Which has higher median age, Cameroon or Zimbabwe?

Zimbabwe, at 17.81 years against 17.75 years in Cameroon as of 2023.

What is the difference in median age between Cameroon and Zimbabwe?

0.06 years, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Zimbabwe?

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.

Cameroon vs Zimbabwe: Median age

Cameroon

17.75 years

in 2023

Zimbabwe

17.81 years

in 2023

Cameroon rank

219th

Zimbabwe rank

216th

Median age over time

Cameroon
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 17.81 years against 17.75 years in Cameroon, a difference of 0.06 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 219th and Zimbabwe ranks 216th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 6 and Zimbabwe in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	19.53 years	16.36 years	3.17 years	Cameroon
1960s	18.91 years	14.76 years	4.15 years	Cameroon
1970s	17.45 years	14.73 years	2.72 years	Cameroon
1980s	16.11 years	14.78 years	1.32 years	Cameroon
1990s	15.83 years	15.63 years	0.202 years	Cameroon
2000s	16.5 years	17.25 years	0.7504 years	Zimbabwe
2010s	17.12 years	16.97 years	0.1432 years	Cameroon
2020s	17.58 years	17.6 years	0.0137 years	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age, Cameroon or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 17.81 years against 17.75 years in Cameroon as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age between Cameroon and Zimbabwe?: 0.06 years, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Zimbabwe?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cameroon and Zimbabwe rank globally for median age?: Cameroon ranks 219th and Zimbabwe ranks 216th 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: 17 September 2026

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