Which has higher median age vs. births per woman, Gambia or Guinea?

Gambia, at 18.17 years against 17.98 years in Guinea as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Guinea?

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.

Gambia vs Guinea: Median age vs. births per woman

Gambia

18.17 years

in 2023

Guinea

17.98 years

in 2023

Gambia rank

211th

Guinea rank

214th

Median age vs. births per woman over time

Gambia
Guinea

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 18.17 years against 17.98 years in Guinea, a difference of 0.19 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guinea ahead.

Gambia ranks 211th and Guinea ranks 214th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 2 and Guinea in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1950s	17.74 years	20.04 years	2.3 years	Guinea
1960s	18.58 years	19.25 years	0.6642 years	Guinea
1970s	17.91 years	18.41 years	0.5067 years	Guinea
1980s	16.59 years	17.42 years	0.8256 years	Guinea
1990s	15.75 years	16.94 years	1.18 years	Guinea
2000s	15.72 years	16.11 years	0.3864 years	Guinea
2010s	16.84 years	16.84 years	0.0022 years	Gambia
2020s	17.9 years	17.77 years	0.1275 years	Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age vs. births per woman, Gambia or Guinea?: Gambia, at 18.17 years against 17.98 years in Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age vs. births per woman between Gambia and Guinea?: 0.19 years, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Guinea?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Gambia and Guinea rank globally for median age vs. births per woman?: Gambia ranks 211th and Guinea ranks 214th 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.