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

Laos, at 24.28 years against 24.28 years in Jordan as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan 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.

Jordan vs Laos: Median age vs. births per woman

Jordan

24.28 years

in 2023

Laos

24.28 years

in 2023

Jordan rank

170th

Laos rank

169th

Median age vs. births per woman over time

Jordan
Laos

How they compare

Laos currently reports 24.28 years against 24.28 years in Jordan, a difference of 0 years.

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

Jordan ranks 170th and Laos ranks 169th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Jordan averaged higher in 2 and Laos in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jordan	Laos	Difference	Ahead
1950s	16.69 years	18.52 years	1.83 years	Laos
1960s	14.85 years	17.9 years	3.05 years	Laos
1970s	13.82 years	17.4 years	3.58 years	Laos
1980s	14.67 years	16.74 years	2.07 years	Laos
1990s	18.05 years	16.82 years	1.23 years	Jordan
2000s	19.65 years	17.93 years	1.72 years	Jordan
2010s	21.58 years	21.66 years	0.0742 years	Laos
2020s	23.77 years	23.83 years	0.0535 years	Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age vs. births per woman, Jordan or Laos?: Laos, at 24.28 years against 24.28 years in Jordan as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age vs. births per woman between Jordan and Laos?: 0 years, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Laos?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Jordan and Laos rank globally for median age vs. births per woman?: Jordan ranks 170th 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.