Ageing and Longevity

There are 1.8 billion millennials on earth. Here's where they live

millennials: A worker carries take away coffee at a shop closed for over a month as South Africa starts to relax some aspects of a stringent nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Cape Town, South Africa, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Millennials are now the largest adult cohort worldwide. Image: REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Dorothy Neufeld
Author, Visual Capitalist
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Millennials are the most educated generation and are increasingly influential. Image: Visual Capitalist

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Asia is home to 24% of the world's millennials. Image: Visual Capitalist
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The millennial generation is the most educated in history. Image: Visual Capitalist
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