Stanford Center on Longevity

SCL Publications

US population: 1950, 2005, 2050
US population: 1950, 2005, 2050

Graphics

These “population pyramids” histograms display numbers of children at the bottom, working-age adults in the middle, and older adults at the top. Males are on the left, females on the right.

A series of histograms helps us visualize population age shifts over time.


Briefings and Articles

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