Benin vs Guinea: Median age

Benin

17.77 years

in 2023

Guinea

17.98 years

in 2023

Benin rank

217th

Guinea rank

214th

Median age over time

Guinea currently reports 17.98 years against 17.77 years in Benin, a difference of 0.212 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Benin ahead.

Globally, Benin ranks 217th and Guinea ranks 214th of 236 countries.

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: 06 August 2026

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