Tanzania vs Zambia: Median age

Tanzania

17.24 years

in 2023

Zambia

17.49 years

in 2023

Tanzania rank

223rd

Zambia rank

221st

Median age over time

Zambia currently reports 17.49 years against 17.24 years in Tanzania, a difference of 0.25 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zambia ahead.

Globally, Tanzania ranks 223rd and Zambia ranks 221st 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.