Median age in Mauritius

Median age in Mauritius: 18 years in 1950 and 36.9 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 36.9 years
Since 1950: +19 years
Rank, 2023: 79 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 56.3 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 56.3 years in 2100, between 50.2 years and 64.1 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 36.9 years in 2023, the lowest 16 years in 1959.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Mauritius	World
2023	36.9	30.4
2022	36.5	30.1
2021	36.2	29.8
2020	35.9	29.6
2019	35.6	29.3
2018	35.2	29
2017	34.9	28.8
2016	34.4	28.5
2015	34	28.3
2014	33.6	28.1
2013	33.2	27.8
2012	32.8	27.6
2011	32.3	27.4
2010	31.8	27.2
2009	31.4	27
2008	30.9	26.7
2007	30.5	26.5
2006	30.1	26.3
2005	29.7	26.1
2004	29.3	25.9
2003	29	25.7
2002	28.7	25.5
2001	28.3	25.3
2000	28	25.1
1999	27.7	24.9
1998	27.4	24.7
1997	27	24.4
1996	26.7	24.2
1995	26.4	24
1994	26	23.8
1993	25.7	23.5
1992	25.3	23.3
1991	25	23.1
1990	24.6	22.9
1989	24.2	22.8
1988	23.7	22.6
1987	23.3	22.4
1986	22.9	22.2
1985	22.5	22
1984	22.1	21.9
1983	21.7	21.8
1982	21.3	21.7
1981	21.1	21.6
1980	20.8	21.5
1979	20.5	21.3
1978	20.2	21.1
1977	19.9	21
1976	19.6	20.8
1975	19.2	20.7
1974	18.8	20.5
1973	18.4	20.4
1972	18	20.4
1971	17.7	20.3
1970	17.4	20.3
1969	17.2	20.3
1968	16.9	20.4
1967	16.7	20.5
1966	16.5	20.6
1965	16.4	20.8
1964	16.4	21
1963	16.3	21.2
1962	16.3	21.4
1961	16.3	21.4
1960	16.1	21.5
1959	16	21.5
1958	16.1	21.5
1957	16.2	21.6
1956	16.4	21.7
1955	16.7	21.8
1954	16.9	21.9
1953	17.2	22
1952	17.4	22.1
1951	17.7	22.1
1950	18	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Mauritius	World
2024	37.437.3–37.4	30.6
2025	37.837.7–38	30.9
2026	38.338–38.6	31.1
2027	38.738.4–39.1	31.3
2028	39.238.7–39.7	31.6
2029	39.739.1–40.3	31.8
2030	40.239.5–40.9	32
2031	40.739.9–41.5	32.2
2032	41.140.3–42.1	32.4
2033	41.640.7–42.7	32.6
2034	42.141.1–43.3	32.8
2035	42.641.5–44	33
2036	43.141.9–44.6	33.2
2037	43.642.2–45.2	33.4
2038	4442.6–45.7	33.6
2039	44.542.9–46.3	33.8
2040	44.943.3–46.9	34
2041	45.443.6–47.5	34.2
2042	45.844–48	34.4
2043	46.344.3–48.6	34.6
2044	46.744.6–49.1	34.8
2045	47.144.9–49.6	35
2046	47.545.3–50.2	35.2
2047	47.945.6–50.7	35.4
2048	48.346–51.2	35.6
2049	48.746.3–51.7	35.9
2050	49.146.6–52.1	36.1
2051	49.547–52.6	36.3
2052	49.947.3–53.1	36.5
2053	50.347.6–53.5	36.7
2054	50.748–54	36.9
2055	51.148.3–54.4	37.1
2056	51.448.6–54.8	37.3
2057	51.848.9–55.2	37.5
2058	52.249.2–55.6	37.6
2059	52.649.3–56	37.8
2060	52.949.5–56.4	37.9
2061	53.349.6–56.9	38
2062	53.649.7–57.3	38.1
2063	53.949.8–57.7	38.3
2064	54.149.9–58.2	38.4
2065	54.349.9–58.6	38.5
2066	54.550–59	38.6
2067	54.750–59.3	38.7
2068	54.850–59.6	38.8
2069	54.950–59.9	38.9
2070	5550–60.2	39
2071	55.150–60.5	39.1
2072	55.150.1–60.7	39.2
2073	55.250.1–60.9	39.3
2074	55.250.1–61	39.4
2075	55.350–61.2	39.5
2076	55.350–61.3	39.6
2077	55.450–61.4	39.7
2078	55.550.1–61.5	39.8
2079	55.650.1–61.6	40
2080	55.650.1–61.7	40.1
2081	55.750.2–61.8	40.2
2082	55.750.2–61.9	40.3
2083	55.750.3–62.1	40.4
2084	55.750.4–62.3	40.5
2085	55.850.4–62.6	40.6
2086	55.850.4–62.8	40.7
2087	55.850.5–63	40.9
2088	55.850.5–63.2	41
2089	55.950.6–63.4	41.1
2090	55.950.6–63.5	41.2
2091	55.950.6–63.6	41.3
2092	5650.6–63.7	41.4
2093	5650.6–63.8	41.5
2094	56.150.5–63.9	41.6
2095	56.150.5–63.9	41.7
2096	56.250.4–63.9	41.8
2097	56.250.4–64	41.9
2098	56.250.3–64	42
2099	56.350.3–64	42
2100	56.350.2–64.1	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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