The collection I cited is all the countries in the world today. I don’t think you can get a bigger sample.
I haven’t done a statistical test; I haven’t searched for alternate hypotheses. The word “reliably” is too strong, since there are exceptions—I’ll change it to “usually”.
The collection I cited is all the countries in the world today. I don’t think you can get a bigger sample.
What about historically? The set of nations that exists now is a subset of all the nations and empires that ever existed. What was the median age in France in 1700?
The collection I cited is all the countries in the world today. I don’t think you can get a bigger sample.
I haven’t done a statistical test; I haven’t searched for alternate hypotheses. The word “reliably” is too strong, since there are exceptions—I’ll change it to “usually”.
What about historically? The set of nations that exists now is a subset of all the nations and empires that ever existed. What was the median age in France in 1700?