[OC] Median Age Extremes: Japan and the Central African Republic Have the Oldest and Youngest Populations — But They Shared the Same Median Age in 1950
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[OC] Median Age Extremes: Japan and the Central African Republic Have the Oldest and Youngest Populations — But They Shared the Same Median Age in 1950
Posted by oscarleo0
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Data source: [Median Age – Our World in Data](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/median-age)
Tools used: Matplotlib + Gemini
Why can’t we just move people from the Central African Republic to Japan, are they stupid?
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What happened prior to the 50s to make the Japanese population young? 👀
Insanely distracting and unnecessary graphic.
FWIW, both are NOT good. Imbalance in population age brings a lot of issues, both too young and too old.
OP saw Africa + Japan and instantly looked up visual assets that look like they belong in ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Samurai Jack’.
The Japanese has one of the highest life expectancies in the world. That definitely skews the average.
This looks like a population explosion vs an extinction event.
X and Y axis not labeled, I’m out