Mauritania vs Uganda: Median age

Mauritania

17.12 years

in 2023

Uganda

16.51 years

in 2023

Mauritania rank

224th

Uganda rank

227th

Median age over time

Mauritania currently reports 17.12 years against 16.51 years in Uganda, a difference of 0.605 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uganda ahead.

Globally, Mauritania ranks 224th and Uganda ranks 227th 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.