United States of America Population Pyramid 1986
United States of America in 1986
The population of the United States of America in 1986 was 243,953,807. That is 10.3% more than in 1976, when the population stood at 221,168,758. With a median age of 31.8 years, the United States of America had a youth dependency ratio of 32.0 and an old-age dependency ratio of 17.7 per 100 people of working age. 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.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
