Median age in Gambia

Median age in Gambia: 17 years in 1950 and 18.2 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 18.2 years
Since 1950: +1.2 years
Rank, 2023: 205 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 38.9 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 38.9 years in 2100, between 31.9 years and 46.2 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 18.8 years in 1967, the lowest 15.4 years in 1999.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Gambia	World
2023	18.2	30.4
2022	18	30.1
2021	17.8	29.8
2020	17.6	29.6
2019	17.5	29.3
2018	17.3	29
2017	17.2	28.8
2016	17	28.5
2015	16.9	28.3
2014	16.8	28.1
2013	16.6	27.8
2012	16.5	27.6
2011	16.4	27.4
2010	16.3	27.2
2009	16.2	27
2008	16.1	26.7
2007	15.9	26.5
2006	15.8	26.3
2005	15.7	26.1
2004	15.6	25.9
2003	15.6	25.7
2002	15.5	25.5
2001	15.4	25.3
2000	15.4	25.1
1999	15.4	24.9
1998	15.4	24.7
1997	15.5	24.4
1996	15.6	24.2
1995	15.7	24
1994	15.8	23.8
1993	16	23.5
1992	16	23.3
1991	16.1	23.1
1990	16.1	22.9
1989	16.2	22.8
1988	16.3	22.6
1987	16.3	22.4
1986	16.4	22.2
1985	16.5	22
1984	16.6	21.9
1983	16.7	21.8
1982	16.9	21.7
1981	17	21.6
1980	17.2	21.5
1979	17.3	21.3
1978	17.4	21.1
1977	17.6	21
1976	17.7	20.8
1975	17.9	20.7
1974	18	20.5
1973	18.2	20.4
1972	18.3	20.4
1971	18.4	20.3
1970	18.4	20.3
1969	18.6	20.3
1968	18.7	20.4
1967	18.8	20.5
1966	18.7	20.6
1965	18.7	20.8
1964	18.6	21
1963	18.5	21.2
1962	18.5	21.4
1961	18.4	21.4
1960	18.3	21.5
1959	18.3	21.5
1958	18.2	21.5
1957	18.1	21.6
1956	18	21.7
1955	17.9	21.8
1954	17.8	21.9
1953	17.6	22
1952	17.4	22.1
1951	17.2	22.1
1950	17	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Gambia	World
2024	18.418.3–18.5	30.6
2025	18.618.4–18.8	30.9
2026	18.818.5–19.2	31.1
2027	19.118.6–19.6	31.3
2028	19.418.7–20.1	31.6
2029	19.618.8–20.5	31.8
2030	19.918.9–21	32
2031	20.219–21.4	32.2
2032	20.519.2–21.9	32.4
2033	20.819.3–22.4	32.6
2034	21.219.5–22.9	32.8
2035	21.519.6–23.4	33
2036	21.819.7–23.9	33.2
2037	22.119.9–24.4	33.4
2038	22.520–24.9	33.6
2039	22.820–25.4	33.8
2040	23.120.1–25.9	34
2041	23.420.2–26.4	34.2
2042	23.720.3–26.9	34.4
2043	2420.4–27.4	34.6
2044	24.320.5–27.8	34.8
2045	24.620.6–28.3	35
2046	24.920.8–28.8	35.2
2047	25.221–29.2	35.4
2048	25.521.2–29.7	35.6
2049	25.821.5–30.1	35.9
2050	26.121.7–30.5	36.1
2051	26.421.9–30.9	36.3
2052	26.722.1–31.3	36.5
2053	2722.3–31.7	36.7
2054	27.422.5–32.1	36.9
2055	27.722.8–32.5	37.1
2056	2823–33	37.3
2057	28.323.2–33.4	37.5
2058	28.623.4–33.9	37.6
2059	28.923.6–34.3	37.8
2060	29.223.8–34.7	37.9
2061	29.524–35.1	38
2062	29.824.2–35.5	38.1
2063	30.124.4–35.8	38.3
2064	30.324.6–36.1	38.4
2065	30.624.8–36.5	38.5
2066	30.925–36.8	38.6
2067	31.225.2–37.1	38.7
2068	31.525.4–37.5	38.8
2069	31.825.6–37.8	38.9
2070	3225.8–38.1	39
2071	32.326–38.3	39.1
2072	32.626.1–38.6	39.2
2073	32.826.3–38.8	39.3
2074	33.126.5–39.1	39.4
2075	33.426.7–39.3	39.5
2076	33.626.9–39.6	39.6
2077	33.927.1–39.9	39.7
2078	34.227.3–40.1	39.8
2079	34.427.5–40.4	40
2080	34.727.7–40.6	40.1
2081	34.927.9–40.9	40.2
2082	35.228.1–41.2	40.3
2083	35.428.3–41.4	40.4
2084	35.628.6–41.7	40.5
2085	35.928.8–42	40.6
2086	36.129–42.3	40.7
2087	36.329.3–42.6	40.9
2088	36.529.5–42.9	41
2089	36.829.6–43.2	41.1
2090	3729.9–43.5	41.2
2091	37.230.1–43.8	41.3
2092	37.430.3–44	41.4
2093	37.630.5–44.3	41.5
2094	37.830.7–44.6	41.6
2095	3830.9–44.8	41.7
2096	38.231.1–45.1	41.8
2097	38.431.3–45.4	41.9
2098	38.531.5–45.7	42
2099	38.731.7–46	42
2100	38.931.9–46.2	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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