World Population Pyramid 1960

World
1960
Population: 3,015,470,894

Year

-5 -1   1960  +1 +5

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World in 1960

In 1960, the World had a total population of 3,015,470,894 people. That is 21.0% more than in 1950, when the population stood at 2,493,092,847. Half of the population was younger than 22.5 years; 37.4% were children under 15 and 5.0% were 65 or older. The broad-based, expansive shape of the pyramid points to high fertility and strong population growth.

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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