“Most of the people on the planet are children.”
— Obi Nwosu of nostr:npub1uq70uqgas9pyhds2zt57kr9se8rg3s68ztphjnq82ts8rzeknmeql7u0c2 discussing onboarding, self-custody and federated ecash.
Discussion
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Current Percentage of Children in the Global Population
Using the World Bank data on population ages 0-14 (% of total population), as of 2020, approximately 22.4% of the global population consists of children (Source: The World Bank: Data).
Conclusion
Based on these estimates and trends, there are approximately 2.2 billion children on the planet, with around 22.4% of the global population comprising children.
