Map: The World’s Oldest and Youngest Countries, by Median Age

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Mapped: The World’s Oldest and Youngest Countries

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We visualize the world’s oldest and youngest countries by median age, based on 2024 estimates from the CIA World Factbook.

ℹ️ The median age is a single indicator of the age distribution of a population—where half the population is older and half is younger than the listed age.

It can help government and private companies plan for age-specific demand for goods and services from the resident population.

Ranked: Countries by Median Age in 2024

Monaco and Japan—two countries with high life expectancies and low birth rates—have some of the highest median ages (50+) in the world.

A high median age is indicative of an aging population. Without policy support, this can lead to economic ramifications.

Here are the median ages of 200+ countries and territories in the world.

RankCountry/TerritoryMedian Age 1🇲🇨 Monaco57 2🇵🇲 Saint Pierre & Miquelon51 3🇯🇵 Japan50 4🇦🇩 Andorra49 5🇮🇹 Italy48 6🇧🇱 Saint Barthelemy47 7🇭🇰 Hong Kong47 8🇪🇸 Spain47 9🇩🇪 Germany47 10🇬🇷 Greece47 11🇵🇹 Portugal46 12🇸🇮 Slovenia46 13🇵🇷 Puerto Rico46 14🇸🇲 San Marino46 15🇰🇷 South Korea46 16🇷🇴 Romania46 17🇱🇻 Latvia46 18🇱🇹 Lithuania45 19🇧🇬 Bulgaria45 20🇭🇷 Croatia45 21🇸🇭 Saint Helena45 22🇪🇪 Estonia45 23🇬🇬 Guernsey45 24🇦🇹 Austria45 25🇺🇦 Ukraine45 26🇮🇲 Isle of Man45 27🇭🇺 Hungary45 28🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina45 29🇹🇼 Taiwan45 30🇱🇮 Liechtenstein44 31🇨🇿 Czechia44 32🇨🇭 Switzerland44 33🇷🇸 Serbia44 34🇧🇲 Bermuda44 35🇲🇹 Malta44 36🇫🇮 Finland43 37🇻🇮 Virgin Islands43 38🇵🇱 Poland43 39🇸🇰 Slovakia43 40🇨🇦 Canada43 41🇫🇷 France43 42🇨🇺 Cuba43 43🇲🇴 Macau43 44🇳🇱 Netherlands42 45🇩🇰 Denmark42 46🇧🇾

Ranked: The 10 Most Visited Countries in 2023

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Ranked: The 10 Most Visited Countries in 2023

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The development of commercial aviation over the last few decades has made much of the world accessible to many. In 2023 alone, global inbound tourist arrivals reached 1.3 billion.

This graphic depicts the most visited countries in 2023, based on the total number of foreigners entering each country. The data is from to The World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism) and the National Immigration Administration of China.

Europe is the Top Destination

Europe is the most sought-after destination, drawing the most international visitors worldwide. Seven of the top 10 destinations are in the region.

At the top of the list, France received 100 million visitors last year. The country is expected to repeat the number in 2024, influenced mainly by the 2024 Paris Olympics taking place in July and August.

RankCountryRegionTourists (millions) 1🇫🇷 FranceEurope100 2🇪🇸 SpainEurope85 3🇺🇸 United StatesNorth America67 4🇮🇹 ItalyEurope57 5🇹🇷 TürkiyeEurope/Asia55 6🇲🇽 MexicoNorth America42 7🇬🇧 United KingdomEurope37 8🇨🇳 ChinaAsia36 9🇩🇪 GermanyEurope35 10🇬🇷 GreeceEurope33

Spain followed France with 85 million visits in 2023, and the United States came in third place with 67 million tourists arriving in that year.

China has been among the top destinations for years, but the number of visitors has dropped drastically in recent years due to COVID-19 restrictions. Foreign visitors to China dropped from 65.7 million in 2019 to only 35.5 million in 2023 after the country adopted stringent restrictions.

No African, South American, or Oceanian countries appear on our list.

If you enjoyed this post, check out Visualized: The World’s Busiest Airports, by Passenger Count. In this graphic, we use data from Airports Council International (ACI) to rank the top 10 busiest airports in the world.

