Malawi vs Nigeria: Median age

Malawi

17.58 years

in 2023

Nigeria

17.75 years

in 2023

Malawi rank

220th

Nigeria rank

218th

Median age over time

Nigeria currently reports 17.75 years against 17.58 years in Malawi, a difference of 0.174 years.

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

Globally, Malawi ranks 220th and Nigeria ranks 218th 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.