Which has higher median age vs. births per woman, Cape Verde or Suriname?

Suriname, at 28.1 years against 27.87 years in Cape Verde as of 2023.

What is the difference in median age vs. births per woman between Cape Verde and Suriname?

0.23 years, with Suriname ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Suriname?

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 vs. births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cape Verde vs Suriname: Median age vs. births per woman

Cape Verde

27.87 years

in 2023

Suriname

28.1 years

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

147th

Suriname rank

145th

Median age vs. births per woman over time

Cape Verde
Suriname

How they compare

Suriname currently reports 28.1 years against 27.87 years in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.23 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Suriname ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 147th and Suriname ranks 145th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 2 and Suriname in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Suriname	Difference	Ahead
1950s	17.41 years	17.45 years	0.0375 years	Suriname
1960s	16.49 years	15.65 years	0.8438 years	Cape Verde
1970s	15.76 years	15.68 years	0.0795 years	Cape Verde
1980s	15.44 years	18.55 years	3.11 years	Suriname
1990s	16.41 years	21.03 years	4.62 years	Suriname
2000s	19.17 years	24.23 years	5.06 years	Suriname
2010s	23.86 years	26.4 years	2.54 years	Suriname
2020s	27.08 years	27.79 years	0.7018 years	Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age vs. births per woman, Cape Verde or Suriname?: Suriname, at 28.1 years against 27.87 years in Cape Verde as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age vs. births per woman between Cape Verde and Suriname?: 0.23 years, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Suriname?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cape Verde and Suriname rank globally for median age vs. births per woman?: Cape Verde ranks 147th and Suriname ranks 145th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Median age vs. births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Median age vs. births per woman
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: 28 August 2026

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