The paper aims to reconsider the concept of youth in Central Asia and Russia through the prism of new trends in the aging of human resources in the digital economy of the future. The methodological basis of this research consists of general scientific methods, including the methods of induction, deduction, analysis, and synthesis. The authors carry out the collection, review, and systematic analysis of relevant statistics on the research topic and critically reconsider it. This research explores the current case studies of the aging human resources and their competitiveness in the labor market in Russia's digital economy, which are universal and reflect the status quo in other Central Asian countries. As a result, the authors identify three new trends in the aging of human resources in the digital economy of the future. The first trend is the rapid obsolescence of competencies and the need for lifelong learning. The second trend is the growing need for loyalty to new technologies and their mastery, which requires special professional and personal competencies. The third trend is an increase in the state pressure on the labor market in terms of stimulating employment and promoting young people with legal and regulatory consolidation of age limits of this social group. New trends dictate the need to revise the concept of youth. The criteria for the concept of youth in the digital economy of the future should include the possession of relevant digital competencies and inclination to learn new competencies, loyalty to advanced technologies and willingness to use them, compliance with state requirements for young people (under the age of 35). The official statistics and the case studies of Russia (which can be extended to other countries of Central Asia) have shown that only a small percentage (less than 1%) of workers in the labor market meet three criteria simultaneously and can, therefore, be considered young people in the digital segment of the labor market. [For the complete volume, "Digital Education in Russia and Central Asia. Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects. Volume 65," see ED675848.]