Vanuatu
Median age in Vanuatu
Median age in Vanuatu: 17.7 years in 1950 and 20.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 20.1 years
- Since 1950
- +2.5 years
- Rank, 2023
- 189 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 36 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 36 years in 2100, between 27.4 years and 44.2 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 20.2 years in 2018, the lowest 15.9 years in 1970.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Vanuatu | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20.1 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 20.1 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 20.1 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 20.2 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 20.2 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 20.2 | 29 |
| 2017 | 20.2 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 20.2 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 20.1 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 20 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 19.9 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 19.8 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 19.6 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 19.5 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 19.3 | 27 |
| 2008 | 19.1 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 18.8 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 18.6 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 18.4 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 18.1 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 17.8 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 17.6 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 17.4 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 17.1 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 16.9 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 16.7 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 16.5 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 16.5 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 16.9 | 24 |
| 1994 | 17 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 16.9 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 16.8 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 16.8 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 16.7 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 16.7 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 16.6 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 16.6 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 16.6 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 16.7 | 22 |
| 1984 | 16.7 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 16.7 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 16.6 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 16.6 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 16.5 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 16.4 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 16.2 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 16.1 | 21 |
| 1976 | 16 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 16 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 16 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 15.9 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 15.9 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 15.9 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 15.9 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 15.9 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 15.9 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 16 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 16 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 16.1 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 16.2 | 21 |
| 1963 | 16.3 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 16.4 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 16.5 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 16.6 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 16.7 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 16.8 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 16.9 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 17 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 17.1 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 17.2 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 17.3 | 22 |
| 1952 | 17.5 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 17.6 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 17.7 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Vanuatu | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20.220.1–20.3 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 20.320.1–20.5 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 20.420.1–20.8 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 20.520–21 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 20.620–21.3 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 20.720–21.6 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 20.920.1–21.9 | 32 |
| 2031 | 21.120.1–22.2 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 21.320.2–22.6 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 21.520.2–22.9 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 21.820.3–23.3 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 2220.4–23.7 | 33 |
| 2036 | 22.220.6–24.1 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 22.520.7–24.5 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 22.720.8–24.9 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 22.920.9–25.2 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 23.221–25.6 | 34 |
| 2041 | 23.421.1–26 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 23.621.2–26.4 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 23.821.3–26.8 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 2421.4–27.2 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 24.321.5–27.7 | 35 |
| 2046 | 24.521.6–28.1 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 24.721.7–28.5 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 24.921.8–28.9 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 25.121.9–29.3 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 25.322.1–29.7 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 25.422.2–30.1 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 25.622.4–30.5 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 25.822.5–30.9 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 2622.6–31.3 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 26.222.7–31.7 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 26.422.9–32.1 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 26.623–32.5 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 26.823.1–32.9 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 2723.3–33.2 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 27.223.4–33.5 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 27.423.5–33.8 | 38 |
| 2062 | 27.623.6–34.1 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 27.823.7–34.4 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 2823.8–34.7 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 28.223.9–35 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 28.424–35.2 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 28.724.1–35.5 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 28.924.2–35.8 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 29.124.3–36.1 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 29.324.4–36.4 | 39 |
| 2071 | 29.624.6–36.7 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 29.824.7–37 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 3024.9–37.3 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 30.225–37.6 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 30.525.1–37.9 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 30.725.2–38.2 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 30.925.3–38.5 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 31.225.3–38.8 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 31.425.4–39.1 | 40 |
| 2080 | 31.625.5–39.4 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 31.925.5–39.7 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 32.125.6–40 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 32.325.7–40.2 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 32.525.7–40.5 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 32.825.7–40.8 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 3325.8–41.1 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 33.225.8–41.4 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 33.425.9–41.7 | 41 |
| 2089 | 33.626–42 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 33.926.1–42.3 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 34.126.2–42.5 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 34.326.4–42.8 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 34.526.5–43 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 34.726.6–43.2 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 34.926.7–43.5 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 35.126.8–43.7 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 35.427–43.9 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 35.627.1–44 | 42 |
| 2099 | 35.827.3–44.1 | 42 |
| 2100 | 3627.4–44.2 | 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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