Median age in Latvia

Median age in Latvia: 29.2 years in 1950 and 43.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 43.1 years
Since 1950: +13.9 years
Rank, 2023: 30 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 53.3 years; UN projection (medium variant)

Watch it change on the map

years · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 53.3 years in 2100, between 45.6 years and 74.5 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 43.1 years in 2023, the lowest 29.1 years in 1951.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Latvia	World
2023	43.1	30.4
2022	43	30.1
2021	42.9	29.8
2020	42.8	29.6
2019	42.6	29.3
2018	42.5	29
2017	42.3	28.8
2016	42	28.5
2015	41.8	28.3
2014	41.6	28.1
2013	41.3	27.8
2012	40.9	27.6
2011	40.6	27.4
2010	40.1	27.2
2009	39.5	27
2008	39.1	26.7
2007	38.9	26.5
2006	38.7	26.3
2005	38.4	26.1
2004	38.2	25.9
2003	37.9	25.7
2002	37.7	25.5
2001	37.4	25.3
2000	37	25.1
1999	36.7	24.9
1998	36.3	24.7
1997	35.9	24.4
1996	35.5	24.2
1995	35.2	24
1994	34.9	23.8
1993	34.6	23.5
1992	34.2	23.3
1991	33.8	23.1
1990	33.5	22.9
1989	33.5	22.8
1988	33.5	22.6
1987	33.6	22.4
1986	33.7	22.2
1985	33.7	22
1984	33.7	21.9
1983	33.6	21.8
1982	33.6	21.7
1981	33.7	21.6
1980	33.9	21.5
1979	34.1	21.3
1978	34.2	21.1
1977	34.1	21
1976	34	20.8
1975	33.9	20.7
1974	33.8	20.5
1973	33.6	20.4
1972	33.5	20.4
1971	33.3	20.3
1970	33.2	20.3
1969	33	20.3
1968	32.9	20.4
1967	32.8	20.5
1966	32.6	20.6
1965	32.3	20.8
1964	32.1	21
1963	31.8	21.2
1962	31.6	21.4
1961	31.4	21.4
1960	31.2	21.5
1959	30.8	21.5
1958	30.3	21.5
1957	30.1	21.6
1956	29.8	21.7
1955	29.6	21.8
1954	29.4	21.9
1953	29.2	22
1952	29.1	22.1
1951	29.1	22.1
1950	29.2	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Latvia	World
2024	43.343.2–43.4	30.6
2025	43.643.3–43.9	30.9
2026	43.843.4–44.4	31.1
2027	44.143.5–44.8	31.3
2028	44.443.5–45.3	31.6
2029	44.743.6–45.8	31.8
2030	4543.7–46.3	32
2031	45.343.8–46.9	32.2
2032	45.643.9–47.5	32.4
2033	4643.9–48	32.6
2034	46.343.9–48.6	32.8
2035	46.643.9–49.1	33
2036	46.943.9–49.7	33.2
2037	47.343.8–50.3	33.4
2038	47.543.6–50.8	33.6
2039	47.843.4–51.4	33.8
2040	48.143.1–52	34
2041	48.342.8–52.5	34.2
2042	48.542.4–53	34.4
2043	48.642.1–53.6	34.6
2044	48.641.9–54.1	34.8
2045	48.641.7–54.6	35
2046	48.441.6–55.1	35.2
2047	48.241.6–55.6	35.4
2048	48.141.5–56.1	35.6
2049	4841.5–56.6	35.9
2050	4841.6–57	36.1
2051	47.941.7–57.4	36.3
2052	47.941.8–57.8	36.5
2053	47.941.9–58.1	36.7
2054	4841.9–58.5	36.9
2055	48.142–58.8	37.1
2056	48.342.1–59.1	37.3
2057	48.542.3–59.2	37.5
2058	48.742.5–59.4	37.6
2059	4942.6–59.5	37.8
2060	49.142.8–59.7	37.9
2061	49.342.9–60	38
2062	49.543–60.2	38.1
2063	49.743–60.4	38.3
2064	49.943.1–60.6	38.4
2065	50.243.2–61	38.5
2066	50.543.3–61.3	38.6
2067	50.843.3–61.6	38.7
2068	51.143.3–61.8	38.8
2069	51.443.4–62.2	38.9
2070	51.743.4–62.5	39
2071	51.943.4–62.9	39.1
2072	52.143.5–63.4	39.2
2073	52.343.4–63.8	39.3
2074	52.443.5–64.2	39.4
2075	52.643.5–64.5	39.5
2076	52.643.4–64.8	39.6
2077	52.643.4–65.2	39.7
2078	52.543.4–65.5	39.8
2079	52.543.4–65.9	40
2080	52.443.5–66.4	40.1
2081	52.343.5–66.9	40.2
2082	52.243.6–67.4	40.3
2083	52.143.7–68	40.4
2084	5243.8–68.6	40.5
2085	5243.9–69.2	40.6
2086	51.944–69.7	40.7
2087	51.944.1–70.3	40.9
2088	51.944.2–70.9	41
2089	51.944.3–71.5	41.1
2090	5244.4–72	41.2
2091	52.144.5–72.5	41.3
2092	52.244.6–73	41.4
2093	52.344.7–73.5	41.5
2094	52.444.8–73.9	41.6
2095	52.545–74.3	41.7
2096	52.745.2–74.6	41.8
2097	52.845.2–74.9	41.9
2098	5345.4–75.1	42
2099	53.145.5–75.1	42
2100	53.345.6–74.5	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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Median age in Latvia

What the numbers say

Every year

Good to know

Latvia in numbers

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment

Other places nearby