Luxembourg vs South Africa Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Luxembourg vs South Africa

Table

Year	Median age
	Luxembourg	South Africa
1960	35.1	19
1961	35.1	19
1962	35.1	18.9
1963	35.1	18.9
1964	35.2	18.9
1965	35.2	18.8
1966	35.2	18.8
1967	35.2	18.8
1968	35.3	18.8
1969	35.3	18.8
1970	35.3	18.8
1971	35.3	18.8
1972	35.1	18.8
1973	35.1	18.8
1974	35	18.9
1975	35	18.9
1976	34.9	19
1977	34.8	19.1
1978	34.8	19.2
1979	34.8	19.3
1980	34.9	19.4
1981	35	19.6
1982	35.2	19.8
1983	35.4	20
1984	35.6	20.2
1985	35.8	20.4
1986	36	20.5
1987	36.1	20.7
1988	36.2	20.9
1989	36.3	21.1
1990	36.4	21.3
1991	36.4	21.5
1992	36.5	21.5
1993	36.5	21.9
1994	36.6	22
1995	36.7	21.5
1996	36.8	21.2
1997	37	21.2
1998	37.1	21.4
1999	37.3	21.6
2000	37.3	21.9
2001	37.3	22.2
2002	37.6	22.4
2003	37.8	22.8
2004	38	23.1
2005	38.2	23.3
2006	38.4	23.5
2007	38.5	23.8
2008	38.7	24
2009	38.8	24.3
2010	38.9	24.6
2011	39	25
2012	39.1	25.3
2013	39.1	25.7
2014	39.2	26
2015	39.3	26.4
2016	39.3	26.7
2017	39.4	27
2018	39.5	27.5
2019	39.5	27.9
2020	39.6	28.3
2021	39.7	28.6
2022	39.7	28.9
2023	39.9	29.2
2024	40.2	29.5
2025	40.5	29.7
2026	40.7	29.9
2027	41	30.1
2028	41.3	30.3
2029	41.6	30.4
2030	41.9	30.6
2031	42.2	30.7
2032	42.6	30.9
2033	42.9	31
2034	43.2	31
2035	43.5	31.2
2036	43.8	31.3
2037	44.2	31.5
2038	44.5	31.6
2039	44.8	31.8
2040	45	32
2041	45.3	32.2
2042	45.6	32.3
2043	45.8	32.5
2044	46	32.6
2045	46.2	32.8
2046	46.3	32.9
2047	46.4	33
2048	46.5	33.1
2049	46.5	33.2
2050	46.6	33.3

In 1960, the median age in Luxembourg was 35.1 years compared to 19 years in South Africa. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 40.2 years in Luxembourg and to 29.5 years in South Africa.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Luxembourg is expected to increased to around 46.6 years by 2050 compared to 33.3 years in South Africa. 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
	Luxembourg		South Africa
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	2.62%	2.52%	4.65%	4.58%
5-9	2.7%	2.59%	4.19%	4.17%
10-14	2.74%	2.6%	4.16%	4.14%
15-19	2.69%	2.52%	4.21%	4.16%
20-24	2.87%	2.69%	4.04%	3.93%
25-29	3.69%	3.48%	4.34%	4.37%
30-34	4.11%	3.89%	4.42%	4.52%
35-39	4%	3.92%	4.2%	4.25%
40-44	3.87%	3.8%	3.64%	3.66%
45-49	3.64%	3.56%	2.77%	2.86%
50-54	3.58%	3.42%	2.18%	2.44%
55-59	3.62%	3.34%	1.76%	2.17%
60-64	3.09%	2.97%	1.51%	1.96%
65-69	2.37%	2.42%	1.14%	1.55%
70-74	1.82%	1.96%	0.74%	1.11%
75-79	1.36%	1.52%	0.36%	0.63%
80+	1.57%	2.46%	0.34%	0.81%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Luxembourg has low demographic potential with 41.7% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 59.9% and average potential in South Africa.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Luxembourg			South Africa
