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Median age in Brazil

Brazil: Median age was 33.94 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
33.94 years
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
105th
of 236 countries
All-time high
33.94 years
in 2023
All-time low
16.67 years
in 1964
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Median age in Brazil, 1950–2023

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Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for median age in Brazil is 33.94 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, median age in Brazil peaked at 33.94 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16.67 years, in 1964.

Brazil ranks 105th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Median age in Brazil, year by year

Year years Change
1950 17.47 years —
1951 17.46 years -0.0%
1952 17.43 years -0.1%
1953 17.39 years -0.3%
1954 17.32 years -0.4%
1955 17.26 years -0.4%
1956 17.19 years -0.4%
1957 17.12 years -0.4%
1958 17.05 years -0.4%
1959 16.98 years -0.4%
1960 16.91 years -0.4%
1961 16.83 years -0.4%
1962 16.77 years -0.4%
1963 16.71 years -0.3%
1964 16.67 years -0.2%
1965 16.68 years +0.0%
1966 16.73 years +0.3%
1967 16.84 years +0.6%
1968 16.97 years +0.8%
1969 17.12 years +0.9%
1970 17.28 years +0.9%
1971 17.45 years +1.0%
1972 17.63 years +1.0%
1973 17.81 years +1.0%
1974 18 years +1.1%
1975 18.2 years +1.1%
1976 18.39 years +1.1%
1977 18.59 years +1.1%
1978 18.79 years +1.1%
1979 18.98 years +1.0%
1980 19.18 years +1.0%
1981 19.38 years +1.0%
1982 19.57 years +1.0%
1983 19.77 years +1.0%
1984 19.98 years +1.1%
1985 20.2 years +1.1%
1986 20.43 years +1.1%
1987 20.65 years +1.1%
1988 20.89 years +1.1%
1989 21.13 years +1.1%
1990 21.37 years +1.2%
1991 21.62 years +1.2%
1992 21.88 years +1.2%
1993 22.15 years +1.2%
1994 22.42 years +1.2%
1995 22.69 years +1.2%
1996 22.97 years +1.2%
1997 23.26 years +1.2%
1998 23.55 years +1.3%
1999 23.86 years +1.3%
2000 24.17 years +1.3%
2001 24.51 years +1.4%
2002 24.86 years +1.4%
2003 25.23 years +1.5%
2004 25.62 years +1.5%
2005 26.02 years +1.6%
2006 26.43 years +1.6%
2007 26.86 years +1.6%
2008 27.29 years +1.6%
2009 27.74 years +1.6%
2010 28.2 years +1.6%
2011 28.65 years +1.6%
2012 29.11 years +1.6%
2013 29.57 years +1.6%
2014 30.02 years +1.5%
2015 30.47 years +1.5%
2016 30.92 years +1.5%
2017 31.37 years +1.4%
2018 31.81 years +1.4%
2019 32.26 years +1.4%
2020 32.68 years +1.3%
2021 33.09 years +1.2%
2022 33.51 years +1.3%
2023 33.94 years +1.3%

Brazil compared with similar countries

  • Brazil's 33.94 years is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 29.94 years, 1.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Brazil's 33.94 years is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 33.82 years, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 17.27 years 16.98 years 17.47 years 10
1960s 16.82 years 16.67 years 17.12 years 10
1970s 18.11 years 17.28 years 18.98 years 10
1980s 20.12 years 19.18 years 21.13 years 10
1990s 22.58 years 21.37 years 23.86 years 10
2000s 25.87 years 24.17 years 27.74 years 10
2010s 30.24 years 28.2 years 32.26 years 10
2020s 33.31 years 32.68 years 33.94 years 4

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 102 Kuwait 34.5 years compare
  2. 103 Greenland 34.23 years compare
  3. 104 Costa Rica 34.07 years compare
  4. 106 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33.9 years compare
  5. 107 New Caledonia 33.89 years compare
  6. 108 Saint Lucia 33.74 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is median age in Brazil?
Median age in Brazil was 33.94 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest median age recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 33.94 years in 2023.
What is the lowest median age recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 16.67 years in 1964.
How does Brazil rank for median age?
Brazil ranks 105th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is median age rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Median age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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Age that divides the population into two halves of equal size — half are younger and half are older.