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Micronesia (country) vs Papua New Guinea: Median age

Micronesia (country)
22.85 years
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
22.34 years
in 2023
Micronesia (country) rank
175th
Papua New Guinea rank
178th

Median age over time

  • Micronesia (country)
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Micronesia (country) currently reports 22.85 years against 22.34 years in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.506 years.

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

Globally, Micronesia (country) ranks 175th and Papua New Guinea ranks 178th 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.