The youth bulge: what is it?

Children and young people make up 50% of the world’s population. And of the 1.2 billion people globally aged 15–24, around 1 billion live in developing countries. 

This is known as the 'youth bulge'. 

The youth bulge is often seen as a negative issue. It looms on the horizon as a problem no one quite knows how to deal with and is most pronounced in Asia, the Pacific and Africa – the poorest regions in the world. Large numbers of young people have been linked to high unemployment, civil unrest and political protest, as well as issues such as teen pregnancy, homelessness and HIV. 


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