Statizoid

Cameroon vs Malawi: Median age

Cameroon
17.75 years
in 2023
Malawi
17.58 years
in 2023
Cameroon rank
219th
Malawi rank
220th

Median age over time

  • Cameroon
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 17.75 years against 17.58 years in Malawi, a difference of 0.172 years.

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

Globally, Cameroon ranks 219th 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.