Charted: EU Emigrants by Country

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Charted: EU Emigrants by Country

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Immigration into the EU has been a hot topic since 2011. In fact, in several EU countries, immigrants make up nearly one-fifth of the population. But what of the EU’s emigration patterns?

We chart out the number of EU emigrants by their country of citizenship in 2022. Data for this visualization is sourced from Eurostat.

Which EU Country Had the Most Emigrants in 2022?

Germany and Spain had the highest number of emigrants in the EU in 2022, both measuring more than half a million people.

Interestingly, while German emigrants prefer moving to Switzerland and Austria, Spanish migrants often end up in Germany.

Here’s a full list of 27 EU member states and their emigration numbers in 2022, both as number of people and as a percentage of the population. Data for Switzerland, Norway, and Liechtenstein has also been included for context, but is not part of the visualization, nor contributes to the overall EU number.

RankCountryEmigrants (2022)% of Population (2022) 1🇩🇪 Germany533,4850.64% 2🇪🇸 Spain531,8891.11% 3🇫🇷 France249,3550.37% 4🇵🇱 Poland228,0060.62% 5🇷🇴 Romania202,3111.06% 6🇮🇹 Italy150,1890.25% 7🇨🇭 Switzerland*122,1231.39% 8🇳🇱 Netherlands109,6160.62% 9🇧🇪 Belgium84,6270.72% 10🇬🇷 Greece80,3070.77% 11🇦🇹 Austria74,2710.82% 12🇩🇰 Denmark62,9271.07% 13🇮🇪 Ireland61,1331.19% 14🇭🇺 Hungary58,4080.61% 15🇸🇪 Sweden50,5920.48% 16🇭🇷 Croatia46,2871.20% 17🇳🇴 Norway*32,5360.60% 18🇨🇿 Czech Republic31,7640.30% 19🇵🇹 Portugal30,9540.30% 20🇸🇮 Slovenia20,9560.99% 21🇨🇾 Cyprus17,9581.43% 22🇱🇺 Luxembourg17,2272.64% 23🇱🇻 Latvia16,6800.89% 24🇫🇮 Finland15,6350.28% 25🇱🇹 Lithuania15,2700.54% 26🇧🇬 Bulgaria13,1750.20% 27🇲🇹 Malta13,1662.48% 28🇪🇪 Estonia9,6570.72% 29🇸🇰 Slovakia4,4680.08% 30🇱🇮 Liechtenstein*4801.22% N/A🇪🇺 EU2,730,3130.61%
*Not in the EU, but part of the European Free Trade Area or the European Economic area. Emigrants counted by country of citizenship, not birth.

As a percentage of the population, Malta and Luxembourg had slightly more than

Mapped: The Top Export in Each EU Country

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The Top European Union Exports by Country

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The European Union (EU) exports over $6 trillion in products annually. The bloc boasts a diversified economy that encompasses fuel and mineral industries, cars, vaccines, and technology.

In this map, we display European Union countries’ top exports as of 2022. Data for the map was sourced from The Observatory of Economic Complexity.

Cars and Petroleum Dominate EU Exports

Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Greece, Lithuania, Sweden, and the Netherlands have petroleum gas or refined petroleum as their top export product.

The Netherlands exported $68.1 billion worth of refined petroleum in 2022, ranking third among the largest exporters globally. The country is home to BP Rotterdam Refinery, the biggest oil refinery in Europe.

