Maldives
Median age in Maldives
Median age in Maldives: 17.4 years in 1950 and 31.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 31.1 years
- Since 1950
- +13.7 years
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 47.7 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 47.7 years in 2100, between 31.5 years and 41.5 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 31.1 years in 2023, the lowest 15.3 years in 1991.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Maldives | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 31.1 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 30.3 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 29.7 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 29.1 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 28.5 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 28 | 29 |
| 2017 | 27.5 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 27 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 26.6 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 26.1 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 25.4 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 24.7 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 24.1 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 23.4 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 22.8 | 27 |
| 2008 | 22.1 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 21.5 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 20.9 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 20.4 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 19.8 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 19.3 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 18.7 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 18.2 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 17.7 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 17.2 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 16.8 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 16.4 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 16.1 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 15.8 | 24 |
| 1994 | 15.6 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 15.4 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 15.4 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 15.3 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 15.4 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 15.5 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 15.5 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 15.7 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 15.8 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 15.9 | 22 |
| 1984 | 16 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 15.9 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 15.8 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 15.8 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 15.8 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 15.8 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 15.8 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 15.9 | 21 |
| 1976 | 15.9 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 16 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 16 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 16 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 16 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 16.1 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 16.2 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 16.4 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 16.7 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 17.1 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 17.9 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 18.9 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 19.5 | 21 |
| 1963 | 19.6 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 19.6 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 19.6 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 19.6 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 19.5 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 19.3 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 19.2 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 19 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 18.8 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 18.5 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 18.3 | 22 |
| 1952 | 18 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 17.7 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 17.4 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Maldives | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31.931.9–32 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 32.732.5–32.8 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 33.433.1–33.7 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 34.233.8–34.7 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 3534.4–35.6 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 35.835–36.6 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 36.535.6–37.6 | 32 |
| 2031 | 37.336.2–38.6 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 38.136.8–39.6 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 38.837.3–40.6 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 39.637.9–41.7 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 40.438.4–42.7 | 33 |
| 2036 | 41.138.8–43.7 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 41.839.3–44.7 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 42.639.7–45.7 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 43.340–46.7 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 4440.3–47.7 | 34 |
| 2041 | 44.740.4–48.7 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 45.340.5–49.7 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 4640.5–50.8 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 46.640.6–51.8 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 47.240.6–52.7 | 35 |
| 2046 | 47.740.6–53.7 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 48.340.6–54.7 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 48.740.7–55.7 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 49.140.9–56.7 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 49.441.1–57.6 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 49.741.3–58.6 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 49.841.5–59.6 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 49.941.7–60.6 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 49.941.9–61.5 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 49.942–62.4 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 49.942.2–63.3 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 5042.3–64.2 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 50.242.4–65.1 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 50.442.5–65.9 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 50.742.5–66.7 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 5142.5–67.6 | 38 |
| 2062 | 51.342.6–68.4 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 51.642.6–69.1 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 5242.6–69.9 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 52.242.6–70.7 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 52.542.6–71.4 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 52.842.6–72.2 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 5342.6–72.9 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 53.142.6–73.6 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 53.242.6–74.2 | 39 |
| 2071 | 53.342.6–74.8 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 53.342.5–75.3 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 53.342.5–75.8 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 53.242.4–76.2 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 53.142.3–76.4 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 52.942.2–76.3 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 52.642.1–75.4 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 52.342.1–71.8 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 5242–69.7 | 40 |
| 2080 | 51.542–68.4 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 51.141.9–66.9 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 50.641.8–63.9 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 50.141.8–53 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 49.641.8–45.5 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 49.141.5–41.8 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 48.739.1–41.9 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 48.437.6–41.9 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 48.136.4–41.9 | 41 |
| 2089 | 47.835.4–41.9 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 47.734.6–41.9 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 47.533.8–41.9 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 47.433.3–41.8 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 47.432.8–41.8 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 47.432.4–41.7 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 47.432.2–41.7 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 47.432–41.6 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 47.531.8–41.6 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 47.531.6–41.6 | 42 |
| 2099 | 47.631.5–41.5 | 42 |
| 2100 | 47.731.5–41.5 | 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.
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Maldives in numbers
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