Median Age: United Kingdom

## What this measures

The median age of the population of United Kingdom on 1 July of each year: half the people are older, half younger. From the UN World Population Prospects 2024.

## Why it matters

Median age is the simplest read of how old a society is, and so of its savings, spending, labour supply and political priorities.

## How to read it

Each point is dated July 1. A rising median age means the population is ageing. These are estimates through 2023.

## What it does not say

It says nothing about the shape of the age pyramid on either side of the middle; the 65+ share shows the top end.

## Source

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. https://population.un.org/wpp/ Licence: © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). Palanor's copy is unchanged except where this section says otherwise. The UN revises the whole series every two years; the next revision replaces these figures back to 1950.