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What is American Gen Z could actually be Kenyan Millennials

A group of young people take a selfie. (Courtesy/iStock)

A generation, for purposes of demographic and historical studies, is a group within a population born within a certain period. This period is estimated to be between twenty and thirty years. The basis of determining a generation are different. Some peg it on the duration a population takes to double itself, the average age between parents and their offspring or the age at which a definite group in a population is expected to begin to reproduce.

Globally, since 1900, generations are as follows:

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