Egypt vs Iran Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Egypt vs Iran

Table

Year	Median age
	Egypt	Iran
1960	19.7	19.1
1961	19.5	18.7
1962	19.3	18.4
1963	19.2	18.1
1964	19.1	17.9
1965	19	17.8
1966	19	17.7
1967	19.1	17.7
1968	19.1	17.6
1969	19.1	17.6
1970	19.2	17.6
1971	19.2	17.7
1972	19.2	17.8
1973	19.2	17.9
1974	19.3	18
1975	19.3	18.1
1976	19.3	18.2
1977	19.3	18.3
1978	19.3	18.3
1979	19.3	18.3
1980	19.3	18.2
1981	19.3	18.4
1982	19.3	18.6
1983	19.3	18.5
1984	19.3	18.4
1985	19.4	18.3
1986	19.4	18.2
1987	19.4	18.2
1988	19.4	18.2
1989	19.4	18.1
1990	19.5	18.2
1991	19.6	18.3
1992	19.7	18.4
1993	19.9	18.3
1994	20	18.4
1995	20.1	18.7
1996	20.3	19.1
1997	20.5	19.5
1998	20.7	20
1999	20.9	20.7
2000	21.2	21.4
2001	21.4	22
2002	21.6	22.6
2003	21.8	23.1
2004	22.1	23.7
2005	22.3	24.3
2006	22.5	24.8
2007	22.7	25.5
2008	22.9	26.1
2009	23.1	26.6
2010	23.3	27.2
2011	23.4	27.7
2012	23.6	28.2
2013	23.7	28.7
2014	23.8	29.2
2015	23.9	29.7
2016	24	30.2
2017	24.1	30.7
2018	24.2	31.2
2019	24.4	31.7
2020	24.5	32.3
2021	24.7	32.8
2022	24.8	33.3
2023	25	33.8
2024	25.3	34.3
2025	25.5	35
2026	25.7	35.5
2027	25.9	36.1
2028	26.1	36.6
2029	26.4	37.2
2030	26.6	37.7
2031	26.8	38.2
2032	27	38.7
2033	27.2	39.2
2034	27.4	39.6
2035	27.7	40
2036	27.9	40.4
2037	28.1	40.8
2038	28.4	41.2
2039	28.6	41.5
2040	28.9	41.8
2041	29.2	42.1
2042	29.5	42.4
2043	29.8	42.7
2044	30.1	42.9
2045	30.4	43.2
2046	30.8	43.4
2047	31.1	43.7
2048	31.4	43.9
2049	31.7	44.2
2050	32	44.5

In 1960, the median age in Egypt was 19.7 years compared to 19.1 years in Iran. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 25.3 years in Egypt and to 34.3 years in Iran.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Egypt is expected to increased to around 32 years by 2050 compared to 44.5 years in Iran. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Egypt		Iran
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	5.18%	4.93%	3.37%	3.2%
5-9	5.71%	5.45%	4.19%	3.96%
10-14	5.49%	5.24%	3.98%	3.75%
15-19	4.71%	4.51%	3.56%	3.38%
20-24	4.27%	4.1%	3.25%	3.11%
25-29	3.93%	3.76%	3.42%	3.31%
30-34	3.79%	3.64%	4.41%	4.25%
35-39	3.64%	3.56%	5.07%	4.9%
40-44	3.19%	3.11%	4.64%	4.45%
45-49	2.71%	2.62%	3.56%	3.41%
50-54	2.27%	2.2%	2.99%	2.85%
55-59	1.89%	1.89%	2.39%	2.38%
60-64	1.49%	1.6%	1.99%	2%
65-69	1.06%	1.25%	1.56%	1.58%
70-74	0.65%	0.86%	1.23%	1.23%
75-79	0.33%	0.5%	0.71%	0.75%
80+	0.16%	0.3%	0.5%	0.67%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Egypt has average demographic potential with 64.7% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 51.1% and low potential in Iran.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Egypt			Iran
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	85.1%	78.3%	6.73%	91%	83.1%	7.89%
