Statizoid

Malawi vs Tanzania: Median age

Malawi
17.58 years
in 2023
Tanzania
17.24 years
in 2023
Malawi rank
220th
Tanzania rank
223rd

Median age over time

  • Malawi
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 17.58 years against 17.24 years in Tanzania, a difference of 0.34 years.

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

Globally, Malawi ranks 220th and Tanzania ranks 223rd 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.