World Population Pyramid 1966

World
1966
Population: 3,404,041,125

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-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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World in 1966

As of 1966, the World counted 3,404,041,125 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1956, the population was 2,795,409,994; it has grown by 21.8% since. With a median age of 21.7 years, the World had a youth dependency ratio of 66.9 and an old-age dependency ratio of 9.0 per 100 people of working age. 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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