United Kingdom Population Pyramid 1966

United Kingdom
1966
Population: 54,676,344

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-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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United Kingdom in 1966

In 1966, the United Kingdom had a total population of 54,676,344 people. A decade earlier, in 1956, the population was 51,400,459; it has grown by 6.4% since. With a median age of 34.9 years, the United Kingdom had a youth dependency ratio of 36.7 and an old-age dependency ratio of 19.3 per 100 people of working age. The pyramid is stationary: cohort sizes are roughly even through the younger ages, reflecting fertility close to replacement level and slow population change.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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