Statizoid

Kiribati vs Papua New Guinea: Median age

Kiribati
22.69 years
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
22.34 years
in 2023
Kiribati rank
176th
Papua New Guinea rank
178th

Median age over time

  • Kiribati
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 22.69 years against 22.34 years in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.342 years.

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

Globally, Kiribati ranks 176th and Papua New Guinea ranks 178th 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
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The age that divides the population into two halves of equal size — half are younger and half are older.