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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%

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