Kenya vs Rwanda: Median age

Kenya

19.53 years

in 2023

Rwanda

19.44 years

in 2023

Kenya rank

198th

Rwanda rank

199th

Median age over time

Kenya currently reports 19.53 years against 19.44 years in Rwanda, a difference of 0.086 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Rwanda ahead.

Globally, Kenya ranks 198th and Rwanda ranks 199th 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.