Englishbub they didn't say almost every country here is southeast asian... they said almost every southeast asian country is here. There's a difference there bud.. don't mean to be rude xD
Mate, they already understood that, thats why they said out of 11 (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Timor Leste)
You could make this more difficult by ranking them according to % of population rather than over all number. I suspect that would change some of the countries lower down the list. At the minute a lot are merely countries with massive populations. Good quiz, I just think that twist would make people think a bit more while taking it.
But it's also sobering to realize Nigeria, ranked seventh in the world in population, isn't even on the list. There are a few other surprising omissions.
Not a single country in Africa. Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan, Congo, Morocco, Algeria, Uganda.. in spite of quite large populations, don't show up. Also notably missing is Iran, Iraq, the Philippines and Colombia. I was personally a little surprised to not see Argentina.
If you switched it to % then it would just be almost exactly the same as the quiz about countries with highest life expectancy, which has already been on the front page a few times.
This is pretty darn incorrect, the list of countries here by percentage of population only shares six countries with the top 20 on the highest life expectancy quiz. A lot of similar countries near the top, but nowhere near the same quiz
Iran, Philippines, Burma, Colombia, Argentina are the ones missing if you go by population.
Iraq isnt missing, it has a lower population than the lowest one on here, Ukraine. Everything with a lower population isnt missing, the ones I listed above all have a higher population (with African countries excluded).
Though missing isnt really correct. because then you'd have a top 24. Colombia and Argentina wouldnt make that top 20. Also Spain would be off the list, as would south Korea and Ukraine.
long story short(er): Iran, Philippines, Burma would be in, and Spain, South Korea and Ukraine would be out if it was top 20 without African countries.
personally Spain surprised me a little, because somehow I always think it doesnt have a big population, because it is less densely populated than many other western european countries (The netherlands is approx. 400/km² italy 200/km² and spain 100/km² to give an idea)
... If that is a serious question, the implication is that Nazi war criminals (many of whom fled to South America after the war) are the "old Argentines [wanting] to move back to Germany".
Although realistically by the 2020s, a larger and larger percentage of them have simply died by now. Seems fair to say you'd have to be at least 100 by 2021 (18 in 1939), and easily might be 110 or 120, which is about as old as it is possible for the longest-lived person to be.
Yes, it'a a quiz of which are the largest countries in the world, esp in Eurasia. I think the World Bank that did the analysis left out all the smaller countries from the study.
So many reasons why some populations may lose people before they reach 65. Everything from wars both civil and international, pre-natal and ante-natal assistance, availability of medical services and medicines, regional prevalence of diseases such as malaria, percentage of people smoking tobacco and other lung and body disease encouraging habits, lack of proper hygiene and use of parasitic foods....... growing old in some areas is like a lottery.
I'm surprised by the amount of developing countries on this list, but I guess I shouldn't be because it's going by total number and not as a percentage of a total population.
Not so much scary, but sobering...most countries' average life expectancy is governed by infant mortality rates. These statistics prove that African countries have a real issue with disease (like AIDS) and continuing wars
I'm not objecting to your suggestion that disease and conflict are problems in parts of Africa, but this isn't just about infant mortality rates or mortality rates in general. The birth rate in most of Africa has relatively recently become much higher than the rest of the world, so most of the population is very young. High birth rates and dropping death rates mean quickly growing population, but a young overall age.
In terms of infant mortality rates, war, and AIDS, Africa is in a much better place now than it was 20 years ago, but of course it still lags behind the rest of the world by a lot. Hopefully, populous African countries will eventually make this list, although it might take a while.
Maths helps: Couldn't think of Bangladesh organically so took 8 million and multiplied by 20 to get 160 million, which I knew correlated to Bangladesh.
You can actually finish this by extrapolating the total population of each country from the numbers and percentages provided - then just fill in the country you know has the population you've roughly worked out.
I got all of them by doing this: what are the most populous countries... a s i a then I thought about where the easiest places to make it to an older age would be and then... e u r o p e... also the big north american ones too.
I do not understand why people keep saying this and implying that it's really bad for Nigeria. This is a top 20 list and if y'all looked at the source data you'd see that Nigeria is 24th on the list. It's really not that surprising and I don't really get the whole 'bad times ahead' argument.
Understood, but I don't see how making this list would help Nigeria's situation. We could have a very long and involved discussion about the roots of conflict in Nigeria, which partially involve demography. I don't think famines, civil wars, or refugee crises are inevitable nor do I think they would happen because of Nigeria's population distribution. There are plenty of countries where all of those things are possibilities, especially as the global security situation continues to deteriorate.
This quiz does not make much sense. It's obvious that ultra populous countries have large number of older people (India: almost 100m, but only 6,9%). Their percentage of the total population is much more important. Japan: 29.9% (OMG!!!). Probably their welfare system will collapse sooner or later.
Kinda wish this was % of population instead of overall. When quizzes go by total # of people in X category the United States, China, India, and Indonesia are basically guaranteed to be on there.
OMG! Nigeria has 220 million people and over 65 people is not even 7 million! We really need to stop population growth. They are all hungry but still breed... Just absence of education.
If you switched it to % then it would just be almost exactly the same as the quiz about countries with highest life expectancy, which has already been on the front page a few times.
Iraq isnt missing, it has a lower population than the lowest one on here, Ukraine. Everything with a lower population isnt missing, the ones I listed above all have a higher population (with African countries excluded).
Though missing isnt really correct. because then you'd have a top 24. Colombia and Argentina wouldnt make that top 20. Also Spain would be off the list, as would south Korea and Ukraine.
long story short(er): Iran, Philippines, Burma would be in, and Spain, South Korea and Ukraine would be out if it was top 20 without African countries.
personally Spain surprised me a little, because somehow I always think it doesnt have a big population, because it is less densely populated than many other western european countries (The netherlands is approx. 400/km² italy 200/km² and spain 100/km² to give an idea)
Although realistically by the 2020s, a larger and larger percentage of them have simply died by now. Seems fair to say you'd have to be at least 100 by 2021 (18 in 1939), and easily might be 110 or 120, which is about as old as it is possible for the longest-lived person to be.
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/285419/countries-with-the-highest-percentage-of-population-65-and-older
Bad times ahead
The population is exploding in western and central Africa.
Famines, civil wars and refugee crisis are inevitable.