Rwanda vs Sierra Leone: Median age

Rwanda

19.44 years

in 2023

Sierra Leone

19.27 years

in 2023

Rwanda rank

199th

Sierra Leone rank

200th

Median age over time

Rwanda currently reports 19.44 years against 19.27 years in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.17 years.

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

Globally, Rwanda ranks 199th and Sierra Leone ranks 200th 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.