Median age in U.S. Virgin Islands

Median age in U.S. Virgin Islands: 19.8 years in 1950 and 44.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 44.7 years
Since 1950: +24.8 years
Rank, 2023: 18 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 47.1 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 47.1 years in 2100, between 35.1 years and 37.9 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 44.7 years in 2023, the lowest 17.6 years in 1961.

Every year

years · UN

Year	U.S. Virgin Islands	World
2023	44.7	30.4
2022	44.6	30.1
2021	44.5	29.8
2020	44.6	29.6
2019	44.1	29.3
2018	43.2	29
2017	42.4	28.8
2016	41.6	28.5
2015	40.8	28.3
2014	40.2	28.1
2013	39.8	27.8
2012	39.4	27.6
2011	39	27.4
2010	38.4	27.2
2009	37.7	27
2008	37.3	26.7
2007	36.8	26.5
2006	36.3	26.3
2005	35.8	26.1
2004	35.3	25.9
2003	34.6	25.7
2002	33.9	25.5
2001	33.3	25.3
2000	32.6	25.1
1999	31.9	24.9
1998	31.2	24.7
1997	30.6	24.4
1996	30	24.2
1995	29.5	24
1994	29	23.8
1993	28.5	23.5
1992	28	23.3
1991	27.6	23.1
1990	27.2	22.9
1989	26.5	22.8
1988	25.8	22.6
1987	25.1	22.4
1986	24.5	22.2
1985	23.9	22
1984	23.3	21.9
1983	22.8	21.8
1982	22.3	21.7
1981	21.9	21.6
1980	21.6	21.5
1979	21.3	21.3
1978	21.1	21.1
1977	21	21
1976	20.9	20.8
1975	20.9	20.7
1974	21	20.5
1973	21.2	20.4
1972	21.4	20.4
1971	21.6	20.3
1970	21.8	20.3
1969	21.5	20.3
1968	20.8	20.4
1967	20.1	20.5
1966	19.6	20.6
1965	19.2	20.8
1964	18.9	21
1963	18.6	21.2
1962	18.1	21.4
1961	17.6	21.4
1960	18.3	21.5
1959	19.8	21.5
1958	19.9	21.5
1957	19.9	21.6
1956	19.8	21.7
1955	19.6	21.8
1954	19.4	21.9
1953	19.3	22
1952	19.1	22.1
1951	19.1	22.1
1950	19.8	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	U.S. Virgin Islands	World
2024	44.844.5–45.1	30.6
2025	44.844–45.8	30.9
2026	44.943.3–46.6	31.1
2027	4542.7–47.5	31.3
2028	4542–48.3	31.6
2029	4541.1–49.1	31.8
2030	4540.3–49.9	32
2031	4539.5–50.8	32.2
2032	44.938.7–51.8	32.4
2033	44.838–52.6	32.6
2034	44.737.3–53.6	32.8
2035	44.636.6–54.6	33
2036	44.536–55.7	33.2
2037	44.435.5–56.6	33.4
2038	44.235.2–57.6	33.6
2039	44.134.9–58.6	33.8
2040	43.834.7–59.5	34
2041	43.634.6–60.5	34.2
2042	43.234.5–61.4	34.4
2043	42.934.5–62.2	34.6
2044	42.734.5–63.1	34.8
2045	42.534.4–63.9	35
2046	42.434.3–64.7	35.2
2047	42.434.2–65.4	35.4
2048	42.434.1–66.1	35.6
2049	42.334–66.8	35.9
2050	42.433.8–67.4	36.1
2051	42.433.7–68.1	36.3
2052	42.433.6–68.7	36.5
2053	42.433.5–69.4	36.7
2054	42.533.4–70	36.9
2055	42.533.5–70.6	37.1
2056	42.533.6–71.2	37.3
2057	42.533.7–71.8	37.5
2058	42.533.8–72.4	37.6
2059	42.533.9–72.9	37.8
2060	42.533.9–73.4	37.9
2061	42.533.9–73.7	38
2062	42.533.8–74.1	38.1
2063	42.533.8–74.4	38.3
2064	42.633.7–74.7	38.4
2065	42.833.7–74.9	38.5
2066	42.933.8–75.1	38.6
2067	4333.8–75.3	38.7
2068	43.133.8–75.5	38.8
2069	43.233.8–75.7	38.9
2070	43.333.8–75.9	39
2071	43.433.8–76	39.1
2072	43.633.8–75.9	39.2
2073	43.733.8–75.3	39.3
2074	43.833.8–72.9	39.4
2075	43.933.9–61.7	39.5
2076	4434–53.2	39.6
2077	44.234.1–48.1	39.7
2078	44.334.3–44.8	39.8
2079	44.434.5–43.1	40
2080	44.634.6–41.8	40.1
2081	44.734.8–40.5	40.2
2082	44.834.9–39.6	40.3
2083	4535.1–38.6	40.4
2084	45.135.3–37.4	40.5
2085	45.235.5–36.3	40.6
2086	45.435.2–35.6	40.7
2087	45.534.5–35.6	40.9
2088	45.634.1–35.7	41
2089	45.833.8–35.9	41.1
2090	45.933.8–36	41.2
2091	4633.8–36.1	41.3
2092	46.133.9–36.2	41.4
2093	46.334–36.1	41.5
2094	46.434.2–36.2	41.6
2095	46.534.2–36.3	41.7
2096	46.634.2–36.6	41.8
2097	46.834.3–36.8	41.9
2098	46.934.6–37.1	42
2099	4734.8–37.5	42
2100	47.135.1–37.9	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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