Sweden vs United Kingdom: Median age

Sweden

39.91 years

in 2023

United Kingdom

39.78 years

in 2023

Sweden rank

55th

United Kingdom rank

56th

Median age over time

Sweden currently reports 39.91 years against 39.78 years in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.131 years.

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

Globally, Sweden ranks 55th and United Kingdom ranks 56th 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.