Saint Helena vs Vatican: Median age

Saint Helena

50.45 years

in 2023

Vatican

59.62 years

in 2023

Saint Helena rank

3rd

Vatican rank

1st

Median age over time

Vatican currently reports 59.62 years against 50.45 years in Saint Helena, a difference of 9.17 years.

That makes Vatican's figure about 1.2 times Saint Helena's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Vatican has been ahead every year.

Globally, Saint Helena ranks 3rd and Vatican ranks 1st 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.