Youth

The world population of youth, within the ages of 10-23 amounts to 1.8 billion in a world population of 7 billion people, as documented by the UNFPA state of world population 2014. The impact of the emergence of a large population of youth relies on the manner in which a government regards their youth, which could either be as a liability that demands more resources or as problem solvers and change agents of the future time.

90 pe cent of the world youth population live in the less developed countries. Since young people will live longer into the future than their elders, they are more likely to face the impacts of accelerating climate change and other environmental changes, with accompanying risks to human well-being. While the youth population is on the rise, fertility rates are decreasing, hence the present population of youth will have to largely depend on themselves while shouldering the responsibility of the ageing population.