United States of America Population Pyramid 1985

United States of America
1985
Population: 241,690,443

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-5 -1   1985  +1 +5

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United States of America in 1985

In 1985, the United States of America had a total population of 241,690,444 people. That is 10.3% more than in 1975, when the population stood at 219,129,301. Half of the population was younger than 31.5 years; 21.5% were children under 15 and 11.7% were 65 or older. The pyramid is constrictive: cohorts of children are smaller than those of their parents, reflecting low fertility and an ageing 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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