Which has higher median age, Brunei or Western Sahara?

Western Sahara, at 32.04 years against 31.76 years in Brunei as of 2023.

What is the difference in median age between Brunei and Western Sahara?

0.28 years, with Western Sahara ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Western Sahara?

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.

Brunei vs Western Sahara: Median age

Brunei

31.76 years

in 2023

Western Sahara

32.04 years

in 2023

Brunei rank

121st

Western Sahara rank

120th

Median age over time

Brunei
Western Sahara

How they compare

Western Sahara currently reports 32.04 years against 31.76 years in Brunei, a difference of 0.28 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Brunei ahead.

Brunei ranks 121st and Western Sahara ranks 120th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 2 and Western Sahara in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brunei	Western Sahara	Difference	Ahead
1950s	19.82 years	21.01 years	1.19 years	Western Sahara
1960s	16.38 years	22.51 years	6.13 years	Western Sahara
1970s	17.53 years	18.02 years	0.4968 years	Western Sahara
1980s	20.49 years	20.5 years	0.0119 years	Western Sahara
1990s	23.29 years	19.33 years	3.96 years	Brunei
2000s	26.15 years	24.15 years	2 years	Brunei
2010s	28.34 years	28.79 years	0.4509 years	Western Sahara
2020s	31.04 years	31.5 years	0.4572 years	Western Sahara

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age, Brunei or Western Sahara?: Western Sahara, at 32.04 years against 31.76 years in Brunei as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age between Brunei and Western Sahara?: 0.28 years, with Western Sahara ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Western Sahara?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Brunei and Western Sahara rank globally for median age?: Brunei ranks 121st and Western Sahara ranks 120th 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.