Expected generation · 2040–2054
Generation Gamma
Generation Gamma is the cohort expected after Generation Beta: babies born from 2040 to 2054, in the sequence McCrindle has set out. Nobody in it has been born yet.
Generation Gamma is the name McCrindle gives to babies born from 2040 to 2054, the 15-year cohort after Generation Beta (2025–2039). Nobody in it is born yet; the UN projects about 2.0 billion births worldwide in those 15 years.
The birth years, source by source
No authority settles these boundaries, so here is every range we could read on the source itself, with the age that range gives in 2026.
| Source | Birth years | Age in 2026 | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCrindle, "Generation Beta defined" | 2040–2054 | not born yet | read 2 November 2026 |
What the sources claim
No source claims traits for Generation Gamma, and this page will not invent any: the first member is due on 1 January 2040.
- About 2.0 billion babies are projected to be born worldwide from 2040 to 2054. — UN World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant (via Our World in Data)
- McCrindle sets each generation from Alpha on at 15 years, so Generation Delta would follow from 2055 to 2069. — McCrindle
Read this before quoting it
A name set out years before the first birth is an expectation. Other frameworks may never use it, and the boundaries could still move.
Generational labels describe averages across many people. They are useful shorthand and useless for judging any one person.
Birth years covered by any source
Highlighted: 2040–2054, the range used here.
Frequently asked
What years is Generation Gamma?
McCrindle gives 2040 to 2054. Nobody in it has been born yet.
What comes after Generation Beta?
Generation Gamma, from 2040 to 2054, in McCrindle's sequence, followed by Generation Delta from 2055 to 2069.
How many Gen Gamma will there be?
The UN's 2024 medium-variant projection has about 2.0 billion births worldwide from 2040 to 2054. That counts births, not how many will be alive at any one time.