Median age in Congo - Brazzaville

Median age in Congo - Brazzaville: 18.9 years in 1950 and 18.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 18.3 years
Since 1950: −0.6 years
Rank, 2023: 202 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 33.2 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 33.2 years in 2100, between 26.6 years and 39.7 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 18.9 years in 1950, the lowest 15.9 years in 1979.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Congo - Brazzaville	World
2023	18.3	30.4
2022	18.2	30.1
2021	18.1	29.8
2020	18.1	29.6
2019	18.1	29.3
2018	18.1	29
2017	18.1	28.8
2016	18.1	28.5
2015	18.2	28.3
2014	18.3	28.1
2013	18.5	27.8
2012	18.6	27.6
2011	18.7	27.4
2010	18.8	27.2
2009	18.6	27
2008	18.5	26.7
2007	18.5	26.5
2006	18.3	26.3
2005	18.1	26.1
2004	18	25.9
2003	17.8	25.7
2002	17.7	25.5
2001	17.7	25.3
2000	17.4	25.1
1999	17.2	24.9
1998	17.1	24.7
1997	17.1	24.4
1996	17.1	24.2
1995	17	24
1994	16.9	23.8
1993	16.8	23.5
1992	16.7	23.3
1991	16.6	23.1
1990	16.6	22.9
1989	16.5	22.8
1988	16.4	22.6
1987	16.4	22.4
1986	16.3	22.2
1985	16.2	22
1984	16.2	21.9
1983	16.1	21.8
1982	16	21.7
1981	15.9	21.6
1980	15.9	21.5
1979	15.9	21.3
1978	15.9	21.1
1977	15.9	21
1976	16	20.8
1975	16.1	20.7
1974	16.2	20.5
1973	16.3	20.4
1972	16.3	20.4
1971	16.4	20.3
1970	16.5	20.3
1969	16.6	20.3
1968	16.7	20.4
1967	16.8	20.5
1966	16.9	20.6
1965	17	20.8
1964	17.2	21
1963	17.3	21.2
1962	17.5	21.4
1961	17.6	21.4
1960	17.8	21.5
1959	17.9	21.5
1958	18.1	21.5
1957	18.2	21.6
1956	18.3	21.7
1955	18.4	21.8
1954	18.5	21.9
1953	18.6	22
1952	18.7	22.1
1951	18.8	22.1
1950	18.9	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Congo - Brazzaville	World
2024	18.418.4–18.5	30.6
2025	18.618.4–18.7	30.9
2026	18.718.5–19	31.1
2027	18.918.6–19.3	31.3
2028	19.118.7–19.6	31.6
2029	19.318.8–19.9	31.8
2030	19.518.9–20.2	32
2031	19.719–20.6	32.2
2032	2019.1–21	32.4
2033	20.219.2–21.4	32.6
2034	20.419.3–21.8	32.8
2035	20.619.4–22.3	33
2036	20.819.4–22.7	33.2
2037	2119.4–23.1	33.4
2038	21.219.5–23.6	33.6
2039	21.419.5–24	33.8
2040	21.519.5–24.4	34
2041	21.719.5–24.8	34.2
2042	21.819.5–25.2	34.4
2043	2219.5–25.6	34.6
2044	22.119.5–25.9	34.8
2045	22.319.6–26.2	35
2046	22.419.7–26.6	35.2
2047	22.619.8–26.9	35.4
2048	22.719.9–27.2	35.6
2049	22.920.1–27.6	35.9
2050	23.120.2–27.9	36.1
2051	23.220.3–28.2	36.3
2052	23.420.4–28.6	36.5
2053	23.620.6–28.8	36.7
2054	23.820.7–29.1	36.9
2055	2420.8–29.4	37.1
2056	24.220.9–29.6	37.3
2057	24.421–29.9	37.5
2058	24.621.2–30.1	37.6
2059	24.821.3–30.4	37.8
2060	2521.5–30.7	37.9
2061	25.221.6–31	38
2062	25.421.7–31.2	38.1
2063	25.621.8–31.5	38.3
2064	25.821.9–31.8	38.4
2065	2622–32.1	38.5
2066	26.222.1–32.4	38.6
2067	26.522.2–32.8	38.7
2068	26.722.3–33.1	38.8
2069	26.922.4–33.4	38.9
2070	27.122.5–33.6	39
2071	27.322.7–33.9	39.1
2072	27.522.8–34.1	39.2
2073	27.822.9–34.4	39.3
2074	2823–34.6	39.4
2075	28.223.1–34.8	39.5
2076	28.423.2–35.1	39.6
2077	28.623.4–35.4	39.7
2078	28.823.5–35.6	39.8
2079	2923.7–35.8	40
2080	29.223.8–36.1	40.1
2081	29.423.9–36.4	40.2
2082	29.724–36.6	40.3
2083	29.924.1–36.9	40.4
2084	30.124.2–37.2	40.5
2085	30.324.4–37.5	40.6
2086	30.524.6–37.7	40.7
2087	30.724.7–37.8	40.9
2088	30.924.9–38	41
2089	3125–38.2	41.1
2090	31.225.1–38.4	41.2
2091	31.425.3–38.6	41.3
2092	31.625.4–38.8	41.4
2093	31.825.6–38.9	41.5
2094	3225.7–39.1	41.6
2095	32.225.9–39.2	41.7
2096	32.426–39.4	41.8
2097	32.626.2–39.5	41.9
2098	32.826.3–39.5	42
2099	3326.5–39.6	42
2100	33.226.6–39.7	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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