Editing Mensa International (section)

==Demographics==
All national Mensa subsidiaries accept children under the age of 18.<ref>{{cite web | publisher=International Mensa |title=The Constitution of Mensa |url= https://www.mensa.org/system/files/the_constitution_of_mensa_2020.pdf  |access-date=2023-02-22 |website= mensa.org}}</ref> However, some national Mensas do not test the children themselves; many offer activities, resources, and newsletters specifically geared toward gifted children and their parents. [[Kashe Quest]], the youngest member of American Mensa;<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/article_0ec29a81-aaa0-5dd8-a82a-f59472499fa0.html |first=Haley |last=Ringle |title=2-year-old joins group for high IQs |work=[[East Valley Tribune]] |date=26 May 2009 |access-date=18 August 2010 |archive-date=13 November 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111113064655/http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/article_0ec29a81-aaa0-5dd8-a82a-f59472499fa0.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Adam Kirby, the youngest member of British Mensa;<ref>{{cite news| last=The Times|title=The two-year-old whose parents have to study to keep up with|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/spain/the-two-year-old-whose-parents-have-to-study-to-keep-up-with-lcqbbds5r99|newspaper=[[The Times]]|access-date=15 June 2013| date=2013-06-15|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130615042907/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article3791876.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name= "Telegraph">{{cite news| url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/children_shealth/10121175/Two-year-old-becomes-youngest-boy-to-join-Mensa.html|title=Two-year-old becomes youngest boy to join Mensa |date=14 June 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=18 June 2013| archive-date=18 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618090032/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/children_shealth/10121175/Two-year-old-becomes-youngest-boy-to-join-Mensa.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and several Australian Mensa members joined at age two.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.kidspot.com.au/parenting/child/child-development/is-my-child-really-gifted/news-story/e8056aff6b58f9df1ba21f03de24bf06|title=Is my child really gifted?|last=Greaves|first=Laura |first2=Madeline |last2=Hoskin |date=April 11, 2016 |website= Kidspot |access-date=2020-02-03|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508234939/https://www.kidspot.com.au/parenting/child/child-development/is-my-child-really-gifted/news-story/e8056aff6b58f9df1ba21f03de24bf06?nk=b6b84fd8176b5f0f39af3f2c840e5053-1620517779|url-status=live}}</ref> Elise Tan-Roberts of the UK and Miranda Elise Margolis of the US are the youngest people ever to join Mensa, having gained full membership at the age of two years and four months.<ref name=Telegraph/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=7475796&page=1 |title=Meet the World's Smartest Kid  |publisher=ABC News |date=2009-05-01 |access-date=2015-09-17 |archive-date=14 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614124956/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=7475796&page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Dover New Philadelphia Times">{{cite web |url= https://newspaperarchive.com/dover-new-philadelphia-times-reporter-mar-18-1996-p-2/ |work=Dover New Philadelphia Times Reporter |url-access=subscription |via=NewspaperArchive |title=2-year-old Girl Joins Mensa |date=1996-03-18 |access-date=2023-08-17}}</ref>

In 2018, Mehul Garg became the youngest person in a decade to score the maximum of 162 on the Mensa IQ test.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05wxx52 |title= In Short, 10-year-old boy outscores Einstein on Mensa IQ test |website=BBC Radio 5 live |date=2 February 2018 |access-date=19 January 2020 |archive-date=27 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127000346/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05wxx52 |url-status=live }}</ref>

American Mensa's oldest member is 102,<ref name="American Mensa Demographics">{{cite web |title=Demographics and Figures |url=https://www.us.mensa.org/learn/about/demographics/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=American Mensa }}</ref> and British Mensa had a member aged 103.<ref name="Mensa_UK_FAQs">{{cite web |title=FAQs - Full list |url=http://www.mensa.org.uk/about-mensa/faqs/full |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190822/http://www.mensa.org.uk/about-mensa/faqs/full |archive-date=14 July 2014 |access-date=13 July 2014 |website=British Mensa }}</ref>

According to American Mensa's generational classifications and published demographics (as of 2023), its membership is 8 percent from the [[Silent Generation|Silent]] generation (born 1924–1942), 37 percent [[baby boomers|Baby Boomers]] (born 1943–1960), 30 percent [[Generation X|Gen-X]] (born 1961–1981), 10 percent [[Millennials|Millennial]] (born 1982–2000), 12 percent [[Generation Z in the United States|Generation Z]] (born 2001–2020) and the remaining 3 percent other. The American Mensa general membership identifies as 64 percent male, 32 percent female, 3 percent unknown, and less than 1 percent gender non-conforming or other.<ref name="American Mensa Demographics" />