World Population Pyramid 1965

World
1965
Population: 3,334,533,703

Year

-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

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World in 1965

As of 1965, the World counted 3,334,533,704 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1955, the population was 2,740,213,792; it has grown by 21.7% since. Half of the population was younger than 21.8 years; 38.0% were children under 15 and 5.1% 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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