Nigeria vs Zimbabwe: Median age

Nigeria

17.75 years

in 2023

Zimbabwe

17.81 years

in 2023

Nigeria rank

218th

Zimbabwe rank

216th

Median age over time

Zimbabwe currently reports 17.81 years against 17.75 years in Nigeria, a difference of 0.054 years.

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

Globally, Nigeria ranks 218th and Zimbabwe ranks 216th 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.