Median age rose 1.14% to 21.0 years in South Sudan in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, median age in South Sudan reached an all time high of 21.0 years in 2024 and an all time low of 17.6 years in 2000. When compared to South Sudan's main peers, median age in Central African Republic amounted to 22.4 years, 21.9 years in Ethiopia, 22.0 years in Sudan and 17.7 years in Uganda in 2024.
South Sudan has been ranked 149th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of median age, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Median Age | Unit | 2080 | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | 2091 | 2092 | 2093 | 2094 | 2095 | 2096 | 2097 | 2098 | 2099 | 2100 |
| Cameroon | years | 32.8 | 33.0 | 33.2 | 33.4 | 33.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | years | 31.5 | 31.8 | 32.0 | 32.3 | 32.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | years | 30.4 | 30.6 | 30.8 | 31.0 | 31.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo (DRC) | years | 30.5 | 30.7 | 30.9 | 31.1 | 31.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | years | 40.6 | 40.8 | 40.9 | 41.1 | 41.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | years | 36.8 | 37.0 | 37.2 | 37.5 | 37.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | years | 35.3 | 35.6 | 35.8 | 36.0 | 36.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | years | 36.3 | 36.5 | 36.7 | 36.9 | 37.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | years | 36.8 | 37.0 | 37.2 | 37.4 | 37.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | years | 31.2 | 31.5 | 31.7 | 31.9 | 32.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | years | 34.4 | 34.5 | 34.7 | 34.8 | 35.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | years | 34.2 | 34.5 | 34.7 | 34.9 | 35.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | years | 38.5 | 38.8 | 39.1 | 39.4 | 39.7 |
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