Statizoid

Guinea-Bissau vs Sierra Leone: Median age

Guinea-Bissau
18.94 years
in 2023
Sierra Leone
19.27 years
in 2023
Guinea-Bissau rank
203rd
Sierra Leone rank
200th

Median age over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 19.27 years against 18.94 years in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.327 years.

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

Globally, Guinea-Bissau ranks 203rd and Sierra Leone ranks 200th 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.