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	46.7%	31.2%	15.6%	83.4%	77.2%	6.22%
1961	47.7%	31.8%	15.9%	83.4%	77.2%	6.2%
1962	48.5%	32.3%	16.2%	83.4%	77.2%	6.18%
1963	49.2%	32.7%	16.4%	83.3%	77.1%	6.19%
1964	50%	33.2%	16.8%	83.3%	77.1%	6.22%
1965	50.9%	33.7%	17.2%	83.5%	77.2%	6.26%
1966	51.7%	34.1%	17.6%	83.8%	77.5%	6.32%
1967	52.4%	34.4%	18%	84%	77.7%	6.39%
1968	52.8%	34.4%	18.4%	84.3%	77.8%	6.46%
1969	53%	34.3%	18.7%	84.5%	77.9%	6.54%
1970	53.1%	34%	19.1%	84.6%	78%	6.61%
1971	52.9%	33.6%	19.3%	84.7%	78%	6.67%
1972	52.2%	32.8%	19.4%	84.6%	77.9%	6.72%
1973	51.7%	32.1%	19.6%	84.5%	77.7%	6.76%
1974	51.3%	31.6%	19.7%	84.3%	77.5%	6.79%
1975	50.8%	31%	19.8%	84%	77.2%	6.83%
1976	50.1%	30.3%	19.8%	83.7%	76.9%	6.85%
1977	49.5%	29.7%	19.8%	83.3%	76.4%	6.87%
1978	49%	29.1%	19.9%	82.6%	75.7%	6.88%
1979	48.5%	28.5%	20%	82%	75.1%	6.89%
1980	47.8%	27.8%	20%	80.9%	74%	6.88%
1981	47%	27.1%	19.9%	79.6%	72.7%	6.87%
1982	46.1%	26.5%	19.6%	78.4%	71.5%	6.88%
1983	45%	25.8%	19.2%	77.5%	70.6%	6.91%
1984	44.2%	25.2%	19%	76.7%	69.8%	6.95%
1985	43.8%	24.7%	19%	76%	69%	6.98%
1986	43.5%	24.4%	19.1%	75.2%	68.2%	6.98%
1987	43.3%	24.2%	19.1%	74.4%	67.4%	6.96%
1988	43.5%	24.4%	19.2%	73.5%	66.6%	6.93%
1989	43.9%	24.7%	19.2%	72.6%	65.7%	6.86%
1990	44.4%	25.1%	19.3%	71.5%	64.7%	6.78%
1991	45%	25.5%	19.5%	70.9%	64.1%	6.74%
1992	45.6%	25.9%	19.7%	71.1%	64.3%	6.82%
1993	46.3%	26.4%	19.9%	70.2%	63.4%	6.79%
1994	47.1%	26.9%	20.2%	70.2%	63.3%	6.89%
1995	47.8%	27.2%	20.6%	71.5%	64.3%	7.18%
1996	48.4%	27.5%	20.8%	72%	64.6%	7.46%
1997	48.8%	27.8%	21%	71.6%	63.9%	7.69%
1998	49.1%	28%	21.1%	69.8%	62%	7.79%
1999	49.4%	28.2%	21.1%	67.8%	60%	7.84%
2000	49.2%	28.3%	20.9%	65.7%	57.8%	7.87%
2001	48.9%	28.2%	20.8%	63.5%	55.7%	7.88%
2002	49%	28.1%	20.9%	61.4%	53.5%	7.88%
2003	48.8%	27.9%	20.9%	59.5%	51.6%	7.9%
2004	48.6%	27.7%	20.9%	57.9%	49.9%	7.93%
2005	48.4%	27.5%	20.9%	56.7%	48.7%	7.98%
2006	48.1%	27.2%	20.9%	55.7%	47.7%	8.03%
2007	47.7%	26.9%	20.8%	54.8%	46.8%	8.05%
2008	47.2%	26.6%	20.7%	54.2%	46.1%	8.07%
2009	46.8%	26.2%	20.6%	53.7%	45.6%	8.07%
2010	46.3%	25.8%	20.5%	53%	45%	8.03%
2011	45.6%	25.3%	20.3%	52.4%	44.4%	7.99%
2012	45%	24.7%	20.2%	51.9%	43.9%	7.97%
2013	44.8%	24.5%	20.3%	51.5%	43.5%	8.01%
2014	44.7%	24.2%	20.4%	51.1%	43.1%	8.06%
2015	44.4%	23.9%	20.5%	50.8%	42.7%	8.1%
2016	44.1%	23.6%	20.5%	51.1%	42.8%	8.27%
2017	43.9%	23.3%	20.6%	51.3%	42.8%	8.51%
2018	43.8%	23.1%	20.7%	50.7%	42%	8.7%
2019	43.9%	23%	20.8%	50.1%	41.2%	8.92%
2020	44%	23%	21%	49.5%	40.4%	9.13%
2021	44.2%	23%	21.2%	48.9%	39.6%	9.28%
2022	44.3%	22.9%	21.4%	48.6%	39.1%	9.45%
2023	44.8%	22.9%	21.9%	48.4%	38.7%	9.67%
2024	45.5%	22.9%	22.5%	48.3%	38.4%	9.92%

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 Luxembourg decreased from 48.6% to 45.5% between 2004 and 2024.

