World's Most Typical Person is 28-Year-Old Han Chinese Man

Posted on March 5, 2011

National Geographic has been analyzing demographics as the human population on our planet approaches 7 billion. National Geographic discovered that the world's most typical person is a 28-year-old Han Chinese man. Nine million people share these characteristic. 28 is also the median age of the population. National Geographic released this video with other facts about the human population, such as the the typical man in Holland is 5'11" and in Japan the typical woman lives to 86. Take a look:


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