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Burkina Faso vs Malawi: Median age

Burkina Faso
17.25 years
in 2023
Malawi
17.58 years
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
222nd
Malawi rank
220th

Median age over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 17.58 years against 17.25 years in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.326 years.

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

Globally, Burkina Faso ranks 222nd and Malawi ranks 220th 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.