World Population Pyramid 1968

World
1968
Population: 3,545,187,251

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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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World in 1968

As of 1968, the World counted 3,545,187,251 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1958, the population was 2,911,249,671; it has grown by 21.8% since. The median age was 21.5 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 66.6 children under 15 and 9.1 people aged 65 or over. 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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