United States of America Population Pyramid 1962

United States of America
1962
Population: 186,724,272

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-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

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United States of America in 1962

As of 1962, the United States of America counted 186,724,273 inhabitants. That is 17.6% more than in 1952, when the population stood at 158,794,222. Half of the population was younger than 28.7 years; 31.3% were children under 15 and 9.0% were 65 or older. 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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