Gambia vs Yemen: Median age

Gambia

18.17 years

in 2023

Yemen

18.18 years

in 2023

Gambia rank

211th

Yemen rank

210th

Median age over time

Yemen currently reports 18.18 years against 18.17 years in Gambia, a difference of 0.014 years.

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

Globally, Gambia ranks 211th and Yemen ranks 210th 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.