Median age in Timor-Leste

Median age in Timor-Leste: 17.1 years in 1950 and 21 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 21 years
Since 1950: +3.8 years
Rank, 2023: 179 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 43.6 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 43.6 years in 2100, between 38.2 years and 39.7 years (95% prediction interval).

Every year

years · UN

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

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Timor-Leste	World
2024	21.321.2–21.4	30.6
2025	21.721.4–21.9	30.9
2026	22.121.7–22.2	31.1
2027	22.522.1–22.6	31.3
2028	22.922.6–23	31.6
2029	23.323.1–23.3	31.8
2030	23.723.5–23.6	32
2031	24.123.9–24	32.2
2032	24.524.2–24.5	32.4
2033	24.924.5–25	32.6
2034	25.224.7–25.6	32.8
2035	25.625–26.2	33
2036	25.925.2–26.8	33.2
2037	26.325.4–27.4	33.4
2038	26.625.6–27.9	33.6
2039	2725.8–28.5	33.8
2040	27.326.1–29.1	34
2041	27.726.3–29.8	34.2
2042	2826.5–30.4	34.4
2043	28.426.8–30.9	34.6
2044	28.827–31.5	34.8
2045	29.227.3–32.1	35
2046	29.627.6–32.8	35.2
2047	3027.9–33.4	35.4
2048	30.428.2–34.1	35.6
2049	30.828.4–34.7	35.9
2050	31.228.7–35.1	36.1
2051	31.629–35.6	36.3
2052	3229.1–36.5	36.5
2053	32.429.2–37.1	36.7
2054	32.829.4–37.8	36.9
2055	33.229.6–38.5	37.1
2056	33.529.8–39.1	37.3
2057	33.830.1–39.7	37.5
2058	34.130.2–40.3	37.6
2059	34.430.4–40.9	37.8
2060	34.730.7–41.7	37.9
2061	3531–42.6	38
2062	35.331.2–43.5	38.1
2063	35.631.5–44	38.3
2064	35.931.7–44.4	38.4
2065	36.232–45.1	38.5
2066	36.532.3–45.7	38.6
2067	36.832.5–46.2	38.7
2068	37.132.8–46.8	38.8
2069	37.333–47.3	38.9
2070	37.633.2–47.8	39
2071	37.933.4–48.2	39.1
2072	38.233.6–48.3	39.2
2073	38.433.8–48.4	39.3
2074	38.734–48.7	39.4
2075	3934.1–48.9	39.5
2076	39.234.2–49.2	39.6
2077	39.534.3–49.4	39.7
2078	39.834.5–49.5	39.8
2079	4034.6–49.6	40
2080	40.234.7–49.4	40.1
2081	40.534.8–48.9	40.2
2082	40.735–48.6	40.3
2083	4135.3–48.3	40.4
2084	41.235.6–47.8	40.5
2085	41.435.8–47.4	40.6
2086	41.635.9–46.8	40.7
2087	41.935.9–46.5	40.9
2088	42.136–46	41
2089	42.336.3–45.4	41.1
2090	42.536.6–45	41.2
2091	42.636.8–44.7	41.3
2092	42.837–44.1	41.4
2093	42.937.2–43.5	41.5
2094	4337.4–42.7	41.6
2095	43.237.6–42	41.7
2096	43.337.7–41.8	41.8
2097	43.437.9–41.4	41.9
2098	43.538–40.6	42
2099	43.638.1–40.1	42
2100	43.638.2–39.7	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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