Median age in Nicaragua

Median age in Nicaragua: 16.5 years in 1950 and 25.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 25.3 years
Since 1950: +8.8 years
Rank, 2023: 157 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 46.9 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 46.9 years in 2100, between 39.3 years and 55.5 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 25.3 years in 2023, the lowest 14.8 years in 1964.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Nicaragua	World
2023	25.3	30.4
2022	24.9	30.1
2021	24.6	29.8
2020	24.3	29.6
2019	24	29.3
2018	23.7	29
2017	23.3	28.8
2016	23	28.5
2015	22.7	28.3
2014	22.4	28.1
2013	22.1	27.8
2012	21.7	27.6
2011	21.5	27.4
2010	21.2	27.2
2009	20.9	27
2008	20.6	26.7
2007	20.3	26.5
2006	20.1	26.3
2005	19.8	26.1
2004	19.4	25.9
2003	19.1	25.7
2002	18.7	25.5
2001	18.4	25.3
2000	18	25.1
1999	17.7	24.9
1998	17.4	24.7
1997	17.1	24.4
1996	16.8	24.2
1995	16.5	24
1994	16.3	23.8
1993	16.1	23.5
1992	15.9	23.3
1991	15.7	23.1
1990	15.6	22.9
1989	15.4	22.8
1988	15.3	22.6
1987	15.3	22.4
1986	15.2	22.2
1985	15.2	22
1984	15.2	21.9
1983	15.2	21.8
1982	15.2	21.7
1981	15.1	21.6
1980	15.1	21.5
1979	15.1	21.3
1978	15.2	21.1
1977	15.2	21
1976	15.2	20.8
1975	15.1	20.7
1974	15.1	20.5
1973	15.1	20.4
1972	15.1	20.4
1971	15.1	20.3
1970	15	20.3
1969	15	20.3
1968	15	20.4
1967	14.9	20.5
1966	14.9	20.6
1965	14.8	20.8
1964	14.8	21
1963	14.8	21.2
1962	14.9	21.4
1961	15	21.4
1960	15.2	21.5
1959	15.3	21.5
1958	15.4	21.5
1957	15.5	21.6
1956	15.7	21.7
1955	15.8	21.8
1954	15.9	21.9
1953	16.1	22
1952	16.2	22.1
1951	16.3	22.1
1950	16.5	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Nicaragua	World
2024	25.625.5–25.7	30.6
2025	2625.7–26.2	30.9
2026	26.325.9–26.7	31.1
2027	26.726.1–27.2	31.3
2028	2726.3–27.7	31.6
2029	27.426.5–28.2	31.8
2030	27.726.6–28.7	32
2031	28.126.8–29.2	32.2
2032	28.427–29.7	32.4
2033	28.827.2–30.2	32.6
2034	29.127.4–30.7	32.8
2035	29.527.7–31.2	33
2036	29.827.9–31.7	33.2
2037	30.228.1–32.2	33.4
2038	30.628.3–32.7	33.6
2039	30.928.6–33.2	33.8
2040	31.328.8–33.7	34
2041	31.729–34.2	34.2
2042	3229.2–34.7	34.4
2043	32.429.5–35.2	34.6
2044	32.829.7–35.7	34.8
2045	33.129.9–36.2	35
2046	33.530.1–36.7	35.2
2047	33.830.3–37.2	35.4
2048	34.230.5–37.7	35.6
2049	34.630.7–38.2	35.9
2050	34.930.9–38.7	36.1
2051	35.331.1–39.2	36.3
2052	35.631.3–39.7	36.5
2053	3631.5–40.2	36.7
2054	36.331.7–40.7	36.9
2055	36.631.8–41.2	37.1
2056	3732–41.6	37.3
2057	37.332.3–42.1	37.5
2058	37.632.6–42.6	37.6
2059	37.932.9–43	37.8
2060	38.333.2–43.5	37.9
2061	38.633.4–43.9	38
2062	38.933.7–44.4	38.1
2063	39.234–44.8	38.3
2064	39.434.2–45.3	38.4
2065	39.734.5–45.7	38.5
2066	4034.7–46.2	38.6
2067	40.335–46.6	38.7
2068	40.635.2–47	38.8
2069	40.835.4–47.4	38.9
2070	41.135.6–47.9	39
2071	41.435.8–48.3	39.1
2072	41.636–48.7	39.2
2073	41.936.2–49.1	39.3
2074	42.136.4–49.5	39.4
2075	42.336.6–49.8	39.5
2076	42.636.7–50.1	39.6
2077	42.836.9–50.4	39.7
2078	4337–50.6	39.8
2079	43.237.2–50.9	40
2080	43.437.3–51.2	40.1
2081	43.737.4–51.4	40.2
2082	43.937.6–51.6	40.3
2083	44.137.7–51.9	40.4
2084	44.337.8–52.1	40.5
2085	44.437.9–52.3	40.6
2086	44.638–52.6	40.7
2087	44.838.1–52.8	40.9
2088	4538.3–53	41
2089	45.238.4–53.2	41.1
2090	45.438.4–53.4	41.2
2091	45.538.5–53.7	41.3
2092	45.738.6–53.9	41.4
2093	45.938.7–54.1	41.5
2094	4638.8–54.3	41.6
2095	46.238.8–54.5	41.7
2096	46.338.9–54.7	41.8
2097	46.539–54.9	41.9
2098	46.639.1–55.1	42
2099	46.839.2–55.3	42
2100	46.939.3–55.5	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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