Which has higher median age, Mauritania or Tanzania?

Tanzania, at 17.24 years against 17.12 years in Mauritania as of 2023.

What is the difference in median age between Mauritania and Tanzania?

0.12 years, with Tanzania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Tanzania?

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.

Mauritania vs Tanzania: Median age

Mauritania

17.12 years

in 2023

Tanzania

17.24 years

in 2023

Mauritania rank

224th

Tanzania rank

223rd

Median age over time

Mauritania
Tanzania

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 17.24 years against 17.12 years in Mauritania, a difference of 0.12 years.

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

Mauritania ranks 224th and Tanzania ranks 223rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 7 and Tanzania in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania	Tanzania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	17.28 years	16.19 years	1.09 years	Mauritania
1960s	17.61 years	16.21 years	1.39 years	Mauritania
1970s	16.3 years	15.79 years	0.5139 years	Mauritania
1980s	15.91 years	15.27 years	0.6431 years	Mauritania
1990s	16.34 years	16.02 years	0.3181 years	Mauritania
2000s	16.57 years	16.29 years	0.271 years	Mauritania
2010s	16.73 years	16.41 years	0.3195 years	Mauritania
2020s	16.96 years	17.07 years	0.117 years	Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age, Mauritania or Tanzania?: Tanzania, at 17.24 years against 17.12 years in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age between Mauritania and Tanzania?: 0.12 years, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Tanzania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Tanzania rank globally for median age?: Mauritania ranks 224th and Tanzania ranks 223rd 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.