São Tomé & Príncipe
Median age in São Tomé & Príncipe
Median age in São Tomé & Príncipe: 23.7 years in 1950 and 19.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 19.1 years
- Since 1950
- −4.6 years
- Rank, 2023
- 196 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 37.3 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 37.3 years in 2100, between 30.5 years and 45.8 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 23.8 years in 1951, the lowest 15.7 years in 1970.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | São Tomé & Príncipe | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19.1 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 18.9 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 18.7 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 18.5 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 18.3 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 18.2 | 29 |
| 2017 | 18 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 18 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 17.9 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 17.9 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 17.8 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 17.8 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 17.8 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 17.8 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 17.7 | 27 |
| 2008 | 17.7 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 17.6 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 17.6 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 17.5 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 17.4 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 17.3 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 17.1 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 17 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 16.8 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 16.6 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 16.4 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 16.3 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 16.2 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 16.1 | 24 |
| 1994 | 16.1 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 16.1 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 16.1 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 16.2 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 16.3 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 16.3 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 16.4 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 16.5 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 16.4 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 16.3 | 22 |
| 1984 | 16.3 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 16.3 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 16.3 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 16.3 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 16.2 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 16.1 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 16.1 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 16.1 | 21 |
| 1976 | 16 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 16 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 16 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 15.9 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 15.8 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 15.8 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 15.7 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 16 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 16.6 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 17.4 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 18.4 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 20.1 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 21.8 | 21 |
| 1963 | 22.8 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 23.2 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 23.4 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 23.3 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 22.9 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 22.6 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 22.5 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 22.7 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 23.1 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 23.4 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 23.7 | 22 |
| 1952 | 23.8 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 23.8 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 23.7 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | São Tomé & Príncipe | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19.319.2–19.3 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 19.519.4–19.6 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 19.719.5–19.9 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 2019.7–20.2 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 20.219.9–20.6 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 20.520.1–20.9 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 20.720.2–21.3 | 32 |
| 2031 | 20.920.4–21.6 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 21.120.5–22 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 21.320.6–22.3 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 21.520.7–22.6 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 21.720.9–22.9 | 33 |
| 2036 | 2221–23.2 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 22.221.2–23.6 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 22.421.3–23.9 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 22.621.4–24.3 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 22.821.5–24.7 | 34 |
| 2041 | 2321.6–25 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 23.221.7–25.3 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 23.321.8–25.7 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 23.521.9–26 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 23.722–26.3 | 35 |
| 2046 | 23.922.2–26.6 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 24.122.3–26.9 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 24.422.5–27.2 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 24.622.7–27.6 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 24.822.9–27.9 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 25.123–28.2 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 25.323.2–28.5 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 25.623.3–28.9 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 25.823.5–29.2 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 26.123.7–29.6 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 26.323.8–30 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 26.624–30.3 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 26.824.2–30.7 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 27.124.4–31.1 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 27.424.6–31.4 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 27.624.7–31.8 | 38 |
| 2062 | 27.924.8–32.1 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 28.225–32.4 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 28.425.2–32.7 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 28.725.3–33.1 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 2925.5–33.5 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 29.225.6–33.8 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 29.525.8–34.2 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 29.825.9–34.6 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 30.126.1–35 | 39 |
| 2071 | 30.326.3–35.4 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 30.626.4–35.8 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 30.926.5–36.3 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 31.126.6–36.7 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 31.426.8–37.2 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 31.726.9–37.6 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 31.927–38.1 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 32.227.2–38.5 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 32.427.4–38.9 | 40 |
| 2080 | 32.727.6–39.3 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 3327.7–39.7 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 33.227.9–40.1 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 33.528–40.5 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 33.728.2–41 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 33.928.4–41.5 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 34.228.6–41.9 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 34.428.7–42.3 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 34.728.9–42.8 | 41 |
| 2089 | 34.929.1–43.1 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 35.129.2–43.5 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 35.329.4–43.9 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 35.629.5–44.2 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 35.829.7–44.5 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 3629.8–44.8 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 36.230–45 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 36.530.1–45.1 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 36.730.2–45.2 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 36.930.3–45.4 | 42 |
| 2099 | 37.130.4–45.6 | 42 |
| 2100 | 37.330.5–45.8 | 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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