Malawi vs Zambia: Median age

Malawi

17.58 years

in 2023

Zambia

17.49 years

in 2023

Malawi rank

220th

Zambia rank

221st

Median age over time

Malawi currently reports 17.58 years against 17.49 years in Zambia, a difference of 0.09 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zambia ahead.

Globally, Malawi ranks 220th and Zambia ranks 221st 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.