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source: Population Division of the
Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat (2003). World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision. Highlights. New York: United Nations.

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youngest & oldest

Japan is currently the country with the oldest population while Africa remains the major area with the youngest population.

the youngest…
country2000
median age*		country2050
median age*
Uganda 15.1 Niger 20.0
Niger 15.1 Angola 22.0
Mali 15.4 Somalia22.1

...the oldest
country2000
median age*		country2050
median age*
Japan 41.3 Japan 53.2
Italy 40.2 Slovenia 53.1
Switzerland 40.2Latvia 53.0

World 26.4 36.8

* The median age of a population is that age that divides a population into two groups of the same size, such that half the total population is younger than this age, and the other half older.
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