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Median Age in the Mediterranean region (i.ibb.co)

submitted 1 year ago by zksmk@sopuli.xyz to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] Mechaguana@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Suoko@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

Germany should be quite old too

[–] zout@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] xNIBx@kbin.social 1 points 1 year 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.