Iran vs Sri Lanka: Median age

Iran

32.87 years

in 2023

Sri Lanka

32.81 years

in 2023

Iran rank

113th

Sri Lanka rank

114th

Median age over time

Iran currently reports 32.87 years against 32.81 years in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.054 years.

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

Globally, Iran ranks 113th and Sri Lanka ranks 114th 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.