Cape Verde vs Libya: Median age

Cape Verde

27.87 years

in 2023

Libya

27.2 years

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

147th

Libya rank

150th

Median age over time

Cape Verde currently reports 27.87 years against 27.2 years in Libya, a difference of 0.674 years.

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

Globally, Cape Verde ranks 147th and Libya ranks 150th 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.