Which has higher median age, Bahamas or Cook Islands?

Cook Islands, at 35.08 years against 34.6 years in Bahamas as of 2023.

What is the difference in median age between Bahamas and Cook Islands?

0.48 years, with Cook Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Cook Islands?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Median age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bahamas vs Cook Islands: Median age

Bahamas

34.6 years

in 2023

Cook Islands

35.08 years

in 2023

Bahamas rank

101st

Cook Islands rank

99th

Median age over time

Bahamas
Cook Islands

How they compare

Cook Islands currently reports 35.08 years against 34.6 years in Bahamas, a difference of 0.48 years.

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

Bahamas ranks 101st and Cook Islands ranks 99th of 236 countries.

Bahamas has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahamas	Cook Islands	Difference	Ahead
1950s	18.75 years	15.69 years	3.07 years	Bahamas
1960s	18.9 years	13.94 years	4.97 years	Bahamas
1970s	19.97 years	14.07 years	5.91 years	Bahamas
1980s	22.44 years	17.59 years	4.85 years	Bahamas
1990s	25.77 years	21.3 years	4.47 years	Bahamas
2000s	29.05 years	25.58 years	3.47 years	Bahamas
2010s	31.82 years	30.8 years	1.03 years	Bahamas
2020s	34.08 years	33.8 years	0.2855 years	Bahamas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age, Bahamas or Cook Islands?: Cook Islands, at 35.08 years against 34.6 years in Bahamas as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age between Bahamas and Cook Islands?: 0.48 years, with Cook Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Cook Islands?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bahamas and Cook Islands rank globally for median age?: Bahamas ranks 101st and Cook Islands ranks 99th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Median age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.