2026-03-01 · percent of world population
Youth bulges do not automatically raise participation
Demographics ≠ engagement without institutions.
Policy grids compress billions of people into equal squares — the shock is in the share, not the cell. This grid divides world population (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Young populations, low participation, Asia & Pacific, and 2 more groups — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.
1 cell = 0.1 percent of world population (0.1% of world population) · 1,000 cells
Context
The 2026 figures from OWID — Political participation (V-Dem) put Young populations, low participation at 35% of world population and Asia & Pacific at 33.8% — about 100 percent of world population in this edition's rounding.
Participation index population shares (V-Dem via OWID).
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Credit this grid as Inagrid — https://inagrid.com/e/2026-03-01-pol-participation-youth