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The Graphic Truth: The world's youngest leaders

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Luisa Vieira
By Wajahat S. Khan,
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Luisa Vieira
Luisa Vieira
Luísa is a graphic designer at Eurasia Group and GZERO Media.
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October 10, 2022

There’s already chatter about who will run for US president in 2024, with plenty of speculation that two of the main contenders will be men born in the immediate boom after the Great Depression. So the question must be asked: is the US run by older people? President Joe Biden will next month become an octogenarian, while the median age of senators and house members has risen to 64.8 and 58.9 respectively. Meanwhile, the median age of the American population is way younger at 38.5. Is this generational gap unique to the US? We explore the ages of the world’s youngest leaders – some elected, some not so much – compared to the median age of their populations.

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