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United States

341,784,857

Latest official population · 2025

Annual change+1.78M2024 to 2025
Growth since 2000+21.1%from 282.16M
Life expectancy78.9 years2024
Fertility rate1.63births per woman · 2024
Urban population80.2%2025
RegionNorth AmericaHigh income

A country at every age

How United States is shaped by age.

Most people are in the working ages, with the younger and older generations shaping what comes next.

Latest shared source year: 2025
Ages 0–1417.1%Children and early teens
Ages 15–6464.5%Working-age population
Ages 65+18.4%Older population

The population pulse

How the population changes.

Births and deaths show natural change. Migration shows how movement across borders also changes the population.

Birth rate10.6births per 1,000 · 2024
Death rate9.0deaths per 1,000 · 2024
Natural balance+1.6births minus deaths per 1,000
Net migration+1.23Mnet people estimate · 2025

UN medium projection

What could United States look like in 2050?

If current demographic patterns evolve along the UN's medium scenario, the population could be 380.85M in 2050—10.3% larger than the 2024 UN estimate.

A projection is a scenario, not a prediction or live count.
  1. 2024345.43M
  2. 2050380.85M
  3. 2100421.28M
Median age in 205041.9years
Births in 20503.79Mduring the year
Deaths in 20504.2Mduring the year
Life expectancy83.2years in 2050

Long view

Population through time

Official World Bank annual observations, shown at decade intervals with the latest published year.

  1. 1960180.67M
  2. 1970205.05M
  3. 1980227.23M
  4. 1990249.62M
  5. 2000282.16M
  6. 2010309.38M
  7. 2020331.58M
  8. 2025341.78M
SourceWorld Bank Open DataPopulation total · SP.POP.TOTL
Latest population year2025Official annual observation
Future sourceUN WPP 2024Medium projection · 2024–2100
DeliveryReliable snapshotChecked 9/23/2026

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