Macao SAR China
Median age in Macao SAR China
Median age in Macao SAR China: 24.4 years in 1950 and 38.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 38.3 years
- Since 1950
- +13.9 years
- Rank, 2023
- 65 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 62.2 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 62.2 years in 2100, between 41 years and 51.8 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 38.3 years in 2023, the lowest 12.6 years in 1965.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Macao SAR China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 38.3 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 37.8 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 37.4 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 37 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 36.7 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 36.5 | 29 |
| 2017 | 36.3 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 36.2 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 36.1 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 36 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 36 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 35.9 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 35.7 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 35.3 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 34.7 | 27 |
| 2008 | 34.2 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 33.7 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 33.2 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 33 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 32.7 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 32.4 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 32.2 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 31.9 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 31.5 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 31.1 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 30.7 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 30.3 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 30 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 29.6 | 24 |
| 1994 | 29.2 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 28.8 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 28.3 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 27.9 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 27.4 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 27 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 26.7 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 26.4 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 26.1 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 25.8 | 22 |
| 1984 | 25.4 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 25.1 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 24.8 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 24.4 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 23.4 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 21.8 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 20.2 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 18.5 | 21 |
| 1976 | 16.7 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 14.8 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 12.9 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 17.2 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 19.1 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 17.8 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 17.1 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 16.4 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 15.4 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 14.5 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 13.6 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 12.6 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 14.2 | 21 |
| 1963 | 19.3 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 20.2 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 21.1 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 21.9 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 22.4 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 22.8 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 23.1 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 23.3 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 23.5 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 23.6 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 23.8 | 22 |
| 1952 | 24 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 24.2 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 24.4 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Macao SAR China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38.938.1–40 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 39.637.5–42.5 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 40.337.4–44.3 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 4137.5–45.9 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 41.737.7–47 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 42.437.9–48.2 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 43.138–49.5 | 32 |
| 2031 | 43.838.2–50.7 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 44.538.4–51.8 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 45.238.8–52.8 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 45.939–53.7 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 46.639.2–54.6 | 33 |
| 2036 | 47.339.3–55.4 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 48.139.4–56.4 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 48.839.6–57.5 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 49.539.8–58.4 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 50.240.1–59.3 | 34 |
| 2041 | 50.940.4–60.3 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 51.640.7–61.1 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 52.340.9–61.8 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 52.941.2–62.7 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 53.541.4–63.3 | 35 |
| 2046 | 54.141.6–63.8 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 54.742–64.4 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 55.242.3–65 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 55.842.6–65.6 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 56.242.8–66.1 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 56.842.9–66.7 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 57.343.2–67.3 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 57.843.4–67.9 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 58.243.7–68.7 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 58.643.8–69.3 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 5944.1–70 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 59.344.5–70.6 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 59.644.9–71.1 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 6045.2–71.7 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 60.245.4–72.4 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 60.545.8–73 | 38 |
| 2062 | 60.846.2–73.6 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 61.146.5–74.2 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 61.446.7–74.8 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 61.547–75.4 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 61.447.3–75.9 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 61.447.8–76.5 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 61.448.1–77.1 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 61.448.3–77.7 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 61.548.6–78.3 | 39 |
| 2071 | 61.448.8–78.9 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 61.448.5–79.4 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 61.448.5–79.9 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 61.648.8–80.4 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 61.848.9–80.9 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 6249.1–81.3 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 62.249.4–81.6 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 62.449.7–81.7 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 62.649.7–81.3 | 40 |
| 2080 | 62.849.8–80 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 6349.9–78.4 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 63.249.9–73 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 63.350.2–70.6 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 63.550.4–69.4 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 63.650.5–68.8 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 63.650.6–68 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 63.650.8–66.9 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 63.550.9–65.8 | 41 |
| 2089 | 63.451.2–64.6 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 63.351.4–63.4 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 63.151.5–60 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 6351.4–56.1 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 6351.4–52.9 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 62.950.7–51.4 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 62.948.5–51.4 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 62.746.9–51.4 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 62.645.8–51.6 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 62.444.2–51.7 | 42 |
| 2099 | 62.341.9–51.7 | 42 |
| 2100 | 62.241–51.8 | 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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