Asia has a diverse demographic population with a median age of 26 in India and 45 in Japan. The region is experiencing both an explosion of youth and massive aging, with Japan, China, and Singapore having a quarter of their population over 65. Laos has the youngest population with a median age of 20.
The median age of people in India is 26, and that of people in Japan is 45. This highlights the trend of an extremely diverse demographic population in Asia, which is simultaneously experiencing an explosion of youth along with massive ageing. For example, in 2000, the median age of those in Laos and Cambodia was in their teens, while in Japan it was in the 40s.
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The massive aging of the population in Asia is called the “greying” of Asia: in Japan, China and Singapore, nearly a quarter of the population is made up of people over the age of 65.
By 2025, Japan is projected to have as many octogenarians, ninety-year-olds and centenarians as there are under-15s.
The youngest country in Asia in terms of median age is Laos, where the median age is around 20. It is comparable to the population of Sudan and younger than that of Iraq or the West Bank.
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