1900 through 2060 U.S. population distribution chart shows interesting trend

08/11/2013 - 00:00

By Bill McBride -

As I follow up to my earlier post on the number of births in 2012, here is an animation of the U.S population distribution, by age, from 1900 through 2060. The population data and estimates are from the Census Bureau (actual through 2010 and projections through 2060). 

In 1900, the graph was fairly steep, but with improving health care, the graph has flattened out over the last 100 years.

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