What is the difference in median age between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Puerto Rico?

0.4 years, with Puerto Rico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Puerto Rico?

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.

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Puerto Rico: Median age

Bosnia and Herzegovina

44.91 years

in 2023

Puerto Rico

45.31 years

in 2023

Bosnia and Herzegovina rank

17th

Puerto Rico rank

14th

Median age over time

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 45.31 years against 44.91 years in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a difference of 0.4 years.

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 17th and Puerto Rico ranks 14th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bosnia and Herzegovina averaged higher in 7 and Puerto Rico in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1950s	19.92 years	17.23 years	2.69 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1960s	20.79 years	18.77 years	2.02 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1970s	22.67 years	21.87 years	0.7931 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1980s	26.42 years	25.24 years	1.18 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1990s	31.06 years	29.16 years	1.9 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000s	34.8 years	33.38 years	1.42 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010s	40.84 years	39.74 years	1.1 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020s	44.36 years	44.92 years	0.5565 years	Puerto Rico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Puerto Rico?: Puerto Rico, at 45.31 years against 44.91 years in Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Puerto Rico?: 0.4 years, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Puerto Rico?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bosnia and Herzegovina and Puerto Rico rank globally for median age?: Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 17th and Puerto Rico ranks 14th 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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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: 27 August 2026

Age that divides the population into two halves of equal size — half are younger and half are older.