Median age in Mongolia

Median age in Mongolia: 23.9 years in 1950 and 26.8 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 26.8 years
Since 1950: +2.9 years
Rank, 2023: 149 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 41.9 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 41.9 years in 2100, between 39.5 years and 42.1 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 26.8 years in 2023, the lowest 15.9 years in 1974.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Mongolia	World
2023	26.8	30.4
2022	26.6	30.1
2021	26.5	29.8
2020	26.4	29.6
2019	26.3	29.3
2018	26.3	29
2017	26.1	28.8
2016	25.9	28.5
2015	25.7	28.3
2014	25.5	28.1
2013	25.3	27.8
2012	25	27.6
2011	24.7	27.4
2010	24.4	27.2
2009	24.1	27
2008	23.8	26.7
2007	23.5	26.5
2006	23.1	26.3
2005	22.7	26.1
2004	22.3	25.9
2003	21.9	25.7
2002	21.6	25.5
2001	21.2	25.3
2000	20.7	25.1
1999	20.4	24.9
1998	20	24.7
1997	19.7	24.4
1996	19.4	24.2
1995	19	24
1994	18.8	23.8
1993	18.5	23.5
1992	18.3	23.3
1991	18.1	23.1
1990	17.9	22.9
1989	17.8	22.8
1988	17.7	22.6
1987	17.6	22.4
1986	17.5	22.2
1985	17.4	22
1984	17.3	21.9
1983	17.2	21.8
1982	17	21.7
1981	16.8	21.6
1980	16.6	21.5
1979	16.4	21.3
1978	16.3	21.1
1977	16.1	21
1976	16	20.8
1975	16	20.7
1974	15.9	20.5
1973	16	20.4
1972	16.1	20.4
1971	16.2	20.3
1970	16.4	20.3
1969	16.7	20.3
1968	17.2	20.4
1967	17.9	20.5
1966	18.6	20.6
1965	19.3	20.8
1964	20	21
1963	20.7	21.2
1962	21.1	21.4
1961	21.5	21.4
1960	21.7	21.5
1959	22	21.5
1958	22.2	21.5
1957	22.4	21.6
1956	22.6	21.7
1955	22.8	21.8
1954	23	21.9
1953	23.3	22
1952	23.5	22.1
1951	23.7	22.1
1950	23.9	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Mongolia	World
2024	26.926.8–26.9	30.6
2025	26.926.8–27	30.9
2026	2726.8–27.2	31.1
2027	2726.7–27.3	31.3
2028	2726.7–27.5	31.6
2029	2726.6–27.5	31.8
2030	2726.5–27.6	32
2031	2726.5–27.6	32.2
2032	2726.5–27.6	32.4
2033	2726.5–27.7	32.6
2034	27.126.6–27.8	32.8
2035	27.326.7–28	33
2036	27.526.9–28.2	33.2
2037	27.727.1–28.4	33.4
2038	27.927.4–28.7	33.6
2039	28.227.6–29	33.8
2040	28.527.9–29.3	34
2041	28.828.1–29.7	34.2
2042	29.128.4–30.1	34.4
2043	29.528.7–30.4	34.6
2044	29.829–30.8	34.8
2045	30.229.3–31.2	35
2046	30.629.7–31.6	35.2
2047	30.930–32.1	35.4
2048	31.330.3–32.5	35.6
2049	31.730.5–33	35.9
2050	3230.8–33.4	36.1
2051	32.331.1–33.8	36.3
2052	32.631.3–34.2	36.5
2053	32.931.6–34.6	36.7
2054	33.331.8–35	36.9
2055	33.532–35.4	37.1
2056	33.832.2–35.7	37.3
2057	34.132.4–36.1	37.5
2058	34.332.6–36.4	37.6
2059	34.532.7–36.8	37.8
2060	34.732.9–37	37.9
2061	34.833–37.3	38
2062	3533.2–37.5	38.1
2063	35.133.3–37.6	38.3
2064	35.233.4–37.7	38.4
2065	35.333.6–37.8	38.5
2066	35.433.7–37.8	38.6
2067	35.533.8–37.8	38.7
2068	35.634–37.8	38.8
2069	35.734.1–37.8	38.9
2070	35.834.3–37.7	39
2071	35.934.5–37.7	39.1
2072	36.134.7–37.7	39.2
2073	36.234.9–37.7	39.3
2074	36.435.1–37.7	39.4
2075	36.635.4–37.8	39.5
2076	36.835.6–37.9	39.6
2077	3735.8–38.1	39.7
2078	37.236–38.3	39.8
2079	37.436.3–38.5	40
2080	37.736.5–38.7	40.1
2081	37.936.7–38.9	40.2
2082	38.237–39.1	40.3
2083	38.437.2–39.4	40.4
2084	38.737.4–39.6	40.5
2085	3937.6–39.9	40.6
2086	39.237.8–40.1	40.7
2087	39.537.9–40.4	40.9
2088	39.738.1–40.6	41
2089	4038.2–40.9	41.1
2090	40.238.4–41.1	41.2
2091	40.438.6–41.3	41.3
2092	40.738.7–41.5	41.4
2093	40.938.8–41.6	41.5
2094	41.139–41.8	41.6
2095	41.239.1–41.9	41.7
2096	41.439.2–41.9	41.8
2097	41.539.3–42	41.9
2098	41.739.4–42.1	42
2099	41.839.5–42.1	42
2100	41.939.5–42.1	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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