Median age in Sri Lanka

Median age in Sri Lanka: 19.9 years in 1950 and 32.8 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 32.8 years
Since 1950: +13 years
Rank, 2023: 109 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 50 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 50 years in 2100, between 43 years and 59.9 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 32.8 years in 2023, the lowest 18.4 years in 1962.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Sri Lanka	World
2023	32.8	30.4
2022	32.6	30.1
2021	32.3	29.8
2020	32.1	29.6
2019	31.8	29.3
2018	31.6	29
2017	31.3	28.8
2016	31	28.5
2015	30.7	28.3
2014	30.4	28.1
2013	30.1	27.8
2012	29.8	27.6
2011	29.5	27.4
2010	29.2	27.2
2009	28.9	27
2008	28.6	26.7
2007	28.3	26.5
2006	28	26.3
2005	27.7	26.1
2004	27.4	25.9
2003	27.1	25.7
2002	26.8	25.5
2001	26.5	25.3
2000	26.2	25.1
1999	25.9	24.9
1998	25.5	24.7
1997	25.1	24.4
1996	24.7	24.2
1995	24.3	24
1994	23.9	23.8
1993	23.6	23.5
1992	23.2	23.3
1991	22.9	23.1
1990	22.6	22.9
1989	22.3	22.8
1988	22	22.6
1987	21.7	22.4
1986	21.4	22.2
1985	21.1	22
1984	20.9	21.9
1983	20.8	21.8
1982	20.7	21.7
1981	20.5	21.6
1980	20.4	21.5
1979	20.2	21.3
1978	20.1	21.1
1977	20	21
1976	19.8	20.8
1975	19.7	20.7
1974	19.5	20.5
1973	19.4	20.4
1972	19.2	20.4
1971	19.1	20.3
1970	19	20.3
1969	18.9	20.3
1968	18.8	20.4
1967	18.7	20.5
1966	18.6	20.6
1965	18.5	20.8
1964	18.4	21
1963	18.4	21.2
1962	18.4	21.4
1961	18.4	21.4
1960	18.5	21.5
1959	18.6	21.5
1958	18.7	21.5
1957	18.8	21.6
1956	19	21.7
1955	19.1	21.8
1954	19.2	21.9
1953	19.4	22
1952	19.5	22.1
1951	19.7	22.1
1950	19.9	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Sri Lanka	World
2024	33.133–33.2	30.6
2025	33.333–33.7	30.9
2026	33.633.1–34.2	31.1
2027	33.933.1–34.8	31.3
2028	34.233.2–35.3	31.6
2029	34.533.3–35.8	31.8
2030	34.833.3–36.4	32
2031	35.133.4–36.9	32.2
2032	35.333.4–37.4	32.4
2033	35.633.5–37.9	32.6
2034	35.933.6–38.4	32.8
2035	36.133.7–38.9	33
2036	36.433.7–39.4	33.2
2037	36.633.9–39.9	33.4
2038	36.834–40.4	33.6
2039	37.134.2–40.8	33.8
2040	37.334.3–41.3	34
2041	37.634.5–41.7	34.2
2042	37.934.7–42.2	34.4
2043	38.134.9–42.6	34.6
2044	38.435.1–43	34.8
2045	38.735.2–43.4	35
2046	3935.4–43.7	35.2
2047	39.335.6–44.1	35.4
2048	39.635.8–44.5	35.6
2049	39.936.1–44.9	35.9
2050	40.236.3–45.2	36.1
2051	40.536.4–45.6	36.3
2052	40.736.6–46	36.5
2053	4136.8–46.4	36.7
2054	41.336.9–46.7	36.9
2055	41.637.1–47.1	37.1
2056	41.937.2–47.5	37.3
2057	42.237.4–47.9	37.5
2058	42.437.5–48.3	37.6
2059	42.737.7–48.7	37.8
2060	42.937.8–49.1	37.9
2061	43.237.9–49.5	38
2062	43.438.1–49.8	38.1
2063	43.638.2–50.2	38.3
2064	43.838.3–50.6	38.4
2065	44.138.4–51	38.5
2066	44.338.6–51.4	38.6
2067	44.538.7–51.8	38.7
2068	44.738.9–52.2	38.8
2069	44.939–52.6	38.9
2070	4539.2–52.9	39
2071	45.239.3–53.3	39.1
2072	45.439.4–53.6	39.2
2073	45.639.5–54	39.3
2074	45.739.7–54.3	39.4
2075	45.939.8–54.7	39.5
2076	46.139.9–55	39.6
2077	46.240.1–55.3	39.7
2078	46.440.2–55.6	39.8
2079	46.640.3–55.9	40
2080	46.840.4–56.2	40.1
2081	46.940.5–56.5	40.2
2082	47.140.7–56.8	40.3
2083	47.340.8–57	40.4
2084	47.540.9–57.2	40.5
2085	47.741.1–57.5	40.6
2086	47.941.2–57.7	40.7
2087	4841.3–57.9	40.9
2088	48.241.4–57.9	41
2089	48.441.5–58	41.1
2090	48.641.7–58.2	41.2
2091	48.741.8–58.4	41.3
2092	48.942–58.6	41.4
2093	4942.1–58.8	41.5
2094	49.242.3–59	41.6
2095	49.342.4–59.2	41.7
2096	49.542.5–59.4	41.8
2097	49.642.6–59.5	41.9
2098	49.742.7–59.7	42
2099	49.842.9–59.8	42
2100	5043–59.9	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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