Generations

<h2>List of generations</h2>

For the purposes of this list, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western world</a>" can be taken to mean North America, Europe, South America, and Oceania. However, it should also be noted that many variations may exist within the regions, both geographically and culturally, which mean that the list is broadly indicative, but necessarily very general. For details see the individual articles.

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<li>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Generation" title="Lost Generation">Lost Generation</a>, also known as the Generation of 1914 in Europe,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation#cite_note-Wohl-23">[23]</a> is a term originating with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Stein" title="Gertrude Stein">Gertrude Stein</a> to describe those who fought in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. The members of the lost generation were typically born between 1883 and 1900.</li>

<li>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Generation" title="Greatest Generation">Greatest Generation</a>, also known as the G.I. Generation, is the generation that includes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans" class="mw-redirect" title="Veterans">veterans</a> who fought in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. They were born from around 1900 through 1924, coming of age during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>. Journalist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Brokaw" title="Tom Brokaw">Tom Brokaw</a> dubbed this the Greatest Generation in a book of the same name.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation#cite_note-24">[24]</a></li>

<li>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Generation" title="Silent Generation">Silent Generation</a>, also known as the Lucky Few, were born from approximately 1925 until 1941.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation#cite_note-25">[25]</a> It includes some who fought in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, most of those who fought the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> and many during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>.</li>

<li>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomer" class="mw-redirect" title="Baby boomer">Baby boomers</a> are the generation that was born following <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, generally from 1946 to 1964,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation#cite_note-26">[26]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation#cite_note-27">[27]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation#cite_note-28">[28]</a> a time that was marked by an increase in birth rates.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation#cite_note-29">[29]</a> The term "baby boomer" is sometimes used in a cultural context. Therefore, it is impossible to achieve broad consensus on a defined start and end date.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation#cite_note-30">[30]</a> The baby boom has been described variously as a "shockwave"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation#cite_note-Owram1997xiv-31">[31]</a> and as "the pig in the python".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation#cite_note-Jones1980-32">[32]</a> This generation is also referred to as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_Generation" class="mw-redirect" title="Me Generation">Me Generation</a>, and the latter portion of the Baby Boomer generation as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones" title="Generation Jones">Generation Jones</a>.</li>

<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X" title="Generation X">Generation X</a>, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post%E2%80%93World_War_II_baby_boom" title="Post–World War II baby boom">Post–World War II baby boom</a>. Demographers and researchers typically use starting birth years ranging from the early to mid-1960s to the early 1980s. The term has also been used in different times and places for a number of different <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcultures" class="mw-redirect" title="Subcultures">subcultures</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture" title="Counterculture">countercultures</a> since the 1950s.</li>

<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials" title="Millennials">Millennials</a>, also known as the Millennial Generation<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation#cite_note-Horovitz-33">[33]</a> or Generation Y, are the demographic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohort_%28statistics%29" title="Cohort (statistics)">cohort</a> following <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X" title="Generation X">Generation X</a>. Demographers and researchers typically use starting birth years ranging from the early 1980s to the early 2000s. As of April 2016, the Millennial generation surpassed the Boomer generation in size in the USA, with 76 million Boomers and 77 million Millennials.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation#cite_note-:0-34">[34]</a></li>

<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Z" title="Generation Z">Generation Z</a>, also known as Post-Millennials,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation#cite_note-:0-34">[34]</a> the iGeneration, or Homeland Generation, is the cohort of people born after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials" title="Millennials">Millennials</a>. Demographers and researchers typically use starting birth years ranging from the early 2000s to the mid 2000s and ending birth years ranging from the late 2000s to early 2010s.</li>

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