Not all countries in the world have the same social components. Their economic, political and cultural situations, among others, modify the behavior of the populations and the central aspects of their conformation.
After a long work carried out annually by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), demographic factors were determined that analyze age, years of working activity and other indications of all countries of the world. And so, this entity has been able to show which countries they are the youngest and the oldest from Latin America.
What is the country with the oldest population in Latin America?
With the arrival of the publication of the latest PRB study, it was possible to verify with precise numbers and statistics the current world populationand also divided for each continent.
According to official data, it is the country with the oldest population in Latin America Mexico. With a population close to 126 million, close to 9 million of Mexicans are over 65 years old. In second and third place there were Argentina AND Colombia, respectively; both countries have 11.4% of their total population with citizens over that age.
Which countries have the youngest population in the world?
According to the World Economic Forum, 19 of the world’s 20 youngest countries are located on the African continent. From many years ago Niger it remains the country with the youngest population in the world, with a median age of 15.2. Closely followed by Mali, Chad, Somalia and Angola, whose average age remains close to 16 years.
Instead, they are the countries with the largest number of elderly people in their population Japan, Italy, Finland, Portugal and Greece. They surpass everyone 20% of the total aged over 65 in the current population.
Source: Clarin
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