United States of America Population Pyramid 1954

United States of America
1954
Population: 163,636,308

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-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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United States of America in 1954

As of 1954, the United States of America counted 163,636,308 inhabitants. The median age was 30.0 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 46.5 children under 15 and 13.3 people aged 65 or over. The pyramid is expansive: its wide base of young cohorts reflects high fertility and a rapidly growing population.

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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