Greenland
Median age in Greenland
Median age in Greenland: 17.7 years in 1950 and 34.2 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 34.2 years
- Since 1950
- +16.6 years
- Rank, 2023
- 98 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 44.9 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 44.9 years in 2100, between 38.2 years and 52.1 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 34.2 years in 2023, the lowest 16.6 years in 1966.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Greenland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 34.2 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 33.9 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 33.8 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 33.6 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 33.5 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 33.4 | 29 |
| 2017 | 33.3 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 33.2 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 33.1 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 33 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 32.8 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 32.6 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 32.5 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 32.5 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 32.6 | 27 |
| 2008 | 32.6 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 32.6 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 32.6 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 32.5 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 32.3 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 32.1 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 31.9 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 31.5 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 31.1 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 30.7 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 30.2 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 29.7 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 29.3 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 28.8 | 24 |
| 1994 | 28.4 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 28 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 27.6 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 27.2 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 26.8 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 26.4 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 26 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 25.6 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 25.2 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 24.8 | 22 |
| 1984 | 24.4 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 24 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 23.6 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 23.2 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 22.8 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 22.4 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 22 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 21.5 | 21 |
| 1976 | 21 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 20.3 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 19.7 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 19.3 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 18.8 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 18.5 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 18.1 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 17.7 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 17.3 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 17 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 16.6 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 16.7 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 16.9 | 21 |
| 1963 | 17 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 17.1 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 17.1 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 17.2 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 17.3 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 17.5 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 17.5 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 17.6 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 17.8 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 17.9 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 17.9 | 22 |
| 1952 | 17.9 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 17.8 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 17.7 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Greenland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34.734.6–34.8 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 35.134.8–35.4 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 35.535.1–36 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 35.935.3–36.7 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 36.335.5–37.3 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 36.735.8–38 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 37.236–38.6 | 32 |
| 2031 | 37.636.2–39.3 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 37.936.4–40 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 38.336.5–40.6 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 38.736.6–41.2 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 3936.7–41.8 | 33 |
| 2036 | 39.336.8–42.5 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 39.536.8–43.1 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 39.836.7–43.7 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 39.936.6–44.3 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 40.136.4–44.9 | 34 |
| 2041 | 40.136.2–45.4 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 40.136.1–45.9 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 40.136–46.3 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 4035.9–46.8 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 39.935.9–47.2 | 35 |
| 2046 | 39.735.9–47.6 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 39.735.8–48 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 39.635.8–48.3 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 39.635.8–48.5 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 39.635.8–48.6 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 39.635.8–48.6 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 39.735.9–48.5 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 39.735.9–48.5 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 39.836–48.4 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 39.936.1–48.3 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 4036.3–48.2 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 40.236.4–48.2 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 40.336.5–48.3 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 40.536.6–48.4 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 40.836.7–48.6 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 4136.8–48.7 | 38 |
| 2062 | 41.336.9–48.9 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 41.537–49.1 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 41.737.1–49.4 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 41.937.2–49.7 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 42.237.3–50 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 42.337.4–50.3 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 42.537.4–50.7 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 42.637.4–51 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 42.837.4–51.3 | 39 |
| 2071 | 42.937.3–51.7 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 42.937.3–52.1 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 4337.3–52.5 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 4337.2–52.8 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 43.137.3–53.2 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 43.137.3–53.6 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 4337.3–54 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 4337.4–54.3 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 4337.4–54.6 | 40 |
| 2080 | 4337.4–54.9 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 4337.4–55.2 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 4337.4–55.3 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 4337.5–55.4 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 4337.6–55.4 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 4337.7–55.5 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 43.137.7–55.5 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 43.237.8–55.3 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 43.337.9–55.1 | 41 |
| 2089 | 43.437.9–55 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 43.538–54.8 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 43.638–54.5 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 43.838–54 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 43.938–53.5 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 4438–53.1 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 44.238–52.8 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 44.338.1–52.6 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 44.538.1–52.4 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 44.638.1–52.3 | 42 |
| 2099 | 44.738.2–52.2 | 42 |
| 2100 | 44.938.2–52.1 | 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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