Median age in Luxembourg

Median age in Luxembourg: 33.9 years in 1950 and 38.9 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 38.9 years
Since 1950: +5 years
Rank, 2023: 62 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 48.9 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 48.9 years in 2100, between 31.7 years and 64.3 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 38.9 years in 2023, the lowest 33.8 years in 1978.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Luxembourg	World
2023	38.9	30.4
2022	38.7	30.1
2021	38.7	29.8
2020	38.6	29.6
2019	38.5	29.3
2018	38.5	29
2017	38.4	28.8
2016	38.3	28.5
2015	38.3	28.3
2014	38.2	28.1
2013	38.1	27.8
2012	38.1	27.6
2011	38.1	27.4
2010	38	27.2
2009	37.8	27
2008	37.7	26.7
2007	37.6	26.5
2006	37.4	26.3
2005	37.2	26.1
2004	37	25.9
2003	36.8	25.7
2002	36.5	25.5
2001	36.3	25.3
2000	36.2	25.1
1999	36.2	24.9
1998	36.1	24.7
1997	35.9	24.4
1996	35.8	24.2
1995	35.7	24
1994	35.6	23.8
1993	35.5	23.5
1992	35.5	23.3
1991	35.4	23.1
1990	35.3	22.9
1989	35.3	22.8
1988	35.2	22.6
1987	35.1	22.4
1986	35	22.2
1985	34.8	22
1984	34.6	21.9
1983	34.4	21.8
1982	34.2	21.7
1981	34	21.6
1980	33.9	21.5
1979	33.8	21.3
1978	33.8	21.1
1977	33.8	21
1976	33.9	20.8
1975	34	20.7
1974	34	20.5
1973	34.1	20.4
1972	34.1	20.4
1971	34.3	20.3
1970	34.4	20.3
1969	34.3	20.3
1968	34.3	20.4
1967	34.3	20.5
1966	34.2	20.6
1965	34.2	20.8
1964	34.2	21
1963	34.1	21.2
1962	34.1	21.4
1961	34.1	21.4
1960	34.1	21.5
1959	34.1	21.5
1958	34.1	21.5
1957	34.1	21.6
1956	34	21.7
1955	34	21.8
1954	34	21.9
1953	34	22
1952	34	22.1
1951	34	22.1
1950	33.9	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Luxembourg	World
2024	39.239.2–39.3	30.6
2025	39.539.2–39.7	30.9
2026	39.839.3–40.2	31.1
2027	4039.4–40.7	31.3
2028	40.339.4–41.1	31.6
2029	40.639.5–41.7	31.8
2030	40.939.5–42.2	32
2031	41.239.6–42.8	32.2
2032	41.639.6–43.4	32.4
2033	41.939.5–44.1	32.6
2034	42.239.5–44.7	32.8
2035	42.539.4–45.4	33
2036	42.839.3–46.1	33.2
2037	43.239.2–46.7	33.4
2038	43.539–47.4	33.6
2039	43.838.7–48.1	33.8
2040	4438.5–48.8	34
2041	44.338.2–49.6	34.2
2042	44.637.9–50.3	34.4
2043	44.837.6–51.1	34.6
2044	4537.4–51.8	34.8
2045	45.237.2–52.6	35
2046	45.337–53.4	35.2
2047	45.436.8–54.1	35.4
2048	45.536.7–54.9	35.6
2049	45.536.5–55.6	35.9
2050	45.636.3–56.4	36.1
2051	45.736–57.1	36.3
2052	45.835.8–57.9	36.5
2053	45.835.6–58.6	36.7
2054	45.935.3–59.3	36.9
2055	4635.1–60	37.1
2056	46.134.9–60.7	37.3
2057	46.234.6–61.3	37.5
2058	46.334.3–62	37.6
2059	46.434.1–62.7	37.8
2060	46.533.9–63.3	37.9
2061	46.633.7–63.9	38
2062	46.733.5–64.5	38.1
2063	46.833.4–65.1	38.3
2064	46.933.2–65.7	38.4
2065	46.933–66.3	38.5
2066	4732.8–66.8	38.6
2067	47.132.6–67.3	38.7
2068	47.232.5–67.8	38.8
2069	47.332.3–68.2	38.9
2070	47.332.2–68.7	39
2071	47.432–69.1	39.1
2072	47.531.9–69.5	39.2
2073	47.631.9–69.9	39.3
2074	47.731.8–70.3	39.4
2075	47.831.8–70.6	39.5
2076	47.931.7–70.9	39.6
2077	4831.7–71.3	39.7
2078	4831.7–71.6	39.8
2079	48.131.7–71.8	40
2080	48.131.7–72	40.1
2081	48.131.8–72.2	40.2
2082	48.231.8–72.3	40.3
2083	48.231.7–72.4	40.4
2084	48.231.7–72.5	40.5
2085	48.231.7–72.5	40.6
2086	48.231.6–72.6	40.7
2087	48.231.5–72.7	40.9
2088	48.231.5–72.7	41
2089	48.231.5–72.6	41.1
2090	48.231.5–72.6	41.2
2091	48.331.5–72.5	41.3
2092	48.331.4–72.3	41.4
2093	48.331.4–71.9	41.5
2094	48.431.5–71.4	41.6
2095	48.431.5–70.7	41.7
2096	48.531.6–69.7	41.8
2097	48.631.6–68.1	41.9
2098	48.731.7–66.5	42
2099	48.831.7–65.3	42
2100	48.931.7–64.3	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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