What is the difference in median age between Equatorial Guinea and Lesotho?

0.45 years, with Lesotho ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Lesotho?

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.

Equatorial Guinea vs Lesotho: Median age

Equatorial Guinea

20.98 years

in 2023

Lesotho

21.43 years

in 2023

Equatorial Guinea rank

184th

Lesotho rank

183rd

Median age over time

Equatorial Guinea
Lesotho

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 21.43 years against 20.98 years in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.45 years.

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

Equatorial Guinea ranks 184th and Lesotho ranks 183rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 6 and Lesotho in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1950s	21.77 years	16.81 years	4.96 years	Equatorial Guinea
1960s	20.16 years	16.39 years	3.77 years	Equatorial Guinea
1970s	18.89 years	17.59 years	1.31 years	Equatorial Guinea
1980s	18.6 years	17.51 years	1.08 years	Equatorial Guinea
1990s	18.12 years	17.51 years	0.6099 years	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	18.8 years	18.84 years	0.0459 years	Lesotho
2010s	20.77 years	20.28 years	0.4948 years	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	21.05 years	21.2 years	0.155 years	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age, Equatorial Guinea or Lesotho?: Lesotho, at 21.43 years against 20.98 years in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age between Equatorial Guinea and Lesotho?: 0.45 years, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Lesotho?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Lesotho rank globally for median age?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 184th and Lesotho ranks 183rd 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.