CountryTop Export (2022)Value (USD Billions) 🇦🇹 AustriaCars$7.7B 🇧🇪 BelgiumPetroleum Gas$54.7B 🇧🇬 BulgariaRefined Petroleum$3.5B 🇭🇷 CroatiaRefined Petroleum$1.5B 🇨🇾 CyprusPassenger and Cargo Ships$1.3B 🇨🇿 Czech RepublicCars$25.5B 🇩🇰 DenmarkPackaged Medicines$15.9B 🇪🇪 EstoniaElectricity$1.1B 🇫🇮 FinlandRefined Petroleum$6.9B 🇫🇷 FrancePlanes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft$26.6B 🇩🇪 GermanyCars$149.0B 🇬🇷 GreeceRefined Petroleum$16.4B 🇭🇺 HungaryCars$12.3B 🇮🇪 IrelandVaccines$47.3B 🇮🇹 ItalyPackaged Medicines$34.4B 🇱🇻 LatviaSawn Wood$1.2B 🇱🇹 LithuaniaRefined Petroleum$5.5B 🇱🇺 LuxembourgIron blocks$1.6B 🇲🇹 MaltaIntegrated Circuits$1.1B 🇳🇱 NetherlandsRefined Petroleum$68.1B 🇵🇱 PolandCars (parts & accessories)$15.3B 🇵🇹 PortugalCars$4.4B 🇷🇴 RomaniaCars$6.7B 🇸🇰 SlovakiaCars$26.9B 🇸🇮 SloveniaPackaged Medicines$12.5B 🇪🇸 SpainCars$33.6B 🇸🇪 SwedenRefined Petroleum$12.9B

Besides petroleum, automobiles (and automobile parts) significantly contribute to the EU economy. Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Spain have automotive products as their top exports.

With well-known car brands such as Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Porsche, Germany alone generates around $150 billion per year from car exports.

Other products help diversify the EU economy. France’s top export is planes, helicopters, and/or spacecraft, while Italy and Denmark excel in the packaged medicines industry. Ireland has a

The Most Valuable Companies in Major EU Economies

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Most Valuable Companies in the EU, by Country

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In this graphic, we mapped out the most valuable corporations in 11 major EU economies, based on their market capitalizations as of April 15th, 2024. All figures are in USD, and were sourced from Companiesmarketcap.com.

Novo Nordisk is currently worth more than $550 billion, making it Europe’s most valuable company by a wide margin. The pharmaceutical giant specializes in diabetes and weight-loss drugs. Demand for two of them, Ozempic and Wegovy, has surged due to their weight-loss capabilities, even causing nationwide shortages in the United States.

The following table includes an expanded list of the most valuable publicly-traded company in larger EU economies. Many of these were not included in the graphic due to space limitations.

CountryCompanySectorMarket Cap 🇩🇰 Denmark💊 Novo NordiskPharmaceuticals$562B 🇫🇷 France👜 LVMHLuxury Goods$422B 🇳🇱 Netherlands🔧 ASMLSemiconductor Equipment$382B 🇩🇪 Germany💼 SAPEnterprise Software$214B 🇮🇪 Ireland🖥️ AccentureIT Services$197B 🇪🇸 Spain👗 InditexRetail$147B 🇧🇪 Belgium🍻 Anheuser-Busch InBevBeverages$116B 🇸🇪 Sweden🛠️ Atlas CopcoIndustrial Equipment$80B 🇮🇹 Italy🏎️ FerrariAutomotive$76B 🇫🇮 Finland🏦 Nordea BankBanking$40B 🇦🇹 Austria🔌 Verbund AGEnergy$26B 🇱🇺 Luxembourg🏗️ TenarisOil & Gas Equipment$22B 🇨🇿 Czech Republic💡 CEZ GroupEnergy$20B 🇵🇱 Poland⛽ PKN OrlenEnergy$20B 🇵🇹 Portugal🔌 EDP GroupEnergy$16B 🇬🇷 Greece🏦 EurobankBanking$7B 🇭🇺 Hungary⛽ MOL GroupEnergy$7B 🇭🇷 Croatia🏦 Zagrebacka BankaBanking$6B 🇷🇴 Romania⛽ RomgazEnergy$4B 🇸🇮 Slovenia💊 KrkaPharmaceuticals$4B
Note: Figures are rounded and last updated on April 15th, 2024. Countries with top publicly-traded companies worth under $4 billion are excluded.

Luxury supergiant LVMH—which owns brands like Tiffany, Christian Dior, and TAG Heuer to name a few—is Europe’s second largest company by market cap, at $420 billion.

Rounding out the top three is ASML, which produces equipment crucial to chip manufacturers, worth $380 billion.

When looking at the region, there is a vast disparity between EU member states and their most valuable companies.

For example,