North Korea
Median age in North Korea
Median age in North Korea: 16.3 years in 1950 and 36.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 36.1 years
- Since 1950
- +19.7 years
- Rank, 2023
- 85 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 48.6 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 48.6 years in 2100, between 42.3 years and 55.3 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 36.1 years in 2023, the lowest 16.1 years in 1951.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | North Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 36.1 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 35.8 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 35.6 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 35.4 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 35.1 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 34.9 | 29 |
| 2017 | 34.7 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 34.4 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 34.2 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 34 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 33.7 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 33.5 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 33.3 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 33.1 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 32.8 | 27 |
| 2008 | 32.5 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 32.1 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 31.8 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 31.4 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 30.9 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 30.4 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 30 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 29.5 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 29.1 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 28.6 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 28.2 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 27.8 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 27.3 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 26.9 | 24 |
| 1994 | 26.5 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 26 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 25.6 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 25.3 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 24.9 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 24.5 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 24.1 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 23.8 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 23.4 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 23.1 | 22 |
| 1984 | 22.8 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 22.5 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 22.1 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 21.8 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 21.4 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 20.9 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 20.5 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 20.2 | 21 |
| 1976 | 19.9 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 19.7 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 19.6 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 19.7 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 20.2 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 20.4 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 20.4 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 20.5 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 20.5 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 20.4 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 20.4 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 20.2 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 20 | 21 |
| 1963 | 19.8 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 19.6 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 19.2 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 18.9 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 18.6 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 18.3 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 18 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 17.7 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 17.3 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 16.9 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 16.6 | 22 |
| 1952 | 16.3 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 16.1 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 16.3 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | North Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36.336.2–36.4 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 36.636.3–36.8 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 36.836.5–37.1 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 37.136.6–37.5 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 37.436.7–38 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 37.736.9–38.4 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 3837.1–38.8 | 32 |
| 2031 | 38.337.3–39.2 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 38.637.5–39.7 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 38.937.7–40.1 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 39.338–40.6 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 39.638.2–41.1 | 33 |
| 2036 | 39.938.4–41.5 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 40.238.6–41.9 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 40.638.9–42.4 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 40.939.1–42.8 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 41.239.3–43.2 | 34 |
| 2041 | 41.439.4–43.6 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 41.739.6–44 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 41.939.7–44.4 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 42.239.8–44.7 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 42.339.8–45.1 | 35 |
| 2046 | 42.539.8–45.4 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 42.739.8–45.7 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 42.839.8–45.9 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 42.939.8–46.2 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 42.939.8–46.4 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 4339.7–46.7 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 4339.7–46.9 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 43.139.6–47.1 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 43.239.5–47.2 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 43.239.5–47.4 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 43.339.4–47.6 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 43.439.4–47.9 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 43.539.4–48.1 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 43.639.3–48.3 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 43.739.3–48.6 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 43.939.3–48.9 | 38 |
| 2062 | 4439.3–49.1 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 44.239.3–49.4 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 44.439.4–49.7 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 44.639.5–50 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 44.839.8–50.4 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 4540–50.7 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 45.240.2–51 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 45.440.4–51.4 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 45.640.5–51.7 | 39 |
| 2071 | 45.840.7–52 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 4640.9–52.4 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 46.241–52.7 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 46.341.1–53.1 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 46.541.2–53.4 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 46.641.2–53.7 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 46.741.3–54.1 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 46.841.3–54.4 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 46.941.3–54.7 | 40 |
| 2080 | 4741.3–54.9 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 47.141.3–55 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 47.141.3–55 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 47.141.3–55.1 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 47.241.2–55.1 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 47.241.2–55.1 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 47.241.2–55.1 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 47.241.2–55.1 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 47.341.2–55.1 | 41 |
| 2089 | 47.341.2–55 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 47.441.2–55 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 47.541.3–55 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 47.641.3–54.9 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 47.741.4–54.9 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 47.841.5–54.9 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 47.941.6–55 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 4841.8–55 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 48.241.9–55.1 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 48.342–55.2 | 42 |
| 2099 | 48.542.2–55.3 | 42 |
| 2100 | 48.642.3–55.3 | 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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