United States of America Population Pyramid 1995
United States of America in 1995
In 1995, the United States of America had a total population of 268,205,794 people. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 11.0%, up from 241,690,444 in 1985. With a median age of 34.1 years, the United States of America had a youth dependency ratio of 33.1 and an old-age dependency ratio of 18.9 per 100 people of working age. The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.
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.
