Solomon Islands
Median age in Solomon Islands
Median age in Solomon Islands: 16.6 years in 1950 and 20.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 20.3 years
- Since 1950
- +3.6 years
- Rank, 2023
- 188 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 37.8 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 37.8 years in 2100, between 31.8 years and 42.5 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 20.3 years in 2023, the lowest 14.8 years in 1979.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Solomon Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20.3 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 20 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 19.8 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 19.6 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 19.5 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 19.3 | 29 |
| 2017 | 19.2 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 19 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 18.9 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 18.8 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 18.7 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 18.6 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 18.6 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 18.5 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 18.5 | 27 |
| 2008 | 18.4 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 18.3 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 18.2 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 18.1 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 17.9 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 17.7 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 17.6 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 17.4 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 17.2 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 17 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 16.9 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 16.7 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 16.6 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 16.5 | 24 |
| 1994 | 16.3 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 16.2 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 16 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 15.8 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 15.7 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 15.5 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 15.4 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 15.3 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 15.2 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 15.1 | 22 |
| 1984 | 15 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 14.9 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 14.8 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 14.8 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 14.8 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 14.8 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 14.8 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 14.8 | 21 |
| 1976 | 14.8 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 15 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 15.2 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 15.3 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 15.4 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 15.5 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 15.6 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 15.6 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 15.7 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 15.8 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 15.9 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 15.9 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 15.9 | 21 |
| 1963 | 15.8 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 15.8 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 15.8 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 15.7 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 15.7 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 15.8 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 15.9 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 16 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 16.1 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 16.2 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 16.3 | 22 |
| 1952 | 16.4 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 16.5 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 16.6 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Solomon Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20.520.4–20.5 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 20.720.6–20.8 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 20.920.8–21 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 21.121–21.3 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 21.421.1–21.6 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 21.621.3–21.8 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 21.821.5–22.1 | 32 |
| 2031 | 2221.7–22.3 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 22.221.9–22.6 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 22.522.1–22.8 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 22.722.4–23.3 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 22.922.6–24 | 33 |
| 2036 | 23.222.8–24.7 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 23.422.9–25.3 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 23.722.9–25.8 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 23.923.1–26.3 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 24.223.2–26.7 | 34 |
| 2041 | 24.423.4–27.1 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 24.723.6–27.2 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 24.923.8–26.9 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 25.124–27 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 25.324.1–27.2 | 35 |
| 2046 | 25.624.3–27.4 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 25.824.4–27.8 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 2624.6–28.1 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 26.224.7–28.5 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 26.424.8–28.8 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 26.625–29.1 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 26.925.2–29.5 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 27.125.3–29.8 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 27.325.5–30.2 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 27.525.6–30.5 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 27.825.8–30.9 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 2826–31.2 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 28.226.1–31.5 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 28.526.3–31.8 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 28.726.5–32.1 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 28.926.7–32.5 | 38 |
| 2062 | 29.226.8–32.8 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 29.427–33.1 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 29.727.1–33.4 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 29.927.3–33.7 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 30.127.5–34 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 30.427.7–34.4 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 30.627.8–34.7 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 30.928–35 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 31.128.1–35.4 | 39 |
| 2071 | 31.428.3–35.8 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 31.628.4–36.2 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 31.928.5–36.5 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 32.128.7–36.9 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 32.428.8–37.2 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 32.629–37.6 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 32.829.1–37.9 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 33.129.3–38.3 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 33.329.4–38.6 | 40 |
| 2080 | 33.529.6–39 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 33.829.8–39.2 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 3429.9–39.4 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 34.230–39.7 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 34.530.1–39.9 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 34.730.2–40 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 34.930.3–40.2 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 35.130.5–40.3 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 35.330.6–40.5 | 41 |
| 2089 | 35.630.8–40.7 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 35.830.9–40.9 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 3631.1–41 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 36.231.2–41.2 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 36.431.2–41.4 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 36.631.3–41.5 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 36.831.3–41.7 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 3731.3–41.8 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 37.231.4–42 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 37.431.6–42.2 | 42 |
| 2099 | 37.631.7–42.3 | 42 |
| 2100 | 37.831.8–42.5 | 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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