Tonga
Median age in Tonga
Median age in Tonga: 16.6 years in 1950 and 20.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 20.7 years
- Since 1950
- +4.1 years
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 40.3 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 40.3 years in 2100, between 33.5 years and 35.6 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 20.9 years in 2019, the lowest 15.6 years in 1975.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Tonga | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20.7 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 20.7 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 20.8 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 20.9 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 20.9 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 20.9 | 29 |
| 2017 | 20.8 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 20.7 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 20.7 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 20.6 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 20.4 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 20.2 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 20.1 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 20.1 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 20.1 | 27 |
| 2008 | 20 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 19.9 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 19.8 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 19.8 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 19.8 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 19.7 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 19.6 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 19.5 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 19.3 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 19.1 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 18.9 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 18.7 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 18.6 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 18.6 | 24 |
| 1994 | 18.6 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 18.6 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 18.5 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 18.3 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 18.1 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 17.9 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 17.6 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 17.3 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 17.1 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 17 | 22 |
| 1984 | 16.8 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 16.7 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 16.6 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 16.4 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 16.3 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 16.1 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 15.9 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 15.7 | 21 |
| 1976 | 15.6 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 15.6 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 15.6 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 15.6 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 15.6 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 15.6 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 15.6 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 15.6 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 15.7 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 15.9 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 15.9 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 15.9 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 15.9 | 21 |
| 1963 | 16 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 15.9 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 16 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 16 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 16 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 16 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 16.1 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 16.1 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 16.2 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 16.3 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 16.4 | 22 |
| 1952 | 16.5 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 16.5 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 16.6 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Tonga | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20.720.7–20.7 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 20.820.8–20.9 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 2120.9–21 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 21.121–21.2 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 21.321.2–21.3 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 21.521.4–21.5 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 21.621.6–21.7 | 32 |
| 2031 | 21.821.8–21.9 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 22.122–22.1 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 22.322.2–22.3 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 22.622.5–22.6 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 22.922.8–22.8 | 33 |
| 2036 | 23.123–23.1 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 23.423.2–23.4 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 23.723.5–23.6 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 2423.7–23.9 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 24.324–24.3 | 34 |
| 2041 | 24.624.2–24.6 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 24.924.4–24.8 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 25.124.5–25 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 25.324.6–25.2 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 25.524.8–25.3 | 35 |
| 2046 | 25.724.9–25.3 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 25.825.1–25.5 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 26.125.3–25.6 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 26.325.5–25.7 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 26.525.6–25.8 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 26.725.8–25.9 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 2725.9–26 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 27.225.9–26.3 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 27.425.9–26.5 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 27.625.9–26.8 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 27.925.9–27 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 28.126–27.2 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 28.326–27.4 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 28.626.1–27.6 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 28.826.2–27.8 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 29.126.4–28 | 38 |
| 2062 | 29.426.6–28.2 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 29.626.9–28.4 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 29.927.1–28.6 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 30.227.3–28.9 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 30.527.6–29.1 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 30.827.9–29.3 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 31.228.3–29.5 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 31.528.7–29.7 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 31.829.1–29.9 | 39 |
| 2071 | 32.229.5–30.1 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 32.530–30.3 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 32.830.4–30.6 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 33.230.6–31.1 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 33.530.8–31.7 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 33.931–32.3 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 34.231.1–32.8 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 34.631.3–33.4 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 3531.4–33.9 | 40 |
| 2080 | 35.331.6–34.2 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 35.731.7–34.3 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 3631.8–34.4 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 36.331.9–34.4 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 36.732–34.4 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 3732.1–34.5 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 37.332.2–34.6 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 37.632.4–34.7 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 37.932.5–34.9 | 41 |
| 2089 | 38.232.5–34.9 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 38.532.6–35.1 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 38.732.6–35.2 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 38.932.7–35.3 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 39.232.7–35.4 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 39.432.9–35.5 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 39.533–35.5 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 39.733–35.6 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 39.933.1–35.6 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 4033.3–35.6 | 42 |
| 2099 | 40.233.4–35.6 | 42 |
| 2100 | 40.333.5–35.6 | 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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