Eswatini vs Lesotho: Median age

Eswatini

22 years

in 2023

Lesotho

21.43 years

in 2023

Eswatini rank

180th

Lesotho rank

183rd

Median age over time

Eswatini currently reports 22 years against 21.43 years in Lesotho, a difference of 0.568 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Lesotho ahead.

Globally, Eswatini ranks 180th and Lesotho ranks 183rd 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.