The average age in global comparison The average age has risen in almost all countries since the World War II. In 1950, it was 23.9 years worldwide. In 2005, it was 28.1 years. Among the 124 countries evaluated here, the USA are in 44th place with an average age of 38.5 years, led by Japan at 48.6 years. Niger has the lowest average age at only ...

South Korea's birth rate was the world's lowest in 2009, ... The average life expectancy in 2008 was 79.10 years, (which was 34th in the world ... South Korea's old-age pension scheme covers individuals age 60 or older for the rest of their life as long as they have satisfied the minimum of 20 years of national pension coverage beforehand. ...

World Health Organization South-East Asia provides leadership on health matters, articulates evidence-based policy options, provides technical support to countries and monitors health trends. World Health Organization South-East Asia is working with Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, …

Women in South Korea are reluctant to have children because of high education costs and home prices and difficulty returning to work after giving birth. South Korea’s extremely low fertility rate will result in a rapidly increasing aging population. Almost half of South Korea is expected to be over the age of 65 by 2065.

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In the EU, 69.0 % of the population aged 16 years and over perceived their health as very good or good in 2021 – see Figure 1. Across the EU Member States, the share of people who perceived their health as very good or good ranged from less than half in Lithuania (47.9 %) and Latvia (49.8 %) to more than three quarters in Belgium (76.4 %), Luxembourg (76.5 %), Cyprus (77.2 %), …

Otherwise South Korea's age of consent to marriage is 20 in Korean age (19 in international age) ... As of 2020, according to Statistics Korea, the average age of first marriage is 33.2 for men and 30.8 for women. In a large number of marriages, the male is older than the female. This age disparity is usually intentional.

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