Africa Is The World's 'Youngest' Region, Asia The 'Oldest'
Africa Is The World's 'Youngest' Region, Asia The 'Oldest'
The world’s population is aging, but not evenly. While some regions are growing older at an alarming pace, others remain remarkably young.
In this graphic, https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-median-age-in-every-country/
the median age in every country, showing where populations are oldest and youngest around the globe.
Median age measures the midpoint of a population’s age distribution. In other words, it’s where half the people are younger and half are older. This is different from a mean average, which sums all ages and divides by the total number of people, making it more affected by very young or old individuals.
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Data & Discussion
The data for this visualization comes from the https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/median-age/country-comparison/
. Note that the median age of the world is around 30.9 years.
Country
Region
Median Age
🇸🇭 Saint Helena
Africa
45
🇲🇺 Mauritius
Africa
40
🇸🇨 Seychelles
Africa
39
🇹🇳 Tunisia
Africa
34
🇲🇦 Morocco
Africa
31
🇿🇦 South Africa
Africa
30
🇩🇿 Algeria
Africa
29
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde
Africa
29
🇧🇼 Botswana
Africa
27
🇩🇯 Djibouti
Africa
26
🇱🇾 Libya
Africa
26
🇸🇿 Eswatini
Africa
25
🇪🇬 Egypt
Africa
24
🇱🇸 Lesotho
Africa
24
🇳🇦 Namibia
Africa
23
🇰🇲 Comoros
Africa
23
🇲🇷 Mauritania
Africa
22
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
Africa
22
🇬🇦 Gabon
Africa
22
🇬🇭 Ghana
Africa
21
🇪🇷 Eritrea
Africa
21
🇲🇬 Madagascar
Africa
21
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Africa
21
🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire
Africa
21
🇰🇪 Kenya
Africa
21
🇸🇹 Sao Tome & Principe
Africa
21
🇷🇼 Rwanda
Africa
21
🇹🇬 Togo
Africa
21
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
Africa
21
🇨🇫 Central African Republic
Africa
20
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
Africa
20
🇲🇼 Malawi
Africa
20
🇬🇲 Gambia
Africa
20
🇱🇷 Liberia
Africa
20
🇬🇳 Guinea
Africa
19
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
Africa
19
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Africa
19
🇸🇩 Sudan
Africa
19
🇸🇳 Senegal
Africa
19
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Africa
19
🇸🇴 Somalia
Africa
19
🇨🇲 Cameroon
Africa
19
🇸🇸 South Sudan
Africa
19
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
Africa
19
🇿🇲 Zambia
Africa
18
🇧🇮 Burundi
Africa
18
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
Africa
18
🇲🇿 Mozambique
Africa
17
🇧🇯 Benin
Africa
17
🇨🇩 DRC
Africa
17
🇹🇩 Chad
Africa
17
🇲🇱 Mali
Africa
16
🇦🇴 Angola
Africa
16
🇺🇬 Uganda
Africa
16
🇳🇪 Niger
Africa
15
🇯🇵 Japan
Asia
50
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Asia
47
🇰🇷 South Korea
Asia
46
🇹🇼 Taiwan
Asia
45
🇲🇴 Macau
Asia
43
🇷🇺 Russia
Asia
42
🇹🇭 Thailand
Asia
42
🇨🇳 China
Asia
40
🇸🇬 Singapore
Asia
39
🇦🇲 Armenia
Asia
39
🇬🇪 Georgia
Asia
38
🇰🇵 North Korea
Asia
36
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
Asia
34
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Asia
34
🇻🇳 Vietnam
Asia
33
🇧🇳 Brunei
Asia
32
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
Asia
32
🇲🇻 Maldives
Asia
32
🇲🇾 Malaysia
Asia
32
🇮🇩 Indonesia
Asia
32
🇲🇳 Mongolia
Asia
32
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
