Median age in Yemen

Median age in Yemen: 18.2 years in 1950 and 18.2 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 18.2 years
Since 1950: −0 years
Rank, 2023: 204 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 37.2 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 37.2 years in 2100, between 28.2 years and 42 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 18.7 years in 1959, the lowest 13.5 years in 1992.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Yemen	World
2023	18.2	30.4
2022	18.1	30.1
2021	18.1	29.8
2020	18.1	29.6
2019	18	29.3
2018	18	29
2017	17.9	28.8
2016	17.8	28.5
2015	17.7	28.3
2014	17.5	28.1
2013	17.3	27.8
2012	17.1	27.6
2011	16.9	27.4
2010	16.6	27.2
2009	16.3	27
2008	16.1	26.7
2007	15.8	26.5
2006	15.6	26.3
2005	15.3	26.1
2004	15.1	25.9
2003	14.9	25.7
2002	14.7	25.5
2001	14.6	25.3
2000	14.4	25.1
1999	14.2	24.9
1998	14	24.7
1997	13.9	24.4
1996	13.8	24.2
1995	13.6	24
1994	13.6	23.8
1993	13.5	23.5
1992	13.5	23.3
1991	13.5	23.1
1990	13.6	22.9
1989	13.6	22.8
1988	13.7	22.6
1987	13.8	22.4
1986	13.9	22.2
1985	14	22
1984	14.1	21.9
1983	14.3	21.8
1982	14.4	21.7
1981	14.6	21.6
1980	14.8	21.5
1979	15	21.3
1978	15.2	21.1
1977	15.4	21
1976	15.7	20.8
1975	15.9	20.7
1974	16.2	20.5
1973	16.4	20.4
1972	16.7	20.4
1971	17	20.3
1970	17.3	20.3
1969	17.6	20.3
1968	17.9	20.4
1967	18.1	20.5
1966	18.2	20.6
1965	18.3	20.8
1964	18.4	21
1963	18.5	21.2
1962	18.6	21.4
1961	18.6	21.4
1960	18.6	21.5
1959	18.7	21.5
1958	18.6	21.5
1957	18.6	21.6
1956	18.6	21.7
1955	18.6	21.8
1954	18.5	21.9
1953	18.5	22
1952	18.4	22.1
1951	18.3	22.1
1950	18.2	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Yemen	World
2024	18.318.2–18.4	30.6
2025	18.418.1–18.7	30.9
2026	18.518–19.1	31.1
2027	18.618–19.4	31.3
2028	18.717.9–19.8	31.6
2029	18.817.9–20.2	31.8
2030	1917.8–20.6	32
2031	19.117.8–21	32.2
2032	19.317.8–21.5	32.4
2033	19.517.9–21.9	32.6
2034	19.717.9–22.4	32.8
2035	19.918–22.8	33
2036	20.118.1–23.3	33.2
2037	20.418.2–23.7	33.4
2038	20.618.3–24.2	33.6
2039	20.918.4–24.6	33.8
2040	21.118.5–25.1	34
2041	21.418.6–25.6	34.2
2042	21.718.8–26.1	34.4
2043	2218.9–26.5	34.6
2044	22.319.1–27	34.8
2045	22.619.3–27.5	35
2046	22.919.5–27.9	35.2
2047	23.219.7–28.4	35.4
2048	23.519.9–28.9	35.6
2049	23.820.1–29.3	35.9
2050	24.120.3–29.8	36.1
2051	24.320.4–30.3	36.3
2052	24.620.6–30.8	36.5
2053	24.920.7–31.3	36.7
2054	25.220.8–31.8	36.9
2055	25.521–32.3	37.1
2056	25.721.1–32.8	37.3
2057	2621.2–33.3	37.5
2058	26.321.3–33.8	37.6
2059	26.521.4–34.2	37.8
2060	26.821.6–34.6	37.9
2061	2721.7–34.9	38
2062	27.321.8–35.2	38.1
2063	27.521.9–35.6	38.3
2064	27.822–35.8	38.4
2065	28.122.2–36.1	38.5
2066	28.322.3–36.4	38.6
2067	28.622.4–36.7	38.7
2068	28.822.6–36.9	38.8
2069	2922.7–37.1	38.9
2070	29.322.9–37.3	39
2071	29.623–37.5	39.1
2072	29.823.2–37.7	39.2
2073	30.123.3–37.8	39.3
2074	30.323.5–38	39.4
2075	30.623.6–38.1	39.5
2076	30.923.8–38.3	39.6
2077	31.124–38.4	39.7
2078	31.424.2–38.6	39.8
2079	31.724.3–38.7	40
2080	3224.5–38.9	40.1
2081	32.224.7–39	40.2
2082	32.524.9–39.2	40.3
2083	32.825.1–39.4	40.4
2084	3325.3–39.5	40.5
2085	33.325.5–39.7	40.6
2086	33.625.7–39.9	40.7
2087	33.925.9–40.1	40.9
2088	34.126.1–40.3	41
2089	34.426.3–40.5	41.1
2090	34.726.5–40.7	41.2
2091	34.926.6–40.8	41.3
2092	35.226.8–41	41.4
2093	35.427–41.1	41.5
2094	35.727.1–41.3	41.6
2095	3627.3–41.5	41.7
2096	36.227.5–41.6	41.8
2097	36.427.6–41.7	41.9
2098	36.727.8–41.8	42
2099	36.928–41.9	42
2100	37.228.2–42	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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