1961	85.4%	78.6%	6.83%	92.7%	85%	7.74%
1962	85.3%	78.4%	6.9%	94%	86.5%	7.59%
1963	85.1%	78.1%	6.95%	95%	87.6%	7.43%
1964	84.9%	77.9%	7%	95.2%	87.9%	7.28%
1965	84.8%	77.8%	7.05%	94.7%	87.6%	7.12%
1966	84.6%	77.5%	7.09%	94.2%	87.2%	6.99%
1967	84.2%	77.1%	7.12%	93.8%	86.9%	6.89%
1968	83.8%	76.7%	7.15%	93.5%	86.7%	6.8%
1969	83.4%	76.2%	7.17%	93.1%	86.4%	6.73%
1970	83%	75.8%	7.19%	92.5%	85.9%	6.65%
1971	82.7%	75.5%	7.21%	91.7%	85.2%	6.58%
1972	82.4%	75.2%	7.23%	90.7%	84.2%	6.51%
1973	82.2%	75%	7.25%	89.5%	83%	6.43%
1974	82.1%	74.8%	7.26%	88.2%	81.8%	6.35%
1975	82%	74.7%	7.28%	87%	80.7%	6.26%
1976	82%	74.7%	7.29%	86.3%	80.1%	6.18%
1977	82.1%	74.8%	7.29%	85.9%	79.8%	6.11%
1978	82.2%	74.9%	7.28%	85.9%	79.8%	6.03%
1979	82.3%	75.1%	7.28%	86.1%	80.2%	5.95%
1980	82.5%	75.2%	7.27%	86.7%	80.8%	5.9%
1981	82.5%	75.3%	7.25%	85.3%	79.6%	5.74%
1982	82.6%	75.3%	7.24%	84.2%	78.6%	5.6%
1983	82.5%	75.3%	7.21%	85.1%	79.5%	5.56%
1984	82.5%	75.3%	7.19%	86.1%	80.5%	5.57%
1985	82.4%	75.2%	7.17%	87.1%	81.5%	5.61%
1986	82.4%	75.3%	7.15%	87.8%	82.2%	5.68%
1987	82.4%	75.3%	7.13%	88.5%	82.7%	5.78%
1988	82.3%	75.2%	7.11%	89.3%	83.4%	5.91%
1989	82%	74.9%	7.09%	89.9%	83.9%	6.04%
1990	81.2%	74.2%	7.03%	89.9%	83.7%	6.14%
1991	80.3%	73.3%	6.98%	89.3%	83.1%	6.23%
1992	79.5%	72.5%	6.95%	88.7%	82.3%	6.33%
1993	78.5%	71.6%	6.92%	88.8%	82.3%	6.51%
1994	77.4%	70.5%	6.9%	87.7%	81%	6.67%
1995	76.2%	69.3%	6.89%	84.2%	77.5%	6.74%
1996	75%	68.1%	6.89%	80.1%	73.3%	6.79%
1997	73.7%	66.8%	6.89%	75.4%	68.6%	6.81%
1998	72.3%	65.4%	6.88%	70.3%	63.5%	6.79%
1999	70.9%	64%	6.86%	65.3%	58.6%	6.77%
2000	69.4%	62.6%	6.82%	60.6%	53.9%	6.74%
2001	67.9%	61.2%	6.77%	56.3%	49.6%	6.72%
2002	66.6%	59.8%	6.72%	52.8%	46.1%	6.78%
2003	65.2%	58.6%	6.65%	49.8%	43%	6.83%
2004	63.9%	57.3%	6.57%	47.1%	40.3%	6.81%
2005	62.8%	56.3%	6.47%	44.8%	38%	6.79%
2006	61.9%	55.5%	6.39%	43%	36.2%	6.79%
2007	61.3%	54.9%	6.32%	41.6%	34.8%	6.84%
2008	60.9%	54.6%	6.29%	40.8%	33.8%	6.94%
2009	60.8%	54.5%	6.28%	40.3%	33.2%	7.07%
2010	60.8%	54.5%	6.32%	40.1%	32.8%	7.23%
2011	60.9%	54.5%	6.39%	40.1%	32.7%	7.41%
2012	61%	54.6%	6.48%	40.3%	32.7%	7.62%
2013	61.3%	54.7%	6.58%	40.6%	32.8%	7.85%
2014	61.5%	54.9%	6.69%	41.2%	33.1%	8.15%
2015	62%	55.2%	6.81%	42%	33.5%	8.53%
2016	62.3%	55.4%	6.94%	42.9%	34%	8.93%
2017	62.5%	55.4%	7.1%	43.7%	34.3%	9.34%
2018	62.5%	55.2%	7.27%	44.3%	34.6%	9.75%
2019	62.2%	54.7%	7.45%	44.8%	34.6%	10.2%
2020	61.7%	54.1%	7.59%	44.9%	34.5%	10.5%
2021	61.1%	53.5%	7.64%	44.8%	34.1%	10.7%
2022	60.5%	52.7%	7.75%	44.6%	33.6%	11%
2023	59.8%	51.8%	7.94%	44.4%	33%	11.4%
2024	59%	50.9%	8.14%	44.3%	32.4%	11.9%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Egypt decreased from 63.9% to 59% between 2004 and 2024.

