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The templates {{Birth year and age}} and {{Death year and age}} return a person's year of birth or death and their approximate age. The templates are useful when only the year, or year and month, of a person's birth and/or death are known, or if it is desired not to state a person's full dates of birth and death for privacy reasons.
Such an approximation differs from the approximation generated by {{Birth based on age as of date}}; the latter can be used when the only detail available about someone's birth is a reference that establishes their age as of a certain date (such as the date that the reference was published).
The person's age is estimated as follows:
Let us assume:
{{Birth year and age|1969}}
{{Birth year and age|1969|6}}
displays their birth year and age as: 1969 (age 54).Let us assume:
{{Death year and age|2023|1973}}
{{Death year and age|2023|1973|11}}
If you wish to set out the full dates of birth and/or death of a person and thus to calculate their age accurately, please use the templates {{Birth date and age}} and {{Death date and age}}.
{{Birth year and age|year of birth}}
{{Birth year and age|year of birth|optional number of month of birth}}
{{Death year and age|year of death|year of birth}}
{{Death year and age|year of death|year of birth|optional number of month of death}}
{{Birth year and age|1969}}
→ 1969 (age 54–55)1969 (age 54–55)
{{Birth year and age|1969|10}}
→ October 1969 (age 55)October 1969 (age 55)
{{Birth year and age|1969|12}}
→ December 1969 (age 54)December 1969 (age 54)
{{Death year and age|2023|1973}}
→ 2023 (aged 49–50)2023 (aged 49–50)
{{Death year and age|2023|1973|11}}
→ November 2023 (aged 49–50)November 2023 (aged 49–50)
Returns a person's year of birth and their approximate age
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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Year of birth | 1 | no description | Number | required |
Month of birth | 2 | Optional month of birth | Number | suggested |