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- Due to British decolonization in 1960, there are 18 53-year old countries.
- The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 gives us 16 22-year old countries.
- The middle children, Italy (152) and Liberia (166), come closest to the average age, but they are still in the antiques tier at 44th and 45th eldest.
- Or should we consider the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the true middle child? It is the median-aged country (August 13th, 1960), one of the 53-year olds, with half of all countries older than it, and half of all countries younger than it.
- South Sudan is the youngest, and going to be 2 on July 10th.
- Japan is the oldest, at 2,673, and it's "National Foundation Day" (February 11th, 660 BC) is a rough estimate of when its earliest emperor took the throne.