Median age in Panama

Median age in Panama: 17.7 years in 1950 and 29.6 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 29.6 years
Since 1950: +11.9 years
Rank, 2023: 125 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 48 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 48 years in 2100, between 41.4 years and 55.9 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 29.6 years in 2023, the lowest 16.4 years in 1966.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Panama	World
2023	29.6	30.4
2022	29.3	30.1
2021	29	29.8
2020	28.7	29.6
2019	28.4	29.3
2018	28.1	29
2017	27.8	28.8
2016	27.5	28.5
2015	27.3	28.3
2014	27	28.1
2013	26.7	27.8
2012	26.5	27.6
2011	26.2	27.4
2010	25.9	27.2
2009	25.7	27
2008	25.4	26.7
2007	25.1	26.5
2006	24.8	26.3
2005	24.6	26.1
2004	24.3	25.9
2003	24.1	25.7
2002	23.8	25.5
2001	23.5	25.3
2000	23.3	25.1
1999	23	24.9
1998	22.7	24.7
1997	22.5	24.4
1996	22.2	24.2
1995	21.9	24
1994	21.6	23.8
1993	21.3	23.5
1992	21	23.3
1991	20.8	23.1
1990	20.5	22.9
1989	20.2	22.8
1988	20	22.6
1987	19.7	22.4
1986	19.4	22.2
1985	19.2	22
1984	18.9	21.9
1983	18.7	21.8
1982	18.4	21.7
1981	18.2	21.6
1980	18	21.5
1979	17.7	21.3
1978	17.5	21.1
1977	17.3	21
1976	17.2	20.8
1975	17	20.7
1974	16.9	20.5
1973	16.7	20.4
1972	16.6	20.4
1971	16.6	20.3
1970	16.5	20.3
1969	16.4	20.3
1968	16.4	20.4
1967	16.4	20.5
1966	16.4	20.6
1965	16.4	20.8
1964	16.5	21
1963	16.5	21.2
1962	16.6	21.4
1961	16.7	21.4
1960	16.7	21.5
1959	16.8	21.5
1958	16.9	21.5
1957	16.9	21.6
1956	17	21.7
1955	17.1	21.8
1954	17.2	21.9
1953	17.3	22
1952	17.4	22.1
1951	17.6	22.1
1950	17.7	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Panama	World
2024	29.929.9–30	30.6
2025	30.330.1–30.4	30.9
2026	30.630.3–30.8	31.1
2027	30.930.6–31.2	31.3
2028	31.230.8–31.7	31.6
2029	31.631–32.1	31.8
2030	31.931.2–32.5	32
2031	32.231.4–33	32.2
2032	32.531.6–33.4	32.4
2033	32.931.8–33.8	32.6
2034	33.232–34.3	32.8
2035	33.532.2–34.7	33
2036	33.832.4–35.2	33.2
2037	34.232.6–35.6	33.4
2038	34.532.8–36	33.6
2039	34.833–36.5	33.8
2040	35.133.2–36.9	34
2041	35.433.4–37.3	34.2
2042	35.733.6–37.7	34.4
2043	3633.8–38.2	34.6
2044	36.334–38.6	34.8
2045	36.634.2–39	35
2046	36.934.5–39.4	35.2
2047	37.234.7–39.8	35.4
2048	37.534.9–40.2	35.6
2049	37.935.1–40.7	35.9
2050	38.235.3–41.1	36.1
2051	38.535.5–41.5	36.3
2052	38.835.7–41.9	36.5
2053	39.135.9–42.3	36.7
2054	39.436.1–42.7	36.9
2055	39.736.3–43.1	37.1
2056	4036.5–43.5	37.3
2057	40.336.6–43.9	37.5
2058	40.636.7–44.4	37.6
2059	40.936.8–44.8	37.8
2060	41.236.9–45.2	37.9
2061	41.437–45.6	38
2062	41.737.1–46	38.1
2063	41.937.2–46.4	38.3
2064	42.137.4–46.8	38.4
2065	42.337.5–47.3	38.5
2066	42.537.6–47.7	38.6
2067	42.737.8–48.1	38.7
2068	42.937.9–48.5	38.8
2069	43.138.1–48.8	38.9
2070	43.338.2–49.2	39
2071	43.538.4–49.5	39.1
2072	43.738.5–49.9	39.2
2073	43.938.7–50.2	39.3
2074	44.138.8–50.5	39.4
2075	44.239–50.9	39.5
2076	44.439.1–51.2	39.6
2077	44.639.3–51.5	39.7
2078	44.839.4–51.7	39.8
2079	44.939.6–52	40
2080	45.139.7–52.2	40.1
2081	45.339.8–52.4	40.2
2082	45.539.9–52.6	40.3
2083	45.640–52.9	40.4
2084	45.840.1–53.1	40.5
2085	4640.2–53.3	40.6
2086	46.140.3–53.5	40.7
2087	46.340.4–53.7	40.9
2088	46.540.5–53.9	41
2089	46.640.5–54	41.1
2090	46.840.6–54.2	41.2
2091	46.940.7–54.4	41.3
2092	4740.8–54.5	41.4
2093	47.240.9–54.7	41.5
2094	47.340.9–54.9	41.6
2095	47.441–55.1	41.7
2096	47.641.1–55.3	41.8
2097	47.741.2–55.4	41.9
2098	47.841.2–55.6	42
2099	47.941.3–55.8	42
2100	4841.4–55.9	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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