Median age in Zimbabwe

Median age in Zimbabwe: 17.4 years in 1950 and 17.8 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 17.8 years
Since 1950: +0.4 years
Rank, 2023: 210 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 30.4 years
Projected, 2100: 35.7 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 35.7 years in 2100, between 28.9 years and 39.6 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 17.8 years in 2023, the lowest 14.5 years in 1965.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Zimbabwe	World
2023	17.8	30.4
2022	17.7	30.1
2021	17.5	29.8
2020	17.4	29.6
2019	17.2	29.3
2018	17	29
2017	16.9	28.8
2016	16.8	28.5
2015	16.7	28.3
2014	16.8	28.1
2013	16.9	27.8
2012	17	27.6
2011	17.2	27.4
2010	17.3	27.2
2009	17.4	27
2008	17.4	26.7
2007	17.5	26.5
2006	17.5	26.3
2005	17.5	26.1
2004	17.4	25.9
2003	17.2	25.7
2002	17.1	25.5
2001	16.9	25.3
2000	16.8	25.1
1999	16.6	24.9
1998	16.3	24.7
1997	16	24.4
1996	15.8	24.2
1995	15.5	24
1994	15.3	23.8
1993	15.1	23.5
1992	15.2	23.3
1991	15.3	23.1
1990	15.2	22.9
1989	15	22.8
1988	14.9	22.6
1987	14.9	22.4
1986	14.9	22.2
1985	14.8	22
1984	14.8	21.9
1983	14.7	21.8
1982	14.7	21.7
1981	14.7	21.6
1980	14.6	21.5
1979	14.5	21.3
1978	14.7	21.1
1977	14.8	21
1976	14.8	20.8
1975	14.8	20.7
1974	14.8	20.5
1973	14.8	20.4
1972	14.8	20.4
1971	14.7	20.3
1970	14.7	20.3
1969	14.7	20.3
1968	14.6	20.4
1967	14.6	20.5
1966	14.6	20.6
1965	14.5	20.8
1964	14.6	21
1963	14.8	21.2
1962	15	21.4
1961	15.1	21.4
1960	15.3	21.5
1959	15.4	21.5
1958	15.6	21.5
1957	15.8	21.6
1956	16	21.7
1955	16.2	21.8
1954	16.4	21.9
1953	16.7	22
1952	16.9	22.1
1951	17.2	22.1
1950	17.4	22.2

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Zimbabwe	World
2024	1817.9–18	30.6
2025	18.118–18.2	30.9
2026	18.318.1–18.4	31.1
2027	18.518.3–18.7	31.3
2028	18.718.6–18.8	31.6
2029	1918.9–19	31.8
2030	19.219.2–19.2	32
2031	19.519.4–19.6	32.2
2032	19.819.6–19.9	32.4
2033	20.119.8–20.3	32.6
2034	20.319.9–20.6	32.8
2035	20.620.1–21	33
2036	20.820.2–21.4	33.2
2037	21.120.3–21.8	33.4
2038	21.320.4–22.2	33.6
2039	21.520.4–22.5	33.8
2040	21.620.5–22.9	34
2041	21.820.5–23.2	34.2
2042	2220.6–23.6	34.4
2043	22.220.7–23.9	34.6
2044	22.420.8–24.2	34.8
2045	22.620.9–24.5	35
2046	22.821–24.8	35.2
2047	2321.1–25.2	35.4
2048	23.221.2–25.5	35.6
2049	23.421.3–25.9	35.9
2050	23.621.5–26.2	36.1
2051	23.821.6–26.6	36.3
2052	2421.8–26.9	36.5
2053	24.322–27.2	36.7
2054	24.522.2–27.5	36.9
2055	24.722.4–27.8	37.1
2056	2522.5–28.1	37.3
2057	25.222.7–28.4	37.5
2058	25.522.9–28.7	37.6
2059	25.723.1–29	37.8
2060	2623.2–29.4	37.9
2061	26.223.4–29.7	38
2062	26.523.5–30	38.1
2063	26.723.7–30.3	38.3
2064	2723.9–30.6	38.4
2065	27.224–31	38.5
2066	27.524.2–31.3	38.6
2067	27.724.4–31.6	38.7
2068	2824.5–31.9	38.8
2069	28.324.6–32.2	38.9
2070	28.524.8–32.5	39
2071	28.824.9–32.9	39.1
2072	2925–33.2	39.2
2073	29.325.2–33.5	39.3
2074	29.525.3–33.8	39.4
2075	29.825.5–34.1	39.5
2076	30.125.6–34.4	39.6
2077	30.325.8–34.7	39.7
2078	30.625.9–35.1	39.8
2079	30.826.1–35.4	40
2080	31.126.2–35.7	40.1
2081	31.326.4–36	40.2
2082	31.626.5–36.2	40.3
2083	31.826.6–36.4	40.4
2084	32.126.7–36.6	40.5
2085	32.326.9–36.9	40.6
2086	32.527–37.2	40.7
2087	32.827.2–37.4	40.9
2088	3327.3–37.5	41
2089	33.227.4–37.7	41.1
2090	33.527.6–37.8	41.2
2091	33.727.7–38	41.3
2092	33.927.9–38.3	41.4
2093	34.128–38.5	41.5
2094	34.428.2–38.7	41.6
2095	34.628.3–38.9	41.7
2096	34.828.4–39	41.8
2097	3528.6–39.2	41.9
2098	35.228.7–39.4	42
2099	35.528.8–39.5	42
2100	35.728.9–39.6	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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