youth bulge
youth bulge noun: a demographic pattern where a high proportion of the population (of a country etc.) consists of children and young adults (usually between around 15 to 25 years of age).
Noun
youth bulge (plural youth bulges)
- A demographic pattern where a high proportion of the population (of a country etc.) consists of children and young adults (usually between around 15 to 25 years of age).
- A particular demographic challenge, widespread across India but particularly concentrated in poorer northern states, is that of the “youth bulge”. The median age of an Indian is 29 and the country is grappling with a vast, ambitious and increasingly restless young population, the majority of whom...2022 November 14, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, “India faces deepening demographic divide as it prepares to overtake China as the world’s most populous country”, in The Guardian
Forms of youth bulge
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Questions about youth bulge
- What does youth bulge mean?
- Youth bulge means a demographic pattern where a high proportion of the population (of a country etc.) consists of children and young adults (usually between around 15 to 25 years of age).
- What part of speech is youth bulge?
- Youth bulge is a noun.
- What is the plural of youth bulge?
- The plural of youth bulge is youth bulges.
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