Editing Tokyo (section)

=== Age structure and average age ===
In 2021, Tokyo's average and median ages were both 45.5 years old. This is below the national median age of 49.0, placing Tokyo among the youngest regions in Japan. 16.8% of the population was below 15, while 34.6% was above 65.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/publications/press/13_00040.html | title=令和5年末現在における在留外国人数について {{pipe}} 出入国在留管理庁 | access-date=August 31, 2024 | archive-date=May 30, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530084103/https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/publications/press/13_00040.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In the same year, the youngest municipalities in Tokyo were [[Mikura-jima]] (average age 40.72), Chuo (41.92), and Chiyoda (42.07), while the oldest included [[Okutama, Tokyo|Okutama]] (59.11) and [[Miyake, Tokyo|Miyake]] (53.82).<ref>"[https://www.toukei.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/juukiy/2021/jy21qf0001.pdf Tokyo's demographics according to the resident register] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330030327/https://www.toukei.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/juukiy/2021/jy21qf0001.pdf |date=March 30, 2023 }}". (in Japanese) 1 January 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2024.</ref>