St. Helena
Median age in St. Helena
Median age in St. Helena: 18 years in 1950 and 50.5 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 50.5 years
- Since 1950
- +32.5 years
- Rank, 2023
- 3 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 51.1 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 51.1 years in 2100, between 43.2 years and 58.5 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 50.5 years in 2023, the lowest 17.2 years in 1956.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | St. Helena | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 50.5 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 50.2 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 49.9 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 49.3 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 48.6 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 47.8 | 29 |
| 2017 | 47 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 46.2 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 45.8 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 45.6 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 45.4 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 45.2 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 45 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 44.8 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 44.6 | 27 |
| 2008 | 44.4 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 43.6 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 42.4 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 41.3 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 40.1 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 39 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 37.8 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 36.7 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 35.6 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 34.6 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 33.6 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 32.7 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 32 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 31.2 | 24 |
| 1994 | 30.4 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 29.7 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 29 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 28.3 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 27.6 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 27 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 26.5 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 25.9 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 25.4 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 24.8 | 22 |
| 1984 | 24.3 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 23.8 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 23.4 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 23 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 22.5 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 22.1 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 21.7 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 21.4 | 21 |
| 1976 | 21.2 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 21.1 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 21 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 20.9 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 20.8 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 20.6 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 20.4 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 20.2 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 20 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 19.8 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 19.8 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 19.8 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 19.8 | 21 |
| 1963 | 19.6 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 19.3 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 19 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 18.7 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 18.3 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 17.9 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 17.5 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 17.2 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 17.3 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 17.6 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 17.8 | 22 |
| 1952 | 17.9 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 17.9 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 18 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | St. Helena | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50.750.6–50.8 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 50.950.5–51.3 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 5150.3–51.8 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 51.150.2–52.2 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 51.349.8–52.6 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 51.449.1–53.2 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 51.348.5–53.7 | 32 |
| 2031 | 51.148.1–54.3 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 50.947.9–54.8 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 50.947.5–55.3 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 5146.8–55.8 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 51.245.9–56.3 | 33 |
| 2036 | 51.345.5–56.6 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 51.344.9–57.1 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 51.244.7–57.5 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 50.844.1–57.9 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 50.643.4–58.5 | 34 |
| 2041 | 50.742.9–59.1 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 50.642.1–59.6 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 50.641.8–60.1 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 50.841.5–60.7 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 50.941.1–61.3 | 35 |
| 2046 | 50.440.8–61.8 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 50.240.6–62.3 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 50.240.5–62.7 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 49.740.4–63 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 49.240.3–63.2 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 49.240.2–63 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 4940.3–63.2 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 48.740.2–63.4 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 48.640.2–63.6 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 48.740.2–63.8 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 48.740.3–64 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 48.740.4–64.5 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 48.740.4–65 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 48.840.5–65.4 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 49.140.6–65.6 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 49.240.7–65.2 | 38 |
| 2062 | 49.440.8–65.2 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 49.540.8–65.3 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 49.641–65.1 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 49.841.1–64.4 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 50.241.2–64.2 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 50.441.2–63 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 50.641.3–62.3 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 50.741.3–61.2 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 50.641.4–59.2 | 39 |
| 2071 | 50.641.4–58.6 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 50.641.5–57.7 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 50.641.6–57.4 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 50.541.6–56.8 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 50.441.7–56.1 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 50.441.8–55.7 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 50.341.9–54.9 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 50.242–55 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 50.142–54.6 | 40 |
| 2080 | 5042.1–54.2 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 49.842.2–53.9 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 49.742.4–54.2 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 49.742.5–54.1 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 49.742.7–54.8 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 49.742.7–54.7 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 49.742.7–55.1 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 49.742.7–55.4 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 49.842.8–56.2 | 41 |
| 2089 | 49.942.9–56.5 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 5043.1–56.9 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 50.143.2–57.3 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 50.243.3–57.5 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 50.343.3–57.9 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 50.543.3–58.3 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 50.643.4–57.9 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 50.643.4–58.2 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 50.743.4–58.1 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 50.843.4–57.9 | 42 |
| 2099 | 50.943.3–58.3 | 42 |
| 2100 | 51.143.2–58.5 | 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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