United States of America Population Pyramid 1989

United States of America
1989
Population: 250,675,053

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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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United States of America in 1989

As of 1989, the United States of America counted 250,675,053 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1979, the population was 227,575,084; it has grown by 10.2% since. Half of the population was younger than 32.7 years; 21.5% were children under 15 and 12.2% were 65 or older. The pyramid is stationary: cohort sizes are roughly even through the younger ages, reflecting fertility close to replacement level and slow population change.

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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