Taiwan
Median age in Taiwan
Median age in Taiwan: 17.7 years in 1950 and 43.5 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 43.5 years
- Since 1950
- +25.8 years
- Rank, 2023
- 25 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 56.8 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 56.8 years in 2100, between 50.4 years and 65.5 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 43.5 years in 2023, the lowest 16.7 years in 1964.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Taiwan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 43.5 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 42.9 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 42.3 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 41.7 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 41.2 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 40.6 | 29 |
| 2017 | 40 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 39.5 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 39 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 38.5 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 38 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 37.5 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 37 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 36.5 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 36 | 27 |
| 2008 | 35.4 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 34.9 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 34.4 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 33.8 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 33.3 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 32.7 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 32.2 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 31.7 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 31.1 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 30.4 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 29.8 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 29.4 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 28.9 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 28.5 | 24 |
| 1994 | 28 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 27.5 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 27 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 26.6 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 26.1 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 25.6 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 25.1 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 24.6 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 24.2 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 23.7 | 22 |
| 1984 | 23.2 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 22.8 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 22.4 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 22.1 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 21.6 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 21.2 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 20.7 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 20.2 | 21 |
| 1976 | 19.8 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 19.3 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 18.9 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 18.6 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 18.3 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 18 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 17.7 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 17.4 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 17.2 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 17.1 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 16.9 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 16.7 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 16.7 | 21 |
| 1963 | 16.8 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 16.9 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 16.9 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 16.9 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 16.9 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 16.8 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 16.7 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 16.8 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 16.9 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 17.1 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 17.3 | 22 |
| 1952 | 17.5 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 17.7 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 17.7 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Taiwan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44.244.1–44.2 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 44.844.6–44.9 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 45.445–45.7 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 4645.5–46.4 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 46.646–47.2 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 47.246.4–47.9 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 47.846.9–48.6 | 32 |
| 2031 | 48.447.3–49.4 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 4947.7–50.1 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 49.648.1–50.8 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 50.148.4–51.5 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 50.748.7–52.2 | 33 |
| 2036 | 51.248.9–52.9 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 51.749.1–53.5 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 52.249.4–54.2 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 52.649.6–54.8 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 5349.8–55.5 | 34 |
| 2041 | 53.350–56.1 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 53.750.2–56.7 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 54.150.4–57.2 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 54.450.5–57.8 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 54.850.7–58.3 | 35 |
| 2046 | 55.150.8–58.8 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 55.451–59.3 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 55.751.1–59.8 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 5651.2–60.3 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 56.351.3–60.8 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 56.551.3–61.2 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 56.851.2–61.7 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 5751.2–62.1 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 57.351.2–62.6 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 57.551.2–63 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 57.751.2–63.4 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 57.951.2–63.8 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 57.951.2–64.3 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 57.951.3–64.7 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 58.151.4–65.1 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 58.351.5–65.4 | 38 |
| 2062 | 58.451.6–65.8 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 58.451.6–66.2 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 58.451.7–66.5 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 58.451.9–66.8 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 58.552.1–67 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 58.552.2–67 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 58.552.4–67 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 58.552.5–67.2 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 58.552.6–67.3 | 39 |
| 2071 | 58.552.7–67.3 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 58.752.8–67.3 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 58.852.8–67.1 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 58.952.8–67 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 59.152.7–66.9 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 59.352.5–66.8 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 59.452.3–66.6 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 59.552.2–66.3 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 59.652–66.4 | 40 |
| 2080 | 59.651.9–66.6 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 59.651.7–66.8 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 59.551.6–66.9 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 59.351.5–67.3 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 59.151.4–67.6 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 58.951.2–67.9 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 58.751.1–68.2 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 58.551–68.4 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 58.350.9–68.6 | 41 |
| 2089 | 58.250.8–68.8 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 5850.7–69 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 57.850.6–69.1 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 57.750.6–69 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 57.550.5–68.7 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 57.450.5–68.4 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 57.250.4–67.9 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 57.150.4–67.4 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 5750.4–66.8 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 56.950.4–66.3 | 42 |
| 2099 | 56.950.4–65.9 | 42 |
| 2100 | 56.850.4–65.5 | 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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