Malta vs United Kingdom: Median age

Malta

40.28 years

in 2023

United Kingdom

39.78 years

in 2023

Malta rank

53rd

United Kingdom rank

56th

Median age over time

Malta currently reports 40.28 years against 39.78 years in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.499 years.

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

Globally, Malta ranks 53rd and United Kingdom ranks 56th 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.