Which has higher median age vs. births per woman, Malaysia or Myanmar?

Malaysia, at 30.06 years against 29.53 years in Myanmar as of 2023.

What is the difference in median age vs. births per woman between Malaysia and Myanmar?

0.53 years, with Malaysia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Myanmar?

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.

Malaysia vs Myanmar: Median age vs. births per woman

Malaysia

30.06 years

in 2023

Myanmar

29.53 years

in 2023

Malaysia rank

127th

Myanmar rank

130th

Median age vs. births per woman over time

Malaysia
Myanmar

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 30.06 years against 29.53 years in Myanmar, a difference of 0.53 years.

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

Malaysia ranks 127th and Myanmar ranks 130th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 1 and Myanmar in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malaysia	Myanmar	Difference	Ahead
1950s	17.64 years	20.53 years	2.89 years	Myanmar
1960s	15.92 years	19.07 years	3.15 years	Myanmar
1970s	17.37 years	18.7 years	1.33 years	Myanmar
1980s	19.55 years	19.66 years	0.1017 years	Myanmar
1990s	21.37 years	21.63 years	0.2538 years	Myanmar
2000s	23.26 years	24.14 years	0.8796 years	Myanmar
2010s	26.6 years	27.15 years	0.5554 years	Myanmar
2020s	29.34 years	29.12 years	0.2135 years	Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age vs. births per woman, Malaysia or Myanmar?: Malaysia, at 30.06 years against 29.53 years in Myanmar as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age vs. births per woman between Malaysia and Myanmar?: 0.53 years, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Myanmar?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Malaysia and Myanmar rank globally for median age vs. births per woman?: Malaysia ranks 127th and Myanmar ranks 130th 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.