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Who is the average person in the world, and what is their age, location, physical appearance etc.?
Hillary Shaw
Newport, Shropshire, UK
The “average” person in the world today is male, Chinese, around 40, living near the Myanmar border, working in the service sector on $30,000 a year, with two children, living in a large city like Kunming.
However, by the mid-21st century, this person would have had to emigrate to India, maybe take a small pay cut and change sex to remain “average”. The hard bit would be ageing just five years by 2050.
Jeff Dickens
Banchory, Aberdeenshire,…
