United States of America Population Pyramid 1951

United States of America
1951
Population: 156,481,323

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-5 -1   1951  +1 +5

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United States of America in 1951

As of 1951, the United States of America counted 156,481,323 inhabitants. Half of the population was younger than 30.0 years; 27.7% were children under 15 and 8.1% were 65 or older. The broad-based, expansive shape of the pyramid points to high fertility and strong population growth.

The bulge of cohorts born between 1946 and 1964 — the post-war baby boom — is the defining feature of the United States pyramid, visible as it moves up the age scale over the decades.

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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