In South Africa, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 57.9% to 48.3% 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
	Luxembourg	South Africa
1960	68.2%	54.5%
1961	67.7%	54.5%
1962	67.4%	54.5%
1963	67%	54.6%
1964	66.7%	54.6%
1965	66.3%	54.5%
1966	65.9%	54.4%
1967	65.6%	54.3%
1968	65.4%	54.3%
1969	65.3%	54.2%
1970	65.3%	54.2%
1971	65.4%	54.2%
1972	65.7%	54.2%
1973	65.9%	54.2%
1974	66.1%	54.3%
1975	66.3%	54.3%
1976	66.6%	54.4%
1977	66.9%	54.6%
1978	67.1%	54.8%
1979	67.3%	55%
1980	67.7%	55.3%
1981	68%	55.7%
1982	68.5%	56.1%
1983	68.9%	56.3%
1984	69.4%	56.6%
1985	69.6%	56.8%
1986	69.7%	57.1%
1987	69.8%	57.3%
1988	69.7%	57.6%
1989	69.5%	57.9%
1990	69.3%	58.3%
1991	69%	58.5%
1992	68.7%	58.4%
1993	68.3%	58.8%
1994	68%	58.8%
1995	67.7%	58.3%
1996	67.4%	58.1%
1997	67.2%	58.3%
1998	67.1%	58.9%
1999	66.9%	59.6%
2000	67%	60.3%
2001	67.1%	61.1%
2002	67.1%	62%
2003	67.2%	62.7%
2004	67.3%	63.3%
2005	67.4%	63.8%
2006	67.5%	64.2%
2007	67.7%	64.6%
2008	67.9%	64.9%
2009	68.1%	65.1%
2010	68.4%	65.3%
2011	68.7%	65.6%
2012	69%	65.8%
2013	69.1%	66%
2014	69.1%	66.2%
2015	69.2%	66.3%
2016	69.4%	66.2%
2017	69.5%	66.1%
2018	69.5%	66.4%
2019	69.5%	66.6%
2020	69.4%	66.9%
2021	69.3%	67.2%
2022	69.3%	67.3%
2023	69.1%	67.4%
2024	68.7%	67.4%
2025	68.4%	67.4%
2026	68.1%	67.3%
2027	67.7%	67.3%
2028	67.4%	67.2%
2029	67%	67.2%
2030	66.6%	67.1%
2031	66.2%	67%
2032	65.8%	67%
2033	65.4%	67.1%
2034	65.1%	67.2%
2035	64.7%	67.4%
2036	64.4%	67.6%
2037	64.1%	67.7%
2038	63.9%	67.9%
2039	63.7%	68%
2040	63.4%	68.1%
2041	63.2%	68.1%
2042	63%	68.2%
2043	62.7%	68.2%
2044	62.5%	68.1%
2045	62.2%	68%
2046	61.9%	67.9%
2047	61.5%	67.8%
2048	61.2%	67.6%
2049	60.9%	67.4%
2050	60.6%	67.2%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 67.3% to 68.7% in Luxembourg and from 63.3% to 67.4% in South Africa.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	South Africa
1960	21.2%	42.1%
1961	21.5%	42.1%
1962	21.7%	42.1%
1963	21.9%	42.1%
1964	22.1%	42.1%
1965	22.3%	42.1%
1966	22.5%	42.1%
1967	22.6%	42.2%
1968	22.5%	42.2%
1969	22.4%	42.2%
1970	22.2%	42.3%
1971	22%	42.2%
1972	21.6%	42.2%
1973	21.2%	42.1%
1974	20.9%	42%
1975	20.5%	41.9%
1976	20.2%	41.8%
1977	19.9%	41.7%
1978	19.5%	41.5%
1979	19.2%	41.3%
1980	18.8%	40.9%
1981	18.4%	40.5%
1982	18.1%	40.1%
1983	17.8%	39.8%
1984	17.5%	39.5%
1985	17.2%	39.2%
1986	17%	38.9%
1987	16.9%	38.7%
1988	17%	38.4%
1989	17.2%	38.1%
1990	17.4%	37.7%
1991	17.6%	37.5%
1992	17.8%	37.6%
1993	18%	37.3%
1994	18.3%	37.2%
1995	18.4%	37.5%
1996	18.6%	37.5%
1997	18.7%	37.2%
1998	18.8%	36.5%
1999	18.9%	35.7%
2000	18.9%	34.9%
2001	18.9%	34%
2002	18.9%	33.2%
2003	18.8%	32.3%
2004	18.7%	31.6%
2005	18.5%	31.1%