Asia
31
🇲🇲 Burma
Asia
31
🇧🇹 Bhutan
Asia
31
🇮🇳 India
Asia
30
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
Asia
30
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
Asia
29
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
Asia
28
🇰🇭 Cambodia
Asia
28
🇳🇵 Nepal
Asia
28
🇵🇭 Philippines
Asia
26
🇱🇦 Laos
Asia
25
🇵🇰 Pakistan
Asia
23
🇹🇯 Tajikistan
Asia
23
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
Asia
22
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste
Asia
21
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
Asia
20
🇧🇱 Saint Barthelemy
Central America & the Caribbean
47
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
Central America & the Caribbean
46
🇻🇮 Virgin Islands
Central America & the Caribbean
43
🇨🇺 Cuba
Central America & the Caribbean
43
🇧🇧 Barbados
Central America & the Caribbean
41
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands
Central America & the Caribbean
41
🇸🇽 Sint Maarten
Central America & the Caribbean
41
🇦🇼 Aruba
Central America & the Caribbean
41
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia
Central America & the Caribbean
40
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts & Nevis
Central America & the Caribbean
39
🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago
Central America & the Caribbean
39
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands
Central America & the Caribbean
39
🇨🇼 Curacao
Central America & the Caribbean
38
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
Central America & the Caribbean
38
🇦🇮 Anguilla
Central America & the Caribbean
37
🇩🇲 Dominica
Central America & the Caribbean
37
🇲🇸 Montserrat
Central America & the Caribbean
37
🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos Islands
Central America & the Caribbean
36
🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Central America & the Caribbean
36
🇬🇩 Grenada
Central America & the Caribbean
35
🇸🇲 Saint Martin
Central America & the Caribbean
34
🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda
Central America & the Caribbean
34
🇵🇦 Panama
Central America & the Caribbean
32
🇯🇲 Jamaica
Central America & the Caribbean
31
🇧🇸 The Bahamas
Central America & the Caribbean
31
🇸🇻 El Salvador
Central America & the Caribbean
30
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
Central America & the Caribbean
29
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
Central America & the Caribbean
29
🇧🇿 Belize
Central America & the Caribbean
27
🇭🇳 Honduras
Central America & the Caribbean
26
🇭🇹 Haiti
Central America & the Caribbean
25
🇬🇹 Guatemala
Central America & the Caribbean
25
🇲🇨 Monaco
Europe
57
🇦🇩 Andorra
Europe
49
🇮🇹 Italy
Europe
48
🇪🇸 Spain
Europe
47
🇩🇪 Germany
Europe
47
🇬🇷 Greece
Europe
47
🇵🇹 Portugal
Europe
46
🇸🇮 Slovenia
Europe
46
🇸🇲 San Marino
Europe
46
🇷🇴 Romania
Europe
46
🇱🇻 Latvia
Europe
46
🇱🇹 Lithuania
Europe
45
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Europe
45
🇭🇷 Croatia
Europe
45
🇪🇪 Estonia
Europe
45
🇬🇬 Guernsey
Europe
45
🇦🇹 Austria
Europe
45
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Europe
45
🇮🇲 Isle of Man
Europe
45
🇭🇺 Hungary
Europe
45
🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina
Europe
45
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein
Europe
44
🇨🇿 Czechia
Europe
44
🇨🇭 Switzerland
Europe
