Young and restless: Africa at risk for upheaval
Toronto Star - Canada
By this under-30 measure sub-Saharan Africa offers a long list of countries demographically defined as having a “very young” age structure. In Chad, 73 per cent of the population is under 30 and thus is deemed “very young” by the United Nations Population Division. Ditto Cameroon, where 71 per cent of the population is under 30. By this measure Tunisia’s age structure is defined as “transitional” with 56 per cent of the population under 30.…(26 February 2011)