Demographics of US

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date13 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of US is projected at 337.00 million, up by 0.30% compared with 335.94 million in 2020. US is ranked 3rd in terms of population and 153rd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 3.72 million births in US in 2021. That is 10,200 per day, which is ranked 6th. The crude birth rate is 11.06 per 1000 people. There are 3.28 million deaths in US in 2021. That is 8,988 per day, which is ranked 3rd. The crude death rate is 9.74 per 1000 people.

276615.12 million people are living in urban areas, which is 82.87% of US population. US is ranked 58th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in US in 2021 is 97.99 males per 100 females. There are 169.17 million males and 172.65 million females in US. The percentage of female population is 50.51% compare to 49.49% male population. US has 3.48 million more females than males. US is at 84th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

US population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950148,281,5501.60
1955161,136,4491.83
1960176,188,5781.65
1965189,703,2831.21
1970200,328,3401.34
1975211,274,5350.96
1980223,140,0181.21
1985235,146,1821.03
1990248,083,7321.39
1995265,660,5561.24
2000282,398,5541.12
2005296,842,6700.96
2010311,182,8450.83
2015324,607,7760.78
2020335,942,0030.33
2021336,997,6240.30
2022338,289,8570.47
2023339,996,5630.54
2024341,814,4200.53
  • Total
  • Crude

US death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19501,427,4893,379,6669.63622.814
19551,496,5203,814,7609.30323.714
19601,671,1073,992,3999.50222.701
19651,786,1043,581,2529.43318.913
19701,883,1083,633,7659.41918.175
19751,853,6003,050,9738.79114.470
19801,953,5953,535,6198.77615.883
19852,058,6083,711,7408.76715.808
19902,124,9144,139,3258.58716.727
19952,293,3663,896,0708.65914.711
20002,390,4014,074,5888.48514.463
20052,442,2634,165,8948.24214.059
20102,469,9254,036,7577.95012.994
20152,699,5903,995,9918.33212.334
20203,238,5183,670,4909.65110.939
20213,280,6823,722,8229.74311.056
20223,144,6573,726,8679.31011.033
20232,912,4023,745,3618.57911.032
20242,955,0613,759,0638.65811.013
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of US

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950101,878,255,00056,926,140,00064.153
1955115,375,863,00056,407,979,00067.163
1960130,757,407,00056,050,821,00069.996
1965143,624,659,00056,190,881,00071.879
1970154,262,109,00055,326,041,00073.602
1975161,450,209,00057,755,087,00073.653
1980169,422,683,00060,340,369,00073.738
1985179,400,645,00061,423,475,00074.494
1990190,156,233,00062,373,717,00075.300
1995205,240,402,00060,418,447,00077.257
2000222,927,913,00059,054,865,00079.057
2005235,892,407,00059,237,094,00079.928
2010249,297,076,00059,344,315,00080.772
2015261,287,811,00058,641,351,00081.671
2020273,975,139,00057,456,395,00082.664
2021276,615,118,00057,168,078,00082.873
2022279,286,931,00056,862,780,00083.084
2023281,984,165,00056,539,549,00083.298
2024284,698,234,00056,197,111,00083.515
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

US population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 9,570,073 9,145,776 18,715,849 5.48 104.639
05-09 10,230,843 9,783,773 20,014,615 5.86 104.570
10-14 10,658,987 10,164,219 20,823,206 6.09 104.868
15-19 11,466,223 10,962,383 22,428,607 6.56 104.596
20-24 11,466,034 11,050,074 22,516,108 6.59 103.764
25-29 11,432,135 11,078,019 22,510,154 6.59 103.197
30-34 12,064,900 11,797,093 23,861,993 6.98 102.270
35-39 11,671,935 11,439,915 23,111,850 6.76 102.028
40-44 11,268,773 11,113,514 22,382,287 6.55 101.397
45-49 10,301,469 10,318,845 20,620,314 6.03 99.832
50-54 10,433,380 10,511,088 20,944,468 6.13 99.261
55-59 10,236,332 10,519,125 20,755,457 6.07 97.312
60-64 10,374,819 10,995,753 21,370,572 6.25 94.353
65-69 9,395,653 10,249,901 19,645,554 5.75 91.666
70-74 7,421,715 8,525,237 15,946,952 4.67 87.056
75-79 5,323,509 6,535,962 11,859,471 3.47 81.450
80-84 3,183,617 4,176,941 7,360,558 2.15 76.219
85-89 1,682,015 2,490,526 4,172,542 1.22 67.537
90-94 769,321 1,328,047 2,097,369 0.61 57.929
95-99 188,590 380,199 568,788 0.17 49.603
100+ 28,945 78,760 107,706 0.03 36.751
Total 169,169,268 172,645,150 341,814,420 97.987