	39.4
2075	30.126.2–30.9	39.5
2076	30.326.3–31.1	39.6
2077	30.526.4–31.3	39.7
2078	30.726.6–31.5	39.8
2079	30.926.7–31.7	40
2080	31.126.8–32	40.1
2081	31.326.9–32.2	40.2
2082	31.527–32.3	40.3
2083	31.727.1–32.5	40.4
2084	31.927.2–32.7	40.5
2085	32.227.3–32.9	40.6
2086	32.427.4–33.1	40.7
2087	32.627.5–33.3	40.9
2088	32.727.7–33.5	41
2089	32.927.8–33.7	41.1
2090	33.127.9–33.9	41.2
2091	33.328–34	41.3
2092	33.528.1–34.2	41.4
2093	33.728.2–34.4	41.5
2094	33.928.3–34.6	41.6
2095	34.128.4–34.8	41.7
2096	34.228.5–35	41.8
2097	34.428.6–35.2	41.9
2098	34.628.8–35.3	42
2099	34.828.9–35.4	42
2100	34.929–35.4	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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