Eritrea vs Madagascar: Median age

Eritrea

18.65 years

in 2023

Madagascar

18.88 years

in 2023

Eritrea rank

206th

Madagascar rank

204th

Median age over time

Madagascar currently reports 18.88 years against 18.65 years in Eritrea, a difference of 0.226 years.

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

Globally, Eritrea ranks 206th and Madagascar ranks 204th 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.