2006	18.4%	30.6%
2007	18.2%	30.2%
2008	18%	29.9%
2009	17.8%	29.7%
2010	17.7%	29.4%
2011	17.4%	29.1%
2012	17.1%	28.9%
2013	16.9%	28.7%
2014	16.7%	28.5%
2015	16.6%	28.3%
2016	16.4%	28.3%
2017	16.2%	28.3%
2018	16.1%	27.9%
2019	16%	27.4%
2020	16%	27%
2021	15.9%	26.6%
2022	15.9%	26.3%
2023	15.8%	26.1%
2024	15.8%	25.9%
2025	15.7%	25.7%
2026	15.7%	25.6%
2027	15.7%	25.4%
2028	15.6%	25.3%
2029	15.5%	25.2%
2030	15.4%	25.2%
2031	15.3%	25.1%
2032	15.2%	25%
2033	15.1%	24.8%
2034	15%	24.5%
2035	14.9%	24.3%
2036	14.7%	23.9%
2037	14.6%	23.6%
2038	14.5%	23.4%
2039	14.3%	23.1%
2040	14.2%	22.9%
2041	14%	22.7%
2042	13.9%	22.5%
2043	13.8%	22.4%
2044	13.7%	22.2%
2045	13.6%	22.1%
2046	13.5%	21.9%
2047	13.5%	21.8%
2048	13.5%	21.7%
2049	13.5%	21.6%
2050	13.5%	21.5%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 15.8% in Luxembourg and 25.9% in South Africa. Birth rates in Luxembourg compared to South Africa .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Luxembourg	South Africa
1960	10.6%	3.39%
1961	10.8%	3.38%
1962	10.9%	3.37%
1963	11%	3.38%
1964	11.2%	3.39%
1965	11.4%	3.41%
1966	11.6%	3.44%
1967	11.8%	3.47%
1968	12%	3.51%
1969	12.2%	3.54%
1970	12.5%	3.58%
1971	12.6%	3.61%
1972	12.7%	3.64%
1973	12.9%	3.66%
1974	13%	3.69%
1975	13.1%	3.71%
1976	13.2%	3.73%
1977	13.3%	3.75%
1978	13.4%	3.77%
1979	13.5%	3.79%
1980	13.6%	3.8%
1981	13.5%	3.83%
1982	13.4%	3.86%
1983	13.3%	3.89%
1984	13.2%	3.93%
1985	13.2%	3.97%
1986	13.3%	3.98%
1987	13.3%	3.99%
1988	13.3%	3.99%
1989	13.4%	3.98%
1990	13.4%	3.95%
1991	13.4%	3.95%
1992	13.5%	3.99%
1993	13.6%	3.99%
1994	13.8%	4.05%
1995	13.9%	4.19%
1996	14%	4.34%
1997	14.1%	4.48%
1998	14.2%	4.59%
1999	14.2%	4.67%
2000	14%	4.75%
2001	13.9%	4.82%
2002	14%	4.88%
2003	14%	4.95%
2004	14.1%	5.02%
2005	14.1%	5.1%
2006	14.1%	5.15%
2007	14.1%	5.2%
2008	14%	5.24%
2009	14%	5.25%
2010	14%	5.25%
2011	14%	5.24%
2012	14%	5.25%
2013	14%	5.29%
2014	14.1%	5.33%
2015	14.2%	5.37%
2016	14.2%	5.47%
2017	14.3%	5.63%
2018	14.4%	5.78%
2019	14.5%	5.95%
2020	14.6%	6.11%
2021	14.7%	6.23%
2022	14.8%	6.36%
2023	15.1%	6.52%
2024	15.5%	6.69%
2025	15.8%	6.89%
2026	16.2%	7.08%
2027	16.6%	7.26%
2028	17%	7.44%
2029	17.5%	7.61%
2030	18%	7.76%
2031	18.5%	7.89%
2032	19%	8.01%
2033	19.5%	8.14%
2034	20%	8.26%
2035	20.4%	8.39%
2036	20.8%	8.52%
2037	21.3%	8.64%
2038	21.6%	8.76%
2039	22%	8.88%
2040	22.4%	9.01%
2041	22.7%	9.15%
2042	23.1%	9.3%
2043	23.5%	9.48%
2044	23.8%	9.68%
2045	24.2%	9.9%
2046	24.6%	10.1%
2047	25%	10.4%
2048	25.3%	10.7%
2049	25.7%	11%
2050	26%	11.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 15.5% in Luxembourg and 6.69% in South Africa. Life expectancy in Luxembourg compared to South Africa .