Which has higher median age, Kenya or Palestine?

Palestine, at 19.76 against 19.53 in Kenya as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Palestine?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Our World in Data, published as Median age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya

19.53

in 2023

Palestine

19.76

in 2023

Kenya rank

198th

Palestine rank

197th

Palestine currently reports 19.76 against 19.53 in Kenya, a difference of 0.23.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Palestine ahead.

Kenya ranks 198th and Palestine ranks 197th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Palestine in 6.

Decade	Kenya	Palestine	Difference	Ahead
1950s	15.63	15.65	0.0163	Palestine
1960s	13.96	14.73	0.7711	Palestine
1970s	13.24	14.18	0.935	Palestine
1980s	13.82	14.25	0.4319	Palestine
1990s	14.85	14.56	0.2897	Kenya
2000s	16.23	15.97	0.2578	Kenya
2010s	17.62	18.38	0.7599	Palestine
2020s	19.15	19.52	0.3725	Palestine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher median age, Kenya or Palestine?: Palestine, at 19.76 against 19.53 in Kenya as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age between Kenya and Palestine?: 0.23, with Palestine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Palestine?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Kenya and Palestine rank globally for median age?: Kenya ranks 198th and Palestine ranks 197th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Median age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.