What Are the Emerging Demographics?

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Looking forward to 2050, major economic and population demographic changes promise to shape global culture.

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With sustained high birth rates due to medical advances, Sub-Saharan Africa will become the world’s most populous region by the end of the century.

Global Population

One of the most transformational demographic trends of our time is global aging.

Global Aging

Income inequality remains a challenge, and many continue in poverty, but the last half century has witnessed a transformation in the distribution of global wealth.

New Middle Class

Although their populations will age in the coming decades, in 2022 Latin America, Asia, and Oceania also possess far greater number of people under 15 than those over 65 years old.

Youth

Global aging is occurring rapidly and will undeniably be a shaping force in our future world.

Global Aging Population

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Evangelical leaders from all regions of the world identified reaching, discipling, and listening to youth as one of the two top identified needs for the Great Commission.

Regional Youth Populations

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With more affluence, higher levels of education, and more social mobility, the middle class requires a unique way of connecting with people as compared to other segments of society such as students or the global poor.

The New Middle Class

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Key Information Global Aging Population Regional Youth Populations The New Middle Class

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