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In 2020, there were 80,000 people over 100, an increase of around 50% since 2010. ... Conversely, states with the lowest percentage of adults over 85 years old included Utah, at 1.2%, and Alaska ...
The following list of countries by age structure sorts the countries of the world according to the age distribution of their population. The population is divided into three groups: Ages 0 to 14 years: children. Ages 15 to 64 years: working population or adults. Over the age of 65: elderly, senior citizens.
The birth rate is 11.0 births/1,000 population, as of 2020. [82] This was the lowest birth rate since records began. There were 3,613,647 births in 2020, this was the lowest number of births since 1980. [82] 11.0 births/1,000 population per year (final data for 2020). 11.4 births/1,000 population per year (final data for 2019). [82]
People under 15 years of age made up over a quarter of the world population (25.18%), and people age 65 and over made up nearly ten percent (9.69%) in 2021. [8] The world population more than tripled during the 20th century from about 1.65 billion in 1900 to 5.97 billion in 1999.
Australia has an ageing demographic. [1] The proportion of the Australian population aged 65 and over was 15% in 2017, a trend which is expected to continue to grow. [2] It is estimated that by 2057 older people will account for 22% of the Australian population which translates to 8.8 million people. [3]
Within 20 years, many countries in those regions will face a situation of the largest population cohort being those over 65 and the average age approaching 50. In 2100, according to research led by the University of Washington, 2.4 billion people will be over the age of 65, compared with 1.7 billion under the age of 20. [18]
The Social Security Administration (SSA) estimates that the dependency ratio (people ages 65+ divided by people ages 20–64) in 2080 will be over 40%, compared to the 20% in 2005. [91] SSA data shows one out of every four 65-year-olds today will live past the age of 90, while one out of 10 will live past 95.
The census recorded a resident population of 331,449,281 in the 50 states and the national capital of Washington, D.C., reflecting an increase of 7.4 percent, or 22,703,743, over that of 2010. [3] The growth rate was the second-lowest ever recorded, and the net increase was the sixth-highest in history.