In Iran, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 47.1% to 44.3% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Egypt	Iran
1960	54%	52.4%
1961	53.9%	51.9%
1962	54%	51.5%
1963	54%	51.3%
1964	54.1%	51.2%
1965	54.1%	51.4%
1966	54.2%	51.5%
1967	54.3%	51.6%
1968	54.4%	51.7%
1969	54.5%	51.8%
1970	54.7%	51.9%
1971	54.7%	52.2%
1972	54.8%	52.4%
1973	54.9%	52.8%
1974	54.9%	53.1%
1975	55%	53.5%
1976	54.9%	53.7%
1977	54.9%	53.8%
1978	54.9%	53.8%
1979	54.8%	53.7%
1980	54.8%	53.6%
1981	54.8%	54%
1982	54.8%	54.3%
1983	54.8%	54%
1984	54.8%	53.7%
1985	54.8%	53.5%
1986	54.8%	53.2%
1987	54.8%	53%
1988	54.9%	52.8%
1989	54.9%	52.7%
1990	55.2%	52.7%
1991	55.5%	52.8%
1992	55.7%	53%
1993	56%	53%
1994	56.4%	53.3%
1995	56.8%	54.3%
1996	57.2%	55.5%
1997	57.6%	57%
1998	58%	58.7%
1999	58.5%	60.5%
2000	59%	62.2%
2001	59.5%	64%
2002	60%	65.4%
2003	60.5%	66.7%
2004	61%	68%
2005	61.4%	69.1%
2006	61.8%	69.9%
2007	62%	70.6%
2008	62.1%	71%
2009	62.2%	71.3%
2010	62.2%	71.4%
2011	62.1%	71.4%
2012	62.1%	71.3%
2013	62%	71.1%
2014	61.9%	70.8%
2015	61.7%	70.4%
2016	61.6%	70%
2017	61.5%	69.6%
2018	61.5%	69.3%
2019	61.7%	69.1%
2020	61.8%	69%
2021	62.1%	69%
2022	62.3%	69.1%
2023	62.6%	69.2%
2024	62.9%	69.3%
2025	63.2%	69.4%
2026	63.5%	69.5%
2027	63.8%	69.6%
2028	64.2%	69.8%
2029	64.7%	70%
2030	65.1%	70.3%
2031	65.5%	70.6%
2032	65.8%	70.8%
2033	66.1%	71%
2034	66.1%	71%
2035	66.2%	70.8%
2036	66.2%	70.6%
2037	66.1%	70.3%
2038	66.1%	70.1%
2039	66%	69.8%
2040	66%	69.4%
2041	65.9%	69%
2042	65.9%	68.5%
2043	65.8%	68%
2044	65.7%	67.4%
2045	65.7%	66.7%
2046	65.7%	65.9%
2047	65.6%	65.1%
2048	65.6%	64.3%
2049	65.6%	63.4%
2050	65.6%	62.5%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 61% to 62.9% in Egypt and from 68% to 69.3% in Iran.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Egypt	Iran
1960	42.3%	43.5%
1961	42.4%	44.1%
1962	42.3%	44.6%
1963	42.2%	44.9%
1964	42.1%	45%
1965	42.1%	45%
1966	42%	44.9%
1967	41.9%	44.8%
1968	41.7%	44.8%
1969	41.6%	44.7%
1970	41.4%	44.6%
1971	41.3%	44.4%
1972	41.2%	44.2%
1973	41.1%	43.8%
1974	41.1%	43.5%
1975	41%	43.2%
1976	41.1%	43%
1977	41.1%	42.9%
1978	41.1%	43%
1979	41.2%	43.1%
1980	41.2%	43.3%
1981	41.2%	42.9%
1982	41.3%	42.7%
1983	41.3%	43%
1984	41.3%	43.3%
1985	41.3%	43.5%
1986	41.3%	43.7%
1987	41.3%	43.9%
1988	41.2%	44%
1989	41.2%	44.2%
1990	40.9%	44.1%
1991	40.7%	43.9%
1992	40.4%	43.6%
1993	40.1%	43.6%
1994	39.7%	43.2%
1995	39.3%	42.1%
1996	38.9%	40.7%
1997	38.5%	39.1%
1998	38%	37.3%
1999	37.5%	35.4%
2000	36.9%	33.6%
2001	36.4%	31.7%
2002	35.9%	30.1%
2003	35.4%	28.7%
2004	35%	27.4%
2005	34.6%	26.2%
