Baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. Their sheer numbers (in the US alone, boomers comprise 77 million or one third of the total population) have made them a major force in global development.
第二次世界大戰後、大約介於一九四六到一九六四年間出生的所謂「嬰兒潮」世代，由於人數龐大（光以美國來說，七千七百萬嬰兒潮，約佔該國總人口的三分之一），一直是帶動全球發展的主要力量。