Vietnam vs Western Sahara: Median age

Vietnam

32.43 years

in 2023

Western Sahara

32.04 years

in 2023

Vietnam rank

117th

Western Sahara rank

120th

Median age over time

Vietnam currently reports 32.43 years against 32.04 years in Western Sahara, a difference of 0.392 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Vietnam ahead.

Globally, Vietnam ranks 117th and Western Sahara ranks 120th 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.