United States of America Population Pyramid 1981

United States of America
1981
Population: 232,201,617

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-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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United States of America in 1981

As of 1981, the United States of America counted 232,201,618 inhabitants. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 10.3%, up from 210,426,431 in 1971. Half of the population was younger than 30.4 years; 22.1% were children under 15 and 11.2% were 65 or older. The narrow base of the pyramid marks a constrictive age structure: fertility below replacement level and a rising share of older people.

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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