44
🇷🇸 Serbia
Europe
44
🇲🇹 Malta
Europe
44
🇫🇮 Finland
Europe
43
🇵🇱 Poland
Europe
43
🇸🇰 Slovakia
Europe
43
🇫🇷 France
Europe
43
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Europe
42
🇩🇰 Denmark
Europe
42
🇧🇾 Belarus
Europe
42
🇧🇪 Belgium
Europe
42
🇸🇪 Sweden
Europe
41
🇲🇪 Montenegro
Europe
41
🇳🇴 Norway
Europe
41
🇬🇧 UK
Europe
41
🇲🇰 North Macedonia
Europe
41
🇮🇪 Ireland
Europe
40
🇲🇩 Moldova
Europe
40
🇱🇺 Luxembourg
Europe
40
🇨🇾 Cyprus
Europe
40
🇯🇪 Jersey
Europe
38
🇮🇸 Iceland
Europe
38
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands
Europe
37
🇬🇮 Gibraltar
Europe
37
🇦🇱 Albania
Europe
36
🇽🇰 Kosovo
Europe
32
🇱🇧 Lebanon
Middle East
36
🇦🇪 UAE
Middle East
36
🇶🇦 Qatar
Middle East
34
🇹🇷 Turkiye
Middle East
34
🇮🇷 Iran
Middle East
34
🇧🇭 Bahrain
Middle East
33
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Middle East
32
🇰🇼 Kuwait
Middle East
30
🇮🇱 Israel
Middle East
30
🇴🇲 Oman
Middle East
27
🇯🇴 Jordan
Middle East
25
🇸🇾 Syria
Middle East
24
🇮🇶 Iraq
Middle East
22
🇾🇪 Yemen
Middle East
22
🇵🇸 West Bank
Middle East
22
🇵🇸 Gaza Strip
Middle East
20
🇵🇲 Saint Pierre & Miquelon
North America
51
🇧🇲 Bermuda
North America
44
🇨🇦 Canada
North America
43
🇺🇸 U.S.
North America
39
🇬🇱 Greenland
North America
35
🇲🇽 Mexico
North America
31
🇨🇰 Cook Islands
Oceania
41
🇨🇨 Cocos Islands
Oceania
40
🇦🇺 Australia
Oceania
38
🇨🇽 Christmas Island
Oceania
38
🇳🇿 New Zealand
Oceania
38
🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna
Oceania
36
🇵🇫 French Polynesia
Oceania
35
🇵🇼 Palau
Oceania
35
🇳🇨 New Caledonia
Oceania
34
🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands
Oceania
32
🇫🇯 Fiji
Oceania
32
🇬🇺 Guam
Oceania
30
🇦🇸 American Samoa
Oceania
30
🇫🇲 Micronesia
Oceania
28
🇹🇻 Tuvalu
Oceania
28
🇳🇷 Nauru
Oceania
28
🇼🇸 Samoa
Oceania
27
🇰🇮 Kiribati
Oceania
27
🇹🇴 Tonga
Oceania
26
🇲🇭 Marshall Islands
Oceania
26
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
Oceania
25
🇻🇺 Vanuatu
Oceania
25
🇨🇱 Chile
South America
37
🇺🇾 Uruguay
South America
37
🇧🇷 Brazil
South America
35
🇦🇷 Argentina
South America
33
🇨🇴 Colombia
South America
33
🇸🇷 Suriname
South America
32
🇵🇾 Paraguay
South America
32
🇻🇪 Venezuela
South America
31
🇵🇪 Peru
South America
30
🇬🇾 Guyana
South America
28
🇪🇨 Ecuador
South America
28
🇧🇴 Bolivia
South America
27
Africa Has the Youngest Populations
Africa stands out as the youngest region by far, with 21 countries reporting a median age below 20, led by Niger (15), Uganda (16), and Mali (16). Altogether, these 21 countries represent 790 million people.
This demographic structure reflects high fertility and improving child survival rates, but also signals future challenges in job creation and https://www.visualcapitalist.com/most-educated-populations-in-world-ranking/
in the decades ahead.
Europe and East Asia: Aging at Record Speeds
On the other hand, Europe and East Asia have some of the oldest populations on the planet. Europe’s oldest include Monaco (57), Italy (48), and Germany (47), while in Asia, Japan (50), Hong Kong (47), and South Korea (46) underscore the region’s demographic decline.
Shrinking workforces and https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/ranked-old-age-dependency-of-the-top-10-economies/
pose serious challenges in the future, particularly when it comes to healthcare and pensions.
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