Statizoid

Australia vs New Zealand: Median age

Australia
37.75 years
in 2023
New Zealand
37.28 years
in 2023
Australia rank
78th
New Zealand rank
81st

Median age over time

  • Australia
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 37.75 years against 37.28 years in New Zealand, a difference of 0.471 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Australia ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 78th and New Zealand ranks 81st of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Median age
Unit
years
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The age that divides the population into two halves of equal size — half are younger and half are older.