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Likewise, Australia's McCrindle Research uses the years 1980 to 1994 as Generation Y (millennial) birth years. [69] A 2023 report by the Population Reference Bureau defines millennials as those born from 1981 to 1999. [70] [71] CNN reports that studies sometimes define millennials as born between 1980 and 2000. [72]
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Australia has the world's eighth-largest immigrant population, with immigrants accounting for 30% of the population, a higher proportion than in any other nation with a population of over 10 million. [ 80 ] [ 82 ] Most immigrants are skilled, [ 83 ] but the immigration quota includes categories for family members and refugees .
Young Germans protesting youth unemployment at a 2014 event. Economic prospects for some millennials have declined largely due to the Great Recession in the late 2000s. [12] [13] [14] Several governments have instituted major youth employment schemes out of fear of social unrest due to the dramatically increased rates of youth unemployment. [15]
Pew Research described millennials as playing a significant role in the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States. Millennials were between 12 and 27 during the 2008 U.S. presidential election. [28] That year, the number of voters aged 18 to 29 who chose the Democratic candidate was 66%, a record since 1980.
Xennials is a portmanteau blending the words Generation X and Millennials to describe a "micro-generation" [5] [6] or "cross-over generation" [7] of people whose birth years are between the mid-late 1970s and the early-mid 1980s.
The millennial pause is a pause in speaking at the start of some videos, especially in short-form content and on social media apps such as TikTok. [1] [2] [3] The pause is generally ascribed to millennials, [4] [5] [6] the generation of people born from the early-mid 1980s to mid-1990s.
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, [17] is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. [18] Australia has a total area of 7,688,287 km 2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania .