Statizoid

Indonesia vs Malaysia: Median age

Indonesia
29.83 years
in 2023
Malaysia
30.06 years
in 2023
Indonesia rank
128th
Malaysia rank
127th

Median age over time

  • Indonesia
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 30.06 years against 29.83 years in Indonesia, a difference of 0.227 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malaysia ahead.

Globally, Indonesia ranks 128th and Malaysia ranks 127th 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.