Median age in Lebanon

Median age in Lebanon: 22 years in 1950 and 28.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 28.3 years
Since 1950: +6.4 years
Rank, 2023: 138 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 47.4 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 47.4 years in 2100, between 39.8 years and 54.9 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 28.4 years in 2016, the lowest 16.7 years in 1967.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Lebanon	World
2023	28.3	30.4
2022	28.1	30.1
2021	28	29.8
2020	27.8	29.6
2019	28	29.3
2018	28.3	29
2017	28.4	28.8
2016	28.4	28.5
2015	28.4	28.3
2014	28.2	28.1
2013	27.9	27.8
2012	27.6	27.6
2011	27.2	27.4
2010	26.8	27.2
2009	26.5	27
2008	26.1	26.7
2007	25.7	26.5
2006	25.3	26.3
2005	24.9	26.1
2004	24.6	25.9
2003	24.2	25.7
2002	23.9	25.5
2001	23.6	25.3
2000	23.3	25.1
1999	23	24.9
1998	22.7	24.7
1997	22.4	24.4
1996	22.1	24.2
1995	21.8	24
1994	21.5	23.8
1993	21.2	23.5
1992	21	23.3
1991	20.7	23.1
1990	20.6	22.9
1989	20.4	22.8
1988	20.2	22.6
1987	20	22.4
1986	19.8	22.2
1985	19.6	22
1984	19.5	21.9
1983	19.3	21.8
1982	19.1	21.7
1981	18.9	21.6
1980	18.8	21.5
1979	18.6	21.3
1978	18.4	21.1
1977	18.2	21
1976	18.1	20.8
1975	18	20.7
1974	17.8	20.5
1973	17.6	20.4
1972	17.4	20.4
1971	17.3	20.3
1970	17.1	20.3
1969	16.9	20.3
1968	16.8	20.4
1967	16.7	20.5
1966	16.8	20.6
1965	16.9	20.8
1964	17.2	21
1963	17.6	21.2
1962	18	21.4
1961	18.5	21.4
1960	18.9	21.5
1959	19.3	21.5
1958	19.7	21.5
1957	20.1	21.6
1956	20.4	21.7
1955	20.7	21.8
1954	21	21.9
1953	21.2	22
1952	21.5	22.1
1951	21.7	22.1
1950	22	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Lebanon	World
2024	28.628.3–28.8	30.6
2025	28.828.1–29.6	30.9
2026	2928.1–30.4	31.1
2027	29.328.1–31.1	31.3
2028	29.628.1–31.8	31.6
2029	29.928.2–32.5	31.8
2030	30.128.3–33.1	32
2031	30.428.4–33.8	32.2
2032	30.728.6–34.5	32.4
2033	3128.7–35.2	32.6
2034	31.328.9–35.9	32.8
2035	31.629.1–36.5	33
2036	31.929.3–37.1	33.2
2037	32.129.6–37.7	33.4
2038	32.429.8–38.3	33.6
2039	32.730–38.9	33.8
2040	3330.2–39.5	34
2041	33.330.5–39.9	34.2
2042	33.630.8–40.3	34.4
2043	33.931.1–40.7	34.6
2044	34.331.3–41.1	34.8
2045	34.631.6–41.4	35
2046	3531.9–41.8	35.2
2047	35.332.2–42.1	35.4
2048	35.732.5–42.5	35.6
2049	36.132.7–43	35.9
2050	36.532.9–43.4	36.1
2051	36.933.1–43.8	36.3
2052	37.333.2–44.1	36.5
2053	37.633.4–44.4	36.7
2054	3833.5–44.8	36.9
2055	38.333.7–45.3	37.1
2056	38.634–45.9	37.3
2057	38.934.1–46.4	37.5
2058	39.234.3–46.8	37.6
2059	39.334.5–47.3	37.8
2060	39.534.7–47.8	37.9
2061	39.734.8–48.4	38
2062	39.934.9–48.8	38.1
2063	40.135.1–49.2	38.3
2064	40.335.2–49.7	38.4
2065	40.535.3–50.3	38.5
2066	40.735.4–50.9	38.6
2067	40.935.6–51.6	38.7
2068	41.135.7–52.5	38.8
2069	41.335.9–53.3	38.9
2070	41.536.1–54	39
2071	41.736.3–54.6	39.1
2072	41.936.4–55.3	39.2
2073	42.136.6–55.9	39.3
2074	42.336.6–56.5	39.4
2075	42.536.8–57	39.5
2076	42.736.9–57.5	39.6
2077	4337.1–57.7	39.7
2078	43.237.2–57.7	39.8
2079	43.537.4–57.8	40
2080	43.737.6–57.9	40.1
2081	4437.8–57.9	40.2
2082	44.237.9–58	40.3
2083	44.538–58.1	40.4
2084	44.738.2–58.2	40.5
2085	44.938.3–58.2	40.6
2086	45.238.3–58.2	40.7
2087	45.438.4–58.1	40.9
2088	45.638.6–57.8	41
2089	45.838.8–57.3	41.1
2090	4638.9–56.9	41.2
2091	46.239–56.8	41.3
2092	46.439.1–56.5	41.4
2093	46.539.2–56.2	41.5
2094	46.739.2–56	41.6
2095	46.839.2–55.8	41.7
2096	4739.3–55.6	41.8
2097	47.139.4–55.5	41.9
2098	47.239.6–55.4	42
2099	47.339.7–55.3	42
2100	47.439.8–54.9	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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