Western Sahara
Median age in Western Sahara
Median age in Western Sahara: 18.3 years in 1950 and 32 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 32 years
- Since 1950
- +13.8 years
- Rank, 2023
- 115 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 42.9 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 42.9 years in 2100, between 29.8 years and 51.6 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 32 years in 2023, the lowest 16.5 years in 1976.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Western Sahara | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 32 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 31.7 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 31.3 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 30.9 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 30.6 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 30.2 | 29 |
| 2017 | 29.8 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 29.4 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 29 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 28.6 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 28.2 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 27.8 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 27.4 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 26.9 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 26.5 | 27 |
| 2008 | 26 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 25.5 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 25 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 24.5 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 23.9 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 23.4 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 22.8 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 22.3 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 21.8 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 21.2 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 20.7 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 20.1 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 19.4 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 18.8 | 24 |
| 1994 | 18.4 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 18.5 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 18.6 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 18.7 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 18.9 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 19.1 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 19.4 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 19.8 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 20.2 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 20.6 | 22 |
| 1984 | 20.9 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 21.2 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 21.3 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 21.4 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 21.2 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 20.6 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 19.5 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 17.7 | 21 |
| 1976 | 16.5 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 16.7 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 16.6 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 16.8 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 17.4 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 18.2 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 20.3 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 22.7 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 22.5 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 22.3 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 22.3 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 22.4 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 22.5 | 21 |
| 1963 | 22.6 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 22.6 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 22.6 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 22.6 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 22.5 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 22.4 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 22.2 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 21.9 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 21.6 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 21.2 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 20.7 | 22 |
| 1952 | 20.1 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 19.3 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 18.3 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Western Sahara | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32.332.2–32.5 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 32.632.2–33 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 32.932.1–33.6 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 33.131.9–34.2 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 33.331.7–34.8 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 33.531.5–35.4 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 33.731.2–36 | 32 |
| 2031 | 33.831–36.7 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 3430.7–37.4 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 34.130.5–38.1 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 34.330.3–38.8 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 34.430.1–39.6 | 33 |
| 2036 | 34.529.9–40.4 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 34.729.8–41.3 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 34.829.7–42.1 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 34.929.6–43 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 35.129.5–43.8 | 34 |
| 2041 | 35.229.4–44.7 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 35.329.4–45.6 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 35.529.4–46.5 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 35.629.2–47.4 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 35.828.9–48.3 | 35 |
| 2046 | 35.928.5–49.2 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 36.128.1–50.1 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 36.227.8–51 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 36.427.6–51.8 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 36.627.3–52.7 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 36.827.1–53.5 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 36.927–54.3 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 37.126.9–55 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 37.326.8–55.8 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 37.426.7–56.6 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 37.626.7–57.2 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 37.726.7–57.8 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 37.926.8–58.4 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 3827–59 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 38.227–59.5 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 38.327.1–60 | 38 |
| 2062 | 38.427.2–60.5 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 38.527.3–60.9 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 38.727.4–61.4 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 38.827.4–61.8 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 38.927.5–62.2 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 3927.5–62.6 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 3927.6–63 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 39.127.6–63.4 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 39.227.6–63.8 | 39 |
| 2071 | 39.327.6–64.1 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 39.427.6–64.3 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 39.527.5–64.5 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 39.627.5–64.5 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 39.627.6–64.2 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 39.727.6–63.7 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 39.827.6–63 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 39.927.7–62.1 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 4027.8–61 | 40 |
| 2080 | 40.127.9–59.7 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 40.228–58.5 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 40.428.1–57.2 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 40.528.2–56 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 40.628.4–54.7 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 40.828.4–53.4 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 40.928.4–52.3 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 41.128.5–51.3 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 41.228.5–50.6 | 41 |
| 2089 | 41.428.6–50.2 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 41.528.6–49.9 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 41.728.7–50 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 41.828.9–50.3 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 4229–50.7 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 42.129.1–51 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 42.229.1–51.2 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 42.429.1–51.2 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 42.529.4–51.2 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 42.629.5–51.4 | 42 |
| 2099 | 42.829.6–51.5 | 42 |
| 2100 | 42.929.8–51.6 | 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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Western Sahara in numbers
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