World Population Pyramid 1979

World
1979
Population: 4,368,539,528

Year

-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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World in 1979

As of 1979, the World counted 4,368,539,528 inhabitants. That is 20.7% more than in 1969, when the population stood at 3,619,491,579. With a median age of 22.3 years, the World had a youth dependency ratio of 61.4 and an old-age dependency ratio of 9.9 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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