Which has higher median age, Kiribati or Papua New Guinea?

Kiribati, at 22.69 years against 22.34 years in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.

What is the difference in median age between Kiribati and Papua New Guinea?

0.35 years, with Kiribati ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Papua New Guinea?

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.

Kiribati vs Papua New Guinea: Median age

Kiribati

22.69 years

in 2023

Papua New Guinea

22.34 years

in 2023

Kiribati rank

176th

Papua New Guinea rank

178th

Median age over time

Kiribati
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 22.69 years against 22.34 years in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.35 years.

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

Kiribati ranks 176th and Papua New Guinea ranks 178th of 236 countries.

Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kiribati	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1950s	19.53 years	17.66 years	1.88 years	Kiribati
1960s	16.91 years	16.88 years	0.0309 years	Kiribati
1970s	16.74 years	16.23 years	0.5183 years	Kiribati
1980s	18.44 years	17.27 years	1.17 years	Kiribati
1990s	18.81 years	18.14 years	0.6627 years	Kiribati
2000s	19.36 years	19.24 years	0.1245 years	Kiribati
2010s	21.13 years	20.74 years	0.3948 years	Kiribati
2020s	22.44 years	22.03 years	0.4065 years	Kiribati

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age, Kiribati or Papua New Guinea?: Kiribati, at 22.69 years against 22.34 years in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age between Kiribati and Papua New Guinea?: 0.35 years, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Papua New Guinea?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Kiribati and Papua New Guinea rank globally for median age?: Kiribati ranks 176th and Papua New Guinea ranks 178th 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.