Rwanda vs Samoa: Median age

Rwanda

19.44 years

in 2023

Samoa

19.9 years

in 2023

Rwanda rank

199th

Samoa rank

196th

Median age over time

Samoa currently reports 19.9 years against 19.44 years in Rwanda, a difference of 0.464 years.

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

Globally, Rwanda ranks 199th and Samoa ranks 196th 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.