Burkina Faso vs Cameroon: Median age

Burkina Faso

17.25 years

in 2023

Cameroon

17.75 years

in 2023

Burkina Faso rank

222nd

Cameroon rank

219th

Median age over time

Cameroon currently reports 17.75 years against 17.25 years in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.498 years.

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

Globally, Burkina Faso ranks 222nd and Cameroon ranks 219th 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.