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

Papua New Guinea, at 22.34 against 22.25 in Syria as of 2023.

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

0.09, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

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.

Papua New Guinea

22.34

in 2023

Syria

22.25

in 2023

Papua New Guinea rank

178th

Syria rank

179th

Papua New Guinea currently reports 22.34 against 22.25 in Syria, a difference of 0.09.

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

Papua New Guinea ranks 178th and Syria ranks 179th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 7 and Syria in 1.

Decade	Papua New Guinea	Syria	Difference	Ahead
1950s	17.66	18.06	0.4059	Syria
1960s	16.88	15.57	1.31	Papua New Guinea
1970s	16.23	14.64	1.59	Papua New Guinea
1980s	17.27	14.84	2.43	Papua New Guinea
1990s	18.14	16.3	1.84	Papua New Guinea
2000s	19.24	18.83	0.4062	Papua New Guinea
2010s	20.74	19.58	1.16	Papua New Guinea
2020s	22.03	21.31	0.7203	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher median age, Papua New Guinea or Syria?: Papua New Guinea, at 22.34 against 22.25 in Syria as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age between Papua New Guinea and Syria?: 0.09, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Syria?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Papua New Guinea and Syria rank globally for median age?: Papua New Guinea ranks 178th and Syria ranks 179th 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.