Brazil vs Costa Rica: Median age

Brazil

33.94 years

in 2023

Costa Rica

34.07 years

in 2023

Brazil rank

105th

Costa Rica rank

104th

Median age over time

Costa Rica currently reports 34.07 years against 33.94 years in Brazil, a difference of 0.128 years.

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

Globally, Brazil ranks 105th and Costa Rica ranks 104th 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.