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<title>Our World in Data - Age Structure</title>
<subtitle>Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems</subtitle>
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<updated>2026-03-14T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
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    <title>The median age in China has rapidly caught up with the United Kingdom</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-median-age-in-china-has-rapidly-caught-up-with-the-united-kingdom</id>
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    <published>2026-03-14T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-median-age-in-china-has-rapidly-caught-up-with-the-united-kingdom"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/7898eb17-3790-4481-57ac-d609f6cf0e00/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>In Japan, there are approximately two deaths for every birth</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/in-japan-there-are-approximately-two-deaths-for-every-birth</id>
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    <published>2026-02-19T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/in-japan-there-are-approximately-two-deaths-for-every-birth"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/f3c12f7b-ca4f-4c36-107d-dbcca5e7e800/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>The number of children in South Korea has fallen by 60% since its peak</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-number-of-children-in-south-korea-has-fallen-by-60-since-its-peak</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-number-of-children-in-south-korea-has-fallen-by-60-since-its-peak"/>
    <published>2025-03-07T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-number-of-children-in-south-korea-has-fallen-by-60-since-its-peak"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/bff2dabc-6d5e-455b-a5bf-c6b282368800/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>The age structure of populations varies widely across countries</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-age-structure-of-populations-varies-widely-across-countries</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-age-structure-of-populations-varies-widely-across-countries"/>
    <published>2024-05-06T06:40:10.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-age-structure-of-populations-varies-widely-across-countries"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/e8869bbb-fabc-44e0-dba8-49f8825b6000/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Japan has the highest ratio of elderly people relative to working-age people globally</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/japan-has-the-highest-ratio-of-elderly-people-relative-to-working-age-people-globally</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/japan-has-the-highest-ratio-of-elderly-people-relative-to-working-age-people-globally"/>
    <published>2024-04-08T06:50:27.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Edouard Mathieu</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/japan-has-the-highest-ratio-of-elderly-people-relative-to-working-age-people-globally"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/e979ac2e-0bee-41c2-2642-e3e353e18000/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>The rise of maximum life expectancy</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/the-rise-of-maximum-life-expectancy</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/the-rise-of-maximum-life-expectancy"/>
    <published>2020-03-01T13:25:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Predictions of a maximum limit of life expectancy have been broken again and again.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/the-rise-of-maximum-life-expectancy"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/dc29cfda-5c46-4182-e2d4-b6b045df2500/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Age Structure</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/age-structure</id>
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    <published>2019-09-20T21:55:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[What is the age profile of populations around the world? How did it change and what will the age structure of populations look like in the future?<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/age-structure"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/d9b90bc1-b238-4e71-9ef3-2f89ddf7e300/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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