Adolescence (generally defined as puberty through age 18) Young adulthood (generally defined as 18 to 22 or 18 to 25) Later adulthood (generally defined as mid-20s and older)
The OECD defines youth as "those between 15 and 29 years of age".
Millennials were born between 1981 and 1996, according to the Pew Research Center. So as of 2023, the millennial age range is between 27 and 42. They were the first generation to grow up in the Internet Age but also remember life before social media.
Aged between eight and 23 years old, generation Z or the post-millennial generation will take the lead in a few decades.
GENERATIONS Defined
Baby Boomers: 1946 - 1964. Gen X: 1965 - 1976. Gen Y / Millennials: 1977 - 1995. Gen Z / iGen / Centennials 1995 - 2010.
Age group comparison between Young adult (18-25 age), Adult (26-44 age), Middle-age (45-59 age), Old age (60 age) about four sequential patterns.
Generation Alpha are defined as those born from 2010-2024.
Generation Z was born between 1995 and 2012, whereas Millennials were born between 1981 and 1996. In 2019 the oldest Millennials turned 40, which means that they have been part of adult life for a while.
Millennials: Born 1981-1996 (27-42 years old) Gen Z: Born 1997-2012 (11-26 years old) Gen Alpha: Born early 2010s-2025 (0-about 10 years old)
In a 2022 report, the U.S. Census designates Generation Z as "the youngest generation with adult members (born 1997 to 2013)." Statistics Canada used 1997 to 2012, citing Pew Research Center, in a 2022 publication analyzing their 2021 census.
Like Boomers, Millennials are a huge generation that we sometimes split into two subgroups: Early Millennials (born 1980-1987) and Recessionists (born 1988-1995). The fairly obvious element that divides these two groups is life stage.
middle age, period of human adulthood that immediately precedes the onset of old age. Though the age period that defines middle age is somewhat arbitrary, differing greatly from person to person, it is generally defined as being between the ages of 40 and 60.
Under most laws, young people are recognized as adults at age 18. But emerging science about brain development suggests that most people don't reach full maturity until the age 25.
You can vote and be called for jury service. You can buy and drink alcohol in a bar. You can get married, enter a civil partnership or live together without parental consent.
Gen Zers are known for working, shopping, dating, and making friends online; in Asia, Gen Zers spend six or more hours per day on their phones. Digital natives often turn to the internet when looking for any kind of information, including news and reviews prior to making a purchase.
The single biggest difference between the generations: Millennials prefer text-based platforms while Zs prefer visual-based media. Looking at their social media preferences tells the story. TikTok is now the platform where trends start.
If you were born between 1981 and 1996, you are a millennial. Anyone born after that is in a different generation.
The average life expectancy of baby boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z are different. Compared to the 70-year life expectancy of baby boomers and the 85-year life expectancy of Gen X, Gen Z is predicted to have a life expectancy of over 100 years.
By 2050, Gen Z will be fifty-plus – an age group that is the biggest demographic in the world. By that same point, the UN estimates they will be part of a global population of 9.6 billion, with two-thirds living in urban areas.
Generation Alpha (Gen Alpha for short) is the demographic cohort succeeding Generation Z. Researchers and popular media use the early 2010s as starting birth years and the early-to-mid 2020s as ending birth years (see Date and age range definitions).
On the map, we see the median age in all countries in the world. The global average median age was 30 years in 2021 – half of the world population were older than 30 years, and half were younger.
Adolescence (generally defined as puberty through age 18) Young adulthood (generally defined as 18 to 22 or 18 to 25) Later adulthood (generally defined as mid-20s and older)
A person between 20 and 29 is called a vicenarian. A person between 30 and 39 is called a tricenarian. A person between 40 and 49 is called a quadragenarian. A person between 50 and 59 is called a quinquagenarian.