Median age in United States

Median age in United States: 29 years in 1950 and 38 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 38 years
Since 1950: +9.1 years
Rank, 2023: 68 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 45.3 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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years · UN

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What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 45.3 years in 2100, between 40.7 years and 52 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 38 years in 2023, the lowest 26.7 years in 1969.

Every year

years · UN

Year	United States	World
2023	38	30.4
2022	37.7	30.1
2021	37.5	29.8
2020	37.2	29.6
2019	37	29.3
2018	36.8	29
2017	36.7	28.8
2016	36.5	28.5
2015	36.4	28.3
2014	36.3	28.1
2013	36.2	27.8
2012	36.1	27.6
2011	36	27.4
2010	35.9	27.2
2009	35.8	27
2008	35.7	26.7
2007	35.5	26.5
2006	35.4	26.3
2005	35.2	26.1
2004	35	25.9
2003	34.8	25.7
2002	34.7	25.5
2001	34.5	25.3
2000	34.3	25.1
1999	34.1	24.9
1998	33.9	24.7
1997	33.6	24.4
1996	33.4	24.2
1995	33.1	24
1994	32.9	23.8
1993	32.6	23.5
1992	32.4	23.3
1991	32.1	23.1
1990	31.9	22.9
1989	31.6	22.8
1988	31.3	22.6
1987	31	22.4
1986	30.7	22.2
1985	30.4	22
1984	30.2	21.9
1983	29.9	21.8
1982	29.6	21.7
1981	29.4	21.6
1980	29.1	21.5
1979	28.9	21.3
1978	28.6	21.1
1977	28.3	21
1976	27.9	20.8
1975	27.6	20.7
1974	27.3	20.5
1973	27.1	20.4
1972	27	20.4
1971	26.8	20.3
1970	26.7	20.3
1969	26.7	20.3
1968	26.7	20.4
1967	26.8	20.5
1966	26.9	20.6
1965	27	20.8
1964	27.2	21
1963	27.5	21.2
1962	27.7	21.4
1961	28	21.4
1960	28.3	21.5
1959	28.5	21.5
1958	28.7	21.5
1957	28.8	21.6
1956	28.9	21.7
1955	29	21.8
1954	29	21.9
1953	29	22
1952	29	22.1
1951	29	22.1
1950	29	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	United States	World
2024	38.338.3–38.3	30.6
2025	38.538.4–38.6	30.9
2026	38.738.6–38.9	31.1
2027	38.938.7–39.1	31.3
2028	39.138.8–39.4	31.6
2029	39.339–39.7	31.8
2030	39.639.1–40	32
2031	39.839.2–40.3	32.2
2032	4039.3–40.6	32.4
2033	40.239.4–40.9	32.6
2034	40.339.5–41.2	32.8
2035	40.539.5–41.4	33
2036	40.639.5–41.7	33.2
2037	40.739.4–41.9	33.4
2038	40.739.4–42.1	33.6
2039	40.839.3–42.3	33.8
2040	40.839.3–42.5	34
2041	40.939.2–42.6	34.2
2042	4139.2–42.8	34.4
2043	4139.2–43	34.6
2044	41.139.2–43.2	34.8
2045	41.239.3–43.4	35
2046	41.339.4–43.6	35.2
2047	41.439.5–43.8	35.4
2048	41.539.6–44	35.6
2049	41.739.7–44.2	35.9
2050	41.939.7–44.4	36.1
2051	4239.8–44.6	36.3
2052	42.239.9–44.8	36.5
2053	42.339.9–45.1	36.7
2054	42.440–45.3	36.9
2055	42.640–45.6	37.1
2056	42.740.1–45.8	37.3
2057	42.840.1–46	37.5
2058	42.940.1–46.2	37.6
2059	4340.2–46.4	37.8
2060	43.140.1–46.6	37.9
2061	43.240.1–46.8	38
2062	43.340.1–47	38.1
2063	43.440.1–47.2	38.3
2064	43.540–47.4	38.4
2065	43.540–47.6	38.5
2066	43.540–47.7	38.6
2067	43.640–47.9	38.7
2068	43.640–48	38.8
2069	43.740–48.1	38.9
2070	43.740–48.3	39
2071	43.840–48.4	39.1
2072	43.840–48.5	39.2
2073	43.840–48.6	39.3
2074	43.940–48.7	39.4
2075	43.940–48.8	39.5
2076	43.940–48.9	39.6
2077	4440.1–49	39.7
2078	4440.1–49.2	39.8
2079	44.140.2–49.3	40
2080	44.140.2–49.4	40.1
2081	44.240.2–49.6	40.2
2082	44.240.3–49.7	40.3
2083	44.340.3–49.8	40.4
2084	44.440.4–49.9	40.5
2085	44.540.4–50	40.6
2086	44.540.5–50.1	40.7
2087	44.640.5–50.3	40.9
2088	44.740.5–50.4	41
2089	44.840.6–50.5	41.1
2090	44.840.6–50.7	41.2
2091	44.940.6–50.8	41.3
2092	4540.6–51	41.4
2093	4540.7–51.1	41.5
2094	45.140.7–51.2	41.6
2095	45.140.7–51.4	41.7
2096	45.240.7–51.5	41.8
2097	45.240.7–51.6	41.9
2098	45.340.7–51.7	42
2099	45.340.7–51.8	42
2100	45.340.7–52	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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