Approximately one billion youth live in the world today. This means that approximately one person in five is between the age of 15 and 24 years, or 18% of the world's population are "youth", and children (5-14 years) comprise of 19.8%.
As you can see from the table, it is interesting to note that despite an increase in absolute numbers, the proportion of young people in the world is actually dwindling! This means that the number of young people in the world between 1980 and 1995 has dropped as a proportion of the total population. In fact, during the 1990s, the annual growth rates among the world's youth population have slowed down in every region of the world except Africa.
Year
Youth Population
Percentage of Total Global Population
1985
941 million
19.4%
1995
1.019 billion
18.0%
2025
1.222 billion
15.4%
Youth of the World Youth for the World - 2005 was released on: USA: 10 December 2005 (International Children's Day of Broadcasting)
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World Youth Movement for Democracy was created in 2004.
World Youth Netball Championships was created in 1988.
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