Which has higher median age vs. births per woman, Egypt or Laos?

Laos, at 24.28 years against 24.03 years in Egypt as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Laos?

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.

Egypt vs Laos: Median age vs. births per woman

Egypt

24.03 years

in 2023

Laos

24.28 years

in 2023

Egypt rank

171st

Laos rank

169th

Median age vs. births per woman over time

Egypt
Laos

How they compare

Laos currently reports 24.28 years against 24.03 years in Egypt, a difference of 0.25 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 171st and Laos ranks 169th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 7 and Laos in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Laos	Difference	Ahead
1950s	19.41 years	18.52 years	0.8917 years	Egypt
1960s	18.11 years	17.9 years	0.2162 years	Egypt
1970s	18.2 years	17.4 years	0.7917 years	Egypt
1980s	18.31 years	16.74 years	1.58 years	Egypt
1990s	19.12 years	16.82 years	2.3 years	Egypt
2000s	21.09 years	17.93 years	3.16 years	Egypt
2010s	22.8 years	21.66 years	1.14 years	Egypt
2020s	23.74 years	23.83 years	0.0857 years	Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age vs. births per woman, Egypt or Laos?: Laos, at 24.28 years against 24.03 years in Egypt as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age vs. births per woman between Egypt and Laos?: 0.25 years, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Laos?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Egypt and Laos rank globally for median age vs. births per woman?: Egypt ranks 171st and Laos ranks 169th 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.