Benin vs Nigeria: Median age

Benin

17.77 years

in 2023

Nigeria

17.75 years

in 2023

Benin rank

217th

Nigeria rank

218th

Median age over time

Benin currently reports 17.77 years against 17.75 years in Nigeria, a difference of 0.018 years.

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

Globally, Benin ranks 217th and Nigeria ranks 218th 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.