2006	34.3%	25.3%
2007	34.1%	24.6%
2008	33.9%	24%
2009	33.9%	23.7%
2010	33.9%	23.4%
2011	33.9%	23.3%
2012	33.9%	23.3%
2013	33.9%	23.3%
2014	34%	23.4%
2015	34.1%	23.6%
2016	34.1%	23.8%
2017	34.1%	23.9%
2018	34%	24%
2019	33.7%	23.9%
2020	33.5%	23.8%
2021	33.2%	23.6%
2022	32.9%	23.2%
2023	32.4%	22.8%
2024	32%	22.4%
2025	31.6%	22%
2026	31.1%	21.6%
2027	30.6%	21.1%
2028	30%	20.5%
2029	29.4%	19.9%
2030	28.8%	19.3%
2031	28.3%	18.6%
2032	27.8%	18%
2033	27.4%	17.4%
2034	27.2%	17%
2035	27%	16.7%
2036	26.9%	16.4%
2037	26.8%	16.2%
2038	26.7%	15.9%
2039	26.6%	15.8%
2040	26.4%	15.6%
2041	26.3%	15.5%
2042	26.2%	15.4%
2043	26.1%	15.3%
2044	25.9%	15.3%
2045	25.8%	15.2%
2046	25.6%	15.2%
2047	25.4%	15.2%
2048	25.2%	15.2%
2049	24.9%	15.1%
2050	24.7%	15.1%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 32% in Egypt and 22.4% in Iran. Birth rates in Egypt compared to Iran .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Egypt	Iran
1960	3.64%	4.13%
1961	3.68%	4.02%
1962	3.72%	3.91%
1963	3.75%	3.81%
1964	3.79%	3.73%
1965	3.82%	3.66%
1966	3.84%	3.6%
1967	3.87%	3.55%
1968	3.89%	3.52%
1969	3.91%	3.48%
1970	3.93%	3.45%
1971	3.95%	3.43%
1972	3.96%	3.41%
1973	3.98%	3.4%
1974	3.99%	3.38%
1975	4%	3.35%
1976	4%	3.32%
1977	4%	3.29%
1978	4%	3.24%
1979	3.99%	3.2%
1980	3.98%	3.16%
1981	3.97%	3.1%
1982	3.96%	3.04%
1983	3.95%	3.01%
1984	3.94%	2.99%
1985	3.93%	3%
1986	3.92%	3.02%
1987	3.91%	3.07%
1988	3.9%	3.12%
1989	3.89%	3.18%
1990	3.88%	3.24%
1991	3.87%	3.29%
1992	3.87%	3.35%
1993	3.88%	3.45%
1994	3.89%	3.56%
1995	3.91%	3.66%
1996	3.94%	3.77%
1997	3.97%	3.88%
1998	3.99%	3.99%
1999	4.01%	4.09%
2000	4.03%	4.2%
2001	4.03%	4.3%
2002	4.03%	4.44%
2003	4.03%	4.56%
2004	4.01%	4.63%
2005	3.98%	4.69%
2006	3.95%	4.75%
2007	3.92%	4.83%
2008	3.91%	4.93%
2009	3.91%	5.04%
2010	3.93%	5.16%
2011	3.97%	5.29%
2012	4.02%	5.43%
2013	4.08%	5.58%
2014	4.14%	5.77%
2015	4.2%	6.01%
2016	4.28%	6.25%
2017	4.37%	6.5%
2018	4.47%	6.76%
2019	4.59%	7.02%
2020	4.69%	7.23%
2021	4.74%	7.41%
2022	4.83%	7.63%
2023	4.97%	7.92%
2024	5.12%	8.24%
2025	5.27%	8.58%
2026	5.43%	8.94%
2027	5.59%	9.31%
2028	5.75%	9.67%
2029	5.91%	10%
2030	6.06%	10.4%
2031	6.21%	10.8%
2032	6.36%	11.2%
2033	6.51%	11.6%
2034	6.65%	12.1%
2035	6.8%	12.5%
2036	6.95%	13%
2037	7.1%	13.5%
2038	7.25%	14%
2039	7.4%	14.5%
2040	7.56%	15%
2041	7.73%	15.5%
2042	7.92%	16.1%
2043	8.11%	16.7%
2044	8.31%	17.3%
2045	8.52%	18.1%
2046	8.74%	18.9%
2047	8.97%	19.7%
2048	9.21%	20.5%
2049	9.47%	21.5%
2050	9.74%	22.4%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 5.12% in Egypt and 8.24% in Iran. Life expectancy in Egypt compared to Iran .