Statizoid

Median age in Mexico

Mexico: Median age was 28.89 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
28.89 years
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
139th
of 236 countries
All-time high
28.89 years
in 2023
All-time low
14.96 years
in 1972
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Median age in Mexico, 1950–2023

0102030195019862023

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

Analysis

In 2023, median age in Mexico stood at 28.89 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, median age in Mexico peaked at 28.89 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 14.96 years, in 1972.

Mexico ranks 139th 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 Mexico, year by year

Year years Change
1950 16.87 years —
1951 16.72 years -0.9%
1952 16.55 years -1.0%
1953 16.38 years -1.0%
1954 16.21 years -1.0%
1955 16.05 years -1.0%
1956 15.9 years -0.9%
1957 15.77 years -0.8%
1958 15.66 years -0.7%
1959 15.56 years -0.6%
1960 15.47 years -0.6%
1961 15.37 years -0.6%
1962 15.29 years -0.5%
1963 15.22 years -0.5%
1964 15.17 years -0.3%
1965 15.13 years -0.2%
1966 15.1 years -0.3%
1967 15.06 years -0.2%
1968 15.03 years -0.2%
1969 15 years -0.2%
1970 14.98 years -0.1%
1971 14.97 years -0.1%
1972 14.96 years -0.0%
1973 14.98 years +0.1%
1974 15.02 years +0.2%
1975 15.07 years +0.4%
1976 15.15 years +0.5%
1977 15.26 years +0.7%
1978 15.38 years +0.8%
1979 15.52 years +0.9%
1980 15.7 years +1.1%
1981 15.96 years +1.7%
1982 16.28 years +2.1%
1983 16.6 years +2.0%
1984 16.91 years +1.9%
1985 17.22 years +1.8%
1986 17.52 years +1.7%
1987 17.81 years +1.7%
1988 18.09 years +1.6%
1989 18.37 years +1.5%
1990 18.66 years +1.6%
1991 18.99 years +1.7%
1992 19.32 years +1.8%
1993 19.66 years +1.7%
1994 19.98 years +1.7%
1995 20.3 years +1.6%
1996 20.6 years +1.5%
1997 20.9 years +1.5%
1998 21.19 years +1.4%
1999 21.47 years +1.3%
2000 21.77 years +1.4%
2001 22.09 years +1.5%
2002 22.41 years +1.4%
2003 22.73 years +1.4%
2004 23.04 years +1.4%
2005 23.36 years +1.4%
2006 23.68 years +1.3%
2007 23.98 years +1.3%
2008 24.26 years +1.2%
2009 24.54 years +1.1%
2010 24.81 years +1.1%
2011 25.09 years +1.1%
2012 25.37 years +1.1%
2013 25.66 years +1.1%
2014 25.95 years +1.1%
2015 26.26 years +1.2%
2016 26.58 years +1.2%
2017 26.92 years +1.3%
2018 27.27 years +1.3%
2019 27.62 years +1.3%
2020 27.94 years +1.2%
2021 28.22 years +1.0%
2022 28.53 years +1.1%
2023 28.89 years +1.3%

Mexico compared with similar countries

  • Mexico's 28.89 years is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 29.94 years, 96% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Mexico's 28.89 years is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 33.82 years, 85% of the median. (42 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 16.17 years 15.56 years 16.87 years 10
1960s 15.18 years 15 years 15.47 years 10
1970s 15.13 years 14.96 years 15.52 years 10
1980s 17.05 years 15.7 years 18.37 years 10
1990s 20.11 years 18.66 years 21.47 years 10
2000s 23.18 years 21.77 years 24.54 years 10
2010s 26.15 years 24.81 years 27.62 years 10
2020s 28.39 years 27.94 years 28.89 years 4

Countries ranked near Mexico

  1. 136 Morocco 29.19 years compare
  2. 137 Israel 29.15 years compare
  3. 138 Venezuela 29.02 years compare
  4. 140 American Samoa 28.43 years compare
  5. 141 Ecuador 28.41 years compare
  6. 142 Lebanon 28.32 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More reference data data for Mexico

All data for Mexico →

Frequently asked questions

What is median age in Mexico?
Median age in Mexico was 28.89 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest median age recorded in Mexico?
The highest recorded value was 28.89 years in 2023.
What is the lowest median age recorded in Mexico?
The lowest recorded value was 14.96 years in 1972.
How does Mexico rank for median age?
Mexico ranks 139th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is median age rising or falling in Mexico?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mexico 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 74 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Median age in Mexico. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 22 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/median-age/mexico/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/median-age/mexico/">Median age in Mexico</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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

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