Which has higher median age, Ecuador or Venezuela?

Venezuela, at 29.02 years against 28.41 years in Ecuador as of 2023.

What is the difference in median age between Ecuador and Venezuela?

0.61 years, with Venezuela ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Venezuela?

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.

Ecuador vs Venezuela: Median age

Ecuador

28.41 years

in 2023

Venezuela

29.02 years

in 2023

Ecuador rank

141st

Venezuela rank

138th

Median age over time

Ecuador
Venezuela

How they compare

Venezuela currently reports 29.02 years against 28.41 years in Ecuador, a difference of 0.61 years.

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

Ecuador ranks 141st and Venezuela ranks 138th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 3 and Venezuela in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ecuador	Venezuela	Difference	Ahead
1950s	18.03 years	15.98 years	2.05 years	Ecuador
1960s	16.69 years	15.48 years	1.22 years	Ecuador
1970s	16.9 years	16.71 years	0.1886 years	Ecuador
1980s	18.15 years	18.68 years	0.5295 years	Venezuela
1990s	20.05 years	20.72 years	0.6657 years	Venezuela
2000s	22.27 years	23.26 years	0.9898 years	Venezuela
2010s	25.24 years	26.23 years	0.9875 years	Venezuela
2020s	27.8 years	28.66 years	0.864 years	Venezuela

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age, Ecuador or Venezuela?: Venezuela, at 29.02 years against 28.41 years in Ecuador as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age between Ecuador and Venezuela?: 0.61 years, with Venezuela ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Venezuela?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and Venezuela rank globally for median age?: Ecuador ranks 141st and Venezuela ranks 138th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Ecuador vs Venezuela: Median age. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/median-age/ecuador/venezuela-rb/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/median-age/ecuador/venezuela-rb/">Ecuador vs Venezuela: Median age</a> — Statizoid

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: 17 September 2026

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