Marshall Islands
Median age in Marshall Islands
Median age in Marshall Islands: 17.2 years in 1950 and 20.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 20.7 years
- Since 1950
- +3.5 years
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 40.4 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 40.4 years in 2100, between 31.9 years and 37.1 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 21.4 years in 2020, the lowest 13.6 years in 1987.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Marshall Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20.7 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 21 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 21.3 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 21.4 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 21.3 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 21.2 | 29 |
| 2017 | 21 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 20.8 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 20.5 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 20.3 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 20.1 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 19.9 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 19.7 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 19.6 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 19.5 | 27 |
| 2008 | 19.4 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 19.2 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 18.9 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 18.7 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 18.4 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 18 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 17.7 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 17.4 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 17.1 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 16.8 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 16.5 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 16.1 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 15.7 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 15.3 | 24 |
| 1994 | 15 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 14.7 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 14.4 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 14.1 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 13.9 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 13.8 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 13.7 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 13.6 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 13.7 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 13.7 | 22 |
| 1984 | 13.8 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 13.8 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 13.9 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 13.9 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 14 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 14.1 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 14.3 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 14.5 | 21 |
| 1976 | 14.7 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 14.8 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 15 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 15.1 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 15.5 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 15.9 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 16.2 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 16.1 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 15.7 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 15.4 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 15.2 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 15.2 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 15.2 | 21 |
| 1963 | 15.3 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 15.5 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 15.8 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 16.2 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 16.8 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 17.3 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 17.3 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 17.3 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 17.2 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 17 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 16.9 | 22 |
| 1952 | 16.9 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 16.9 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 17.2 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Marshall Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20.520.5–20.5 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 20.420.3–20.5 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 20.520.3–20.6 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 20.620.3–20.8 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 20.820.3–21.1 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 2120.4–21.3 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 21.320.6–21.7 | 32 |
| 2031 | 21.520.9–22 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 21.821.4–22.4 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 22.221.8–22.8 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 22.522.3–23.2 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 22.822.8–23.5 | 33 |
| 2036 | 23.123.3–23.9 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 23.423.8–24.2 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 23.724.3–24.5 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 2424.7–24.8 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 24.325.1–25.1 | 34 |
| 2041 | 24.625.3–25.6 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 24.925.6–26 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 25.225.8–26.5 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 25.526.1–26.9 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 25.826.4–27.4 | 35 |
| 2046 | 26.126.6–27.8 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 26.526.8–28.3 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 26.927.1–28.7 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 27.227.4–29.1 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 27.627.6–29.6 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 27.927.8–30.2 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 28.128–30.7 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 28.328.1–31.2 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 28.428.2–31.6 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 28.428.4–31.8 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 28.528.5–31.7 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 28.628.6–31 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 28.728.8–30.2 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 28.829–29.7 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 28.929.3–29.4 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 29.129.4–29.5 | 38 |
| 2062 | 29.329.6–29.7 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 29.629.7–29.9 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 29.829.8–30 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 30.130–30.2 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 30.430.3–30.4 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 30.730.5–30.6 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 31.130.6–31 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 31.430.7–31.4 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 31.830.9–31.9 | 39 |
| 2071 | 32.231–32.4 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 32.631.1–33 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 3331.3–33.8 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 33.431.6–34.5 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 33.931.8–35.1 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 34.332–35.6 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 34.732.1–36 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 35.232.3–36.3 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 35.632.4–36.6 | 40 |
| 2080 | 3632.6–36.8 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 36.432.8–36.8 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 36.932.9–36.8 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 37.233–36.7 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 37.632.9–36.7 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 3832.8–36.7 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 38.332.7–36.6 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 38.632.5–36.5 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 38.932.5–36.5 | 41 |
| 2089 | 39.232.4–36.5 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 39.432.3–36.6 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 39.632.1–36.6 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 39.832–36.6 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 39.932–36.7 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 4032–36.8 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 40.132–36.8 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 40.232–36.9 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 40.332–36.9 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 40.332–37 | 42 |
| 2099 | 40.431.9–37.1 | 42 |
| 2100 | 40.431.9–37.1 | 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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