The global population below age 30 reached 3.5B in 2012, up from 2.7B in 1980

Added: 02/15/2012 from Euromonitor Published: 02/14/2012

50.5% of the global population is below age 30, down from 62.1% in 1980 more...

40% of the North American population is below the age of 30 more...

Niger has the youngest population by median age in 2011, at 15.4 years, followed by Uganda (15.7 years) and Mali (16.2 years) more...

70% of the population of sub-Saharan Africa is under 30 years old more...

53.1% of the population in emerging and developing economies is below 30 years old, compared to 35.6% in developed economies more...