Serbia
Median age in Serbia
Median age in Serbia: 24.5 years in 1950 and 43.9 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 43.9 years
- Since 1950
- +19.4 years
- Rank, 2023
- 24 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 51.8 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 51.8 years in 2100, between 48.4 years and 62.1 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Serbia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 43.9 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 43.7 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 43.5 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 43.4 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 43.2 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 42.9 | 29 |
| 2017 | 42.7 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 42.5 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 42.3 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 42 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 41.8 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 41.6 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 41.4 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 41.2 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 41 | 27 |
| 2008 | 40.8 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 40.6 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 40.4 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 40.2 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 40 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 39.7 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 39.5 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 39.3 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 39.1 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 38.8 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 38.6 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 38.3 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 37.9 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 37.6 | 24 |
| 1994 | 37.3 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 36.9 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 36.6 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 36.2 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 35.8 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 35.4 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 35.1 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 34.7 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 34.3 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 34 | 22 |
| 1984 | 33.6 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 33.3 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 33 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 32.7 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 32.5 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 32.4 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 32.4 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 32.3 | 21 |
| 1976 | 32.2 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 32.1 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 32 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 31.8 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 31.6 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 31.3 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 31.1 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 30.8 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 30.5 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 30.2 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 29.9 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 29.5 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 29.2 | 21 |
| 1963 | 28.8 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 28.5 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 28.1 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 27.7 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 27.3 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 26.9 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 26.5 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 26.1 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 25.8 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 25.5 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 25.2 | 22 |
| 1952 | 24.9 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 24.7 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 24.5 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Serbia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44.144.1–44.1 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 44.444.3–44.5 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 44.744.5–44.8 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 44.944.7–45.1 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 45.144.9–45.4 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 45.445.1–45.7 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 45.645.3–46 | 32 |
| 2031 | 45.945.5–46.3 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 46.145.6–46.6 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 46.345.7–46.8 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 46.545.8–47.1 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 46.745.9–47.4 | 33 |
| 2036 | 46.946–47.6 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 47.146–47.9 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 47.246–48.2 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 47.446–48.4 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 47.546–48.6 | 34 |
| 2041 | 47.646–48.8 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 47.746–49.1 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 47.946–49.3 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 4845.9–49.5 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 48.145.8–49.8 | 35 |
| 2046 | 48.245.6–50 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 48.345.4–50.2 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 48.345.3–50.5 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 48.345.1–50.7 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 48.445–50.9 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 48.444.9–51 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 48.544.8–51.2 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 48.644.6–51.4 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 48.644.4–51.6 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 48.744.3–51.8 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 48.744.3–52 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 48.844.2–52.2 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 48.844.2–52.4 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 48.944.1–52.6 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 4944–52.8 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 4944–53 | 38 |
| 2062 | 49.144–53.2 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 49.243.9–53.3 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 49.243.9–53.5 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 49.344–53.7 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 49.444.2–53.9 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 49.544.3–54.1 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 49.644.3–54.3 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 49.744.2–54.5 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 49.844.3–54.8 | 39 |
| 2071 | 49.944.4–55 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 5044.5–55.3 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 50.144.7–55.5 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 50.244.8–55.8 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 50.245–56.1 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 50.345.2–56.4 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 50.345.3–56.7 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 50.445.5–57.1 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 50.445.7–57.4 | 40 |
| 2080 | 50.445.9–57.7 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 50.546.1–58 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 50.546.3–58.3 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 50.546.5–58.6 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 50.646.6–58.8 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 50.646.7–59.1 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 50.746.8–59.3 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 50.746.9–59.6 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 50.847–59.8 | 41 |
| 2089 | 50.847.1–60 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 50.947.2–60.2 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 5147.3–60.5 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 5147.5–60.7 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 51.147.7–60.9 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 51.247.8–61.1 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 51.348–61.3 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 51.448.1–61.4 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 51.548.1–61.6 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 51.648.2–61.8 | 42 |
| 2099 | 51.748.3–62 | 42 |
| 2100 | 51.848.4–62.1 | 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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