Statizoid

Ethiopia vs Madagascar: Median age

Ethiopia
18.73 years
in 2023
Madagascar
18.88 years
in 2023
Ethiopia rank
205th
Madagascar rank
204th

Median age over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Madagascar
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How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 18.88 years against 18.73 years in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.144 years.

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

Globally, Ethiopia ranks 205th and Madagascar ranks 204th 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.