Median age in Uruguay

Median age in Uruguay: 26.8 years in 1950 and 35.8 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 35.8 years
Since 1950: +9 years
Rank, 2023: 89 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 54.2 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 54.2 years in 2100, between 47.2 years and 64.3 years (95% prediction interval).

Every year

years · UN

Year	Uruguay	World
2023	35.8	30.4
2022	35.5	30.1
2021	35.3	29.8
2020	35	29.6
2019	34.8	29.3
2018	34.5	29
2017	34.3	28.8
2016	34.2	28.5
2015	34	28.3
2014	33.9	28.1
2013	33.7	27.8
2012	33.5	27.6
2011	33.3	27.4
2010	33	27.2
2009	32.7	27
2008	32.5	26.7
2007	32.2	26.5
2006	32	26.3
2005	31.8	26.1
2004	31.6	25.9
2003	31.4	25.7
2002	31.3	25.5
2001	31.1	25.3
2000	31	25.1
1999	30.9	24.9
1998	30.8	24.7
1997	30.7	24.4
1996	30.6	24.2
1995	30.5	24
1994	30.3	23.8
1993	30.2	23.5
1992	30.1	23.3
1991	30	23.1
1990	29.9	22.9
1989	29.8	22.8
1988	29.7	22.6
1987	29.6	22.4
1986	29.5	22.2
1985	29.4	22
1984	29.3	21.9
1983	29.3	21.8
1982	29.2	21.7
1981	29.1	21.6
1980	29.1	21.5
1979	29.1	21.3
1978	29.1	21.1
1977	29.1	21
1976	29.1	20.8
1975	29.1	20.7
1974	29.1	20.5
1973	29.1	20.4
1972	29	20.4
1971	28.9	20.3
1970	28.9	20.3
1969	28.8	20.3
1968	28.7	20.4
1967	28.6	20.5
1966	28.5	20.6
1965	28.4	20.8
1964	28.3	21
1963	28.3	21.2
1962	28.2	21.4
1961	28.1	21.4
1960	28	21.5
1959	27.9	21.5
1958	27.8	21.5
1957	27.6	21.6
1956	27.5	21.7
1955	27.4	21.8
1954	27.3	21.9
1953	27.2	22
1952	27.1	22.1
1951	26.9	22.1
1950	26.8	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Uruguay	World
2024	36.136.1–36.1	30.6
2025	36.436.3–36.5	30.9
2026	36.836.6–36.9	31.1
2027	37.136.9–37.4	31.3
2028	37.437.1–37.8	31.6
2029	37.837.4–38.2	31.8
2030	38.137.7–38.7	32
2031	38.537.9–39.1	32.2
2032	38.838.2–39.6	32.4
2033	39.238.5–40.1	32.6
2034	39.538.7–40.5	32.8
2035	39.939–41	33
2036	40.339.3–41.5	33.2
2037	40.639.6–41.9	33.4
2038	4139.9–42.4	33.6
2039	41.440.1–42.9	33.8
2040	41.740.4–43.4	34
2041	42.140.6–43.8	34.2
2042	42.440.9–44.3	34.4
2043	42.841.1–44.8	34.6
2044	43.141.4–45.2	34.8
2045	43.541.6–45.7	35
2046	43.841.9–46.2	35.2
2047	44.242.1–46.6	35.4
2048	44.542.3–47.1	35.6
2049	44.842.6–47.5	35.9
2050	45.242.8–48	36.1
2051	45.543.1–48.4	36.3
2052	45.843.4–48.9	36.5
2053	46.243.6–49.3	36.7
2054	46.543.8–49.8	36.9
2055	46.844.1–50.2	37.1
2056	47.144.4–50.6	37.3
2057	47.544.6–51.1	37.5
2058	47.844.8–51.5	37.6
2059	48.145.1–52	37.8
2060	48.545.3–52.4	37.9
2061	48.845.6–52.9	38
2062	49.145.8–53.3	38.1
2063	49.546.1–53.8	38.3
2064	49.846.3–54.2	38.4
2065	50.146.4–54.7	38.5
2066	50.546.6–55.1	38.6
2067	50.846.6–55.6	38.7
2068	51.246.6–56	38.8
2069	51.546.6–56.5	38.9
2070	51.846.6–56.9	39
2071	5246.6–57.4	39.1
2072	52.246.6–57.9	39.2
2073	52.346.6–58.3	39.3
2074	52.446.6–58.8	39.4
2075	52.546.6–59.3	39.5
2076	52.546.6–59.8	39.6
2077	52.646.6–60.2	39.7
2078	52.746.7–60.7	39.8
2079	52.746.7–61.1	40
2080	52.846.8–61.4	40.1
2081	52.846.8–61.8	40.2
2082	52.946.9–62.1	40.3
2083	5347–62.3	40.4
2084	5347–62.6	40.5
2085	53.147.1–62.8	40.6
2086	53.247.1–63	40.7
2087	53.247.2–63.2	40.9
2088	53.347.2–63.4	41
2089	53.447.3–63.6	41.1
2090	53.547.3–63.7	41.2
2091	53.547.4–63.8	41.3
2092	53.647.4–63.9	41.4
2093	53.747.4–63.9	41.5
2094	53.847.4–64	41.6
2095	53.847.4–64	41.7
2096	53.947.4–64.1	41.8
2097	5447.3–64.1	41.9
2098	5447.3–64.2	42
2099	54.147.2–64.2	42
2100	54.247.2–64.3	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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