Summiter Age Distribution

Successful summits grouped into five-year age buckets, plus the median age of summiteers in each year (only years with at least 20 summits are shown).

02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00010–14: 310–1415–19: 33315–1920–24: 2,73520–2425–29: 6,36225–2930–34: 7,62530–3435–39: 7,00435–3940–44: 5,46140–4445–49: 3,80945–4950–54: 2,42250–5455–59: 1,22255–5960–64: 58460–6465–69: 18865–6970–74: 6070–7475–79: 1675–7980–84: 180–84 0.010.020.030.040.050.01960197019801990200020102020Median age

By age bucket

Age Summits Male Female
10–14 3 2 1
15–19 333 283 50
20–24 2735 2574 161
25–29 6362 5913 449
30–34 7625 6961 664
35–39 7004 6328 676
40–44 5461 4919 542
45–49 3809 3382 427
50–54 2422 2137 285
55–59 1222 1091 131
60–64 584 514 70
65–69 188 170 18
70–74 60 56 4
75–79 16 16 0
80–84 1 1 0

Median age by year

Year Summits Median Age
1953 31 36
1954 29 31
1955 43 29
1960 25 28
1962 33 30
1964 30 26
1965 30 32
1970 40 30
1972 37 28
1973 32 28
1974 63 30
1975 69 28
1976 49 30
1977 30 33
1978 130 30
1979 162 29
1980 141 31
1981 159 31
1982 206 31
1983 167 30
1984 212 32
1985 207 31
1986 145 30
1987 140 31
1988 218 32
1989 245 33
1990 281 32
1991 279 34
1992 277 33
1993 342 32
1994 345 33
1995 422 35
1996 469 35
1997 411 35
1998 546 35
1999 452 36
2000 536 35
2001 530 35
2002 641 37
2003 813 35
2004 995 35
2005 846 36
2006 1219 35
2007 1145 36
2008 1081 36
2009 1251 37
2010 1051 36
2011 1367 36
2012 1144 36
2013 1274 36
2014 768 38
2015 370 37
2016 1310 37
2017 1587 37
2018 1829 37
2019 2116 37
2020 184 35
2021 1044 36
2022 1931 37
2023 2353 37
2024 2523 37
2025 1278 36