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According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) , social isolation and loneliness are increasingly being recognised as public health issues across all age groups.

One in six people worldwide, the WHO added, face the problem, which they say can have “a serious impact on physical and mental health, quality of life, and longevity”.

That is not to say, of course, that having a small friend group necessarily means you feel lonely. But new figures from Talker Research have found that the number of mates people have on average has shrunk once again.

And Gen Z reported a higher number of friendships fading in the past 10 years (10.4) than Boomers (7.7).

What’s the average number of friends?

According to this data, which involved 2,000 participants , the figure

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