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Lesotho vs Namibia: Median age

Lesotho
21.43 years
in 2023
Namibia
20.96 years
in 2023
Lesotho rank
183rd
Namibia rank
186th

Median age over time

  • Lesotho
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 21.43 years against 20.96 years in Namibia, a difference of 0.47 years.

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

Globally, Lesotho ranks 183rd and Namibia ranks 186th 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.