World Population Pyramid 1990

World
1990
Population: 5,327,803,109

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-5 -1   1990  +1 +5

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World in 1990

The population of the World in 1990 was 5,327,803,110. A decade earlier, in 1980, the population was 4,447,606,236; it has grown by 19.8% since. With a median age of 24.0 years, the World had a youth dependency ratio of 54.2 and an old-age dependency ratio of 10.0 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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