Which has higher median age vs. births per woman, Nigeria or Zambia?

Nigeria, at 17.75 years against 17.49 years in Zambia as of 2023.

What is the difference in median age vs. births per woman between Nigeria and Zambia?

0.26 years, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Zambia?

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.

Nigeria vs Zambia: Median age vs. births per woman

Nigeria

17.75 years

in 2023

Zambia

17.49 years

in 2023

Nigeria rank

218th

Zambia rank

221st

Median age vs. births per woman over time

Nigeria
Zambia

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 17.75 years against 17.49 years in Zambia, a difference of 0.26 years.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.

Nigeria ranks 218th and Zambia ranks 221st of 236 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	18.2 years	16.23 years	1.97 years	Nigeria
1960s	18.23 years	15.54 years	2.7 years	Nigeria
1970s	17.36 years	14.61 years	2.75 years	Nigeria
1980s	16.32 years	14.41 years	1.91 years	Nigeria
1990s	16.43 years	14.71 years	1.73 years	Nigeria
2000s	16.82 years	15.17 years	1.65 years	Nigeria
2010s	16.73 years	16.11 years	0.623 years	Nigeria
2020s	17.48 years	17.21 years	0.275 years	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age vs. births per woman, Nigeria or Zambia?: Nigeria, at 17.75 years against 17.49 years in Zambia as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age vs. births per woman between Nigeria and Zambia?: 0.26 years, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Zambia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Nigeria and Zambia rank globally for median age vs. births per woman?: Nigeria ranks 218th and Zambia ranks 221st 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Nigeria vs Zambia: Median age vs. births per woman. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 01 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/median-age-vs-births-per-woman/nigeria/zambia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/median-age-vs-births-per-woman/nigeria/zambia/">Nigeria vs Zambia: Median age vs. births per woman</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.