What is median age in Taiwan?

Median age in Taiwan was 43.54 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest median age recorded in Taiwan?

The highest recorded value was 43.54 years in 2023.

What is the lowest median age recorded in Taiwan?

The lowest recorded value was 16.66 years in 1964.

How does Taiwan rank for median age?

Taiwan ranks 27th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is median age rising or falling in Taiwan?

Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Taiwan data come from?

The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Median age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Median age in Taiwan

Name: Median age in Taiwan
Creator: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Taiwan: Median age was 43.54 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

43.54 years

Change on year

up 1.4%

World rank

27th

of 236 countries

All-time high

43.54 years

in 2023

All-time low

16.66 years

in 1964

Years of data

1950–2023

Median age in Taiwan, 1950–2023

Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Taiwan recorded 43.54 years for median age in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, median age in Taiwan peaked at 43.54 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16.66 years, in 1964.

That places Taiwan 27th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	17.13 years	16.74 years	17.73 years	10
1960s	16.94 years	16.66 years	17.41 years	10
1970s	19.28 years	17.7 years	21.18 years	10
1980s	23.53 years	21.64 years	25.58 years	10
1990s	28.21 years	26.07 years	30.38 years	10
2000s	33.53 years	31.05 years	35.96 years	10
2010s	38.77 years	36.49 years	41.15 years	10
2020s	42.62 years	41.73 years	43.54 years	4

Countries ranked near Taiwan

24 Guernsey 43.98 years compare
25 Slovenia 43.89 years compare
26 Serbia 43.87 years compare
28 Hungary 43.32 years compare
29 Andorra 43.16 years compare
30 Jersey 43.1 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More reference data data for Taiwan

Number of child deaths per woman 0.0049 under-five deaths per woman (2010)
Fertility rate: births per woman 0.87 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 0.87 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 0.87 live births per woman (2023)
Account 95.6% (2024)
Account, female 95.7% (2024)
Account, male 95.6% (2024)
Owns a debit card 88.3% (2024)
Owns a debit card, female 86.8% (2024)
Owns a debit card, male 89.7% (2024)

All data for Taiwan →

Frequently asked questions

What is median age in Taiwan?: Median age in Taiwan was 43.54 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest median age recorded in Taiwan?: The highest recorded value was 43.54 years in 2023.
What is the lowest median age recorded in Taiwan?: The lowest recorded value was 16.66 years in 1964.
How does Taiwan rank for median age?: Taiwan ranks 27th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is median age rising or falling in Taiwan?: Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Taiwan data come from?: The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Median age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

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.