Median Age in the Mediterranean region

pt99, 9 months ago

Huh…someone forgot Portugal!

Skua, 9 months ago

Looks like the author has just be ultra-strict about only showing countries with a Mediterranean coastline. Bosnia-Herzegovina does have a very small one, but Portugal doesn't

Although it would be quite funny to then include the UK on the basis of Gibraltar

Blaze, 9 months ago

I didn’t know Italy and Greece were so high. Probably thanks to their longer life expectancy and lower birth rate

zout, 9 months ago

There could be a darker explaination; People with poor health die younger and dead people don't influence the median age.

xNIBx, 9 months ago

Nah, it's just that noone is making any kids and tons of young people have migrated elsewhere. The average lifespan of italians/greeks is pretty high, thanks to climate and diet. Italy/Greece have one of the lowest birth rates in the world. Italy is #190 and Greece is #181 in the world in fertility rates, with 1.3 and 1.4 births per woman.

For comparison, the US has 1.7 and Germany has 1.6. Spain and Portugal have 1.3. Japan has 1.3, China has 1.2 and Korea 0.9.

Suoko, 9 months ago

Germany should be quite old too

Mechaguana, 9 months ago

Alot of young people leave thoses countries to go elsewhere, also alot of people retire there

Blaze, 9 months ago

Very true too