Median age in Sierra Leone

Median age in Sierra Leone: 19.4 years in 1950 and 19.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 19.3 years
Since 1950: −0.1 years
Rank, 2023: 194 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 37.4 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 37.4 years in 2100, between 30.7 years and 42.1 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 20.1 years in 1959, the lowest 16.8 years in 2003.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Sierra Leone	World
2023	19.3	30.4
2022	19	30.1
2021	18.8	29.8
2020	18.6	29.6
2019	18.4	29.3
2018	18.2	29
2017	18	28.8
2016	17.8	28.5
2015	17.7	28.3
2014	17.5	28.1
2013	17.4	27.8
2012	17.3	27.6
2011	17.2	27.4
2010	17.1	27.2
2009	17.1	27
2008	17	26.7
2007	17	26.5
2006	16.9	26.3
2005	16.9	26.1
2004	16.8	25.9
2003	16.8	25.7
2002	16.8	25.5
2001	16.9	25.3
2000	16.9	25.1
1999	16.9	24.9
1998	17	24.7
1997	17.1	24.4
1996	17.1	24.2
1995	17.2	24
1994	17.2	23.8
1993	17.3	23.5
1992	17.3	23.3
1991	17.4	23.1
1990	17.4	22.9
1989	17.5	22.8
1988	17.5	22.6
1987	17.6	22.4
1986	17.7	22.2
1985	17.7	22
1984	17.8	21.9
1983	17.9	21.8
1982	17.9	21.7
1981	18	21.6
1980	18.1	21.5
1979	18.2	21.3
1978	18.3	21.1
1977	18.4	21
1976	18.5	20.8
1975	18.6	20.7
1974	18.7	20.5
1973	18.9	20.4
1972	19.1	20.4
1971	19.2	20.3
1970	19.4	20.3
1969	19.6	20.3
1968	19.7	20.4
1967	19.8	20.5
1966	19.9	20.6
1965	19.9	20.8
1964	19.9	21
1963	20	21.2
1962	20	21.4
1961	20	21.4
1960	20.1	21.5
1959	20.1	21.5
1958	20	21.5
1957	20	21.6
1956	20	21.7
1955	19.9	21.8
1954	19.8	21.9
1953	19.8	22
1952	19.6	22.1
1951	19.5	22.1
1950	19.4	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Sierra Leone	World
2024	19.519.5–19.5	30.6
2025	19.719.7–19.8	30.9
2026	19.919.9–20	31.1
2027	20.220.1–20.3	31.3
2028	20.420.3–20.7	31.6
2029	20.720.5–21	31.8
2030	20.920.6–21.4	32
2031	21.220.8–21.8	32.2
2032	21.420.9–22.2	32.4
2033	21.721–22.6	32.6
2034	2221.2–23	32.8
2035	22.321.3–23.4	33
2036	22.521.4–23.8	33.2
2037	22.821.6–24.2	33.4
2038	23.121.7–24.6	33.6
2039	23.321.8–25.1	33.8
2040	23.621.9–25.6	34
2041	23.821.9–26.1	34.2
2042	24.122–26.5	34.4
2043	24.422.1–26.9	34.6
2044	24.722.2–27.4	34.8
2045	24.922.3–27.8	35
2046	25.222.5–28.2	35.2
2047	25.522.6–28.6	35.4
2048	25.822.8–29	35.6
2049	26.123–29.4	35.9
2050	26.323.2–29.9	36.1
2051	26.623.3–30.3	36.3
2052	26.923.5–30.7	36.5
2053	27.223.7–31.1	36.7
2054	27.523.9–31.5	36.9
2055	27.724.1–31.9	37.1
2056	2824.3–32.4	37.3
2057	28.324.4–32.8	37.5
2058	28.624.6–33.2	37.6
2059	28.824.7–33.5	37.8
2060	29.124.9–33.8	37.9
2061	29.425.1–34.2	38
2062	29.625.2–34.5	38.1
2063	29.925.4–34.8	38.3
2064	30.125.5–35.1	38.4
2065	30.425.6–35.4	38.5
2066	30.625.7–35.7	38.6
2067	30.925.9–36	38.7
2068	31.126–36.2	38.8
2069	31.426.2–36.5	38.9
2070	31.626.4–36.7	39
2071	31.926.5–36.9	39.1
2072	32.126.7–37.1	39.2
2073	32.326.9–37.3	39.3
2074	32.627–37.6	39.4
2075	32.827.1–37.9	39.5
2076	3327.3–38.1	39.6
2077	33.227.4–38.4	39.7
2078	33.427.5–38.6	39.8
2079	33.727.7–38.9	40
2080	33.927.8–39.1	40.1
2081	34.127.8–39.2	40.2
2082	34.327.9–39.5	40.3
2083	34.528.1–39.7	40.4
2084	34.728.3–39.9	40.5
2085	34.928.4–40.1	40.6
2086	3528.7–40.2	40.7
2087	35.228.9–40.4	40.9
2088	35.429.1–40.6	41
2089	35.629.3–40.7	41.1
2090	35.829.4–40.8	41.2
2091	35.929.6–40.8	41.3
2092	36.129.7–41	41.4
2093	36.329.8–41.2	41.5
2094	36.429.9–41.5	41.6
2095	36.630–41.6	41.7
2096	36.830.1–41.7	41.8
2097	36.930.3–41.8	41.9
2098	37.130.4–41.9	42
2099	37.230.5–42	42
2100	37.430.7–42.1	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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