Which has higher median age, Mayotte or Tanzania?

Tanzania, at 17.24 years against 16.79 years in Mayotte as of 2023.

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

0.45 years, with Tanzania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mayotte 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.

Mayotte vs Tanzania: Median age

Mayotte

16.79 years

in 2023

Tanzania

17.24 years

in 2023

Mayotte rank

226th

Tanzania rank

223rd

Median age over time

Mayotte
Tanzania

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 17.24 years against 16.79 years in Mayotte, a difference of 0.45 years.

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

Mayotte ranks 226th and Tanzania ranks 223rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Mayotte averaged higher in 3 and Tanzania in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mayotte	Tanzania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	17.43 years	16.19 years	1.23 years	Mayotte
1960s	14.43 years	16.21 years	1.78 years	Tanzania
1970s	13.77 years	15.79 years	2.02 years	Tanzania
1980s	14.54 years	15.27 years	0.7309 years	Tanzania
1990s	16.48 years	16.02 years	0.461 years	Mayotte
2000s	16.74 years	16.29 years	0.443 years	Mayotte
2010s	16.41 years	16.41 years	0.0006 years	Tanzania
2020s	16.72 years	17.07 years	0.3522 years	Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age, Mayotte or Tanzania?: Tanzania, at 17.24 years against 16.79 years in Mayotte as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age between Mayotte and Tanzania?: 0.45 years, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mayotte and Tanzania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mayotte and Tanzania rank globally for median age?: Mayotte ranks 226th 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.