Median age in Jersey
Jersey: Median age was 43.1 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
43.1
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
30th
of 236 countries
All-time high
43.1
in 2023
All-time low
33.66
in 1979
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Median age in Jersey, 1950–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Jersey recorded 43.1 for median age in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, median age in Jersey peaked at 43.1 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 33.66, in 1979.
Jersey ranks 30th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Median age in Jersey, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 35.25 | — |
| 1951 | 35.4 | +0.4% |
| 1952 | 35.49 | +0.2% |
| 1953 | 35.48 | -0.0% |
| 1954 | 35.42 | -0.2% |
| 1955 | 35.36 | -0.2% |
| 1956 | 35.38 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 35.47 | +0.3% |
| 1958 | 35.57 | +0.3% |
| 1959 | 35.67 | +0.3% |
| 1960 | 35.73 | +0.2% |
| 1961 | 35.69 | -0.1% |
| 1962 | 35.53 | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 35.31 | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 35.02 | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 34.76 | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 34.58 | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 34.37 | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 34.16 | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 34.02 | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 33.94 | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 33.86 | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 33.78 | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 33.74 | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 33.76 | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 33.82 | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 33.82 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 33.74 | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 33.67 | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 33.66 | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 33.7 | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 33.8 | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 33.92 | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 34.01 | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 34.1 | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 34.18 | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 34.22 | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 34.24 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 34.25 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 34.26 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 34.3 | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 34.43 | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 34.62 | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 34.85 | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 35.1 | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 35.37 | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 35.62 | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 35.84 | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 36.08 | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 36.35 | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 36.67 | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 36.98 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 37.24 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 37.5 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 37.77 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 38.05 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 38.34 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 38.62 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 38.91 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 39.2 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 39.49 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 39.77 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 40.04 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 40.28 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 40.5 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 40.75 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 41.07 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 41.39 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 41.72 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 42.06 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 42.39 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 42.66 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 42.87 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 43.1 | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 35.45 | 35.25 | 35.67 | 10 |
| 1960s | 34.92 | 34.02 | 35.73 | 10 |
| 1970s | 33.78 | 33.66 | 33.94 | 10 |
| 1980s | 34.07 | 33.7 | 34.26 | 10 |
| 1990s | 35.26 | 34.3 | 36.35 | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.93 | 36.67 | 39.2 | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.71 | 39.49 | 42.06 | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.75 | 42.39 | 43.1 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jersey
More reference data data for Jersey
- Urban vs rural majority, annual growth rate -0.1856 % change on previous year (2025)
- Wealth share richest 22.85 (2024)
- Children per woman un 1.37 (2023)
- Exposure to extreme temperature — Annual temperature change 1.23 Degrees celsius (2023)
- Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change 218.57 Millimetres per year (2023)
- Period average age of mothers 30.75 (2023)
- Children born per woman 1.37 (2023)
- Children per woman vs human development index 1.37 (2023)
- Annual burned area by landcover 0 (2025)
- Area burned wildfires by type 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is median age in Jersey?
- Median age in Jersey was 43.1 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest median age recorded in Jersey?
- The highest recorded value was 43.1 in 2023.
- What is the lowest median age recorded in Jersey?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.66 in 1979.
- How does Jersey rank for median age?
- Jersey ranks 30th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is median age rising or falling in Jersey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jersey data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Median age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 74 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).