ALL POPULATION TABLES
1. Number of Persons by Age, 1950-2060 (millions)
2. Age Distribution of the Population, 1950-2060 (%)
3. Number of Adults Age 65 and Older by Race and Hispanic Origin, 1990-2060 (millions)
4. Distribution of Adults Age 65 and Older by Race and Hispanic Origin, 1990-2060 (%)
1. Number of Persons by Age, 1950-2060 (millions)
Year
All
< 18
18-24
25-49
50+
50-54
55+
55–61
62+
62-64
65+
65-79
80-84
85+
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2025
2030
2035
2040
2045
2050
2055
2060
152.3
180.7
205.1
227.2
249.5
262.8
282.2
295.5
309.3
318.7
321.4
324.0
326.6
329.3
334.5
334.5
347.3
359.4
370.3
380.2
389.4
398.3
407.4
416.8
47.3
64.5
69.8
63.7
64.2
68.6
72.4
73.5
74.2
73.6
73.6
73.7
73.8
73.8
74.1
74.1
75.0
76.3
77.4
78.2
78.9
79.9
81.1
82.3
16.1
16.1
24.7
30.1
26.8
25.1
27.3
29.4
30.7
31.4
31.2
30.9
30.7
30.7
30.6
30.6
30.7
30.8
30.9
31.8
32.4
32.7
32.9
33.3
54.8
58.1
60.6
74.3
94.7
100.7
105.2
105.2
104.9
104.8
105.5
106.4
107.4
108.4
109.7
109.7
114.0
118.1
120.9
122.1
122.8
124.6
126.6
128.4
34.1
42.0
50.0
59.2
63.7
68.4
77.3
87.4
99.6
108.9
111.0
112.9
114.7
116.4
120.1
120.1
127.5
134.2
141.1
148.1
155.2
161.1
166.8
172.8
8.3
9.7
11.2
11.7
11.4
13.6
17.8
20.1
22.4
22.5
22.3
21.9
21.4
21.0
20.6
20.6
20.1
20.5
22.3
23.8
25.2
24.8
25.0
25.4
25.8
32.3
38.8
47.5
52.3
54.8
59.5
67.3
77.2
86.3
88.7
91.0
93.2
95.4
99.5
99.5
107.5
113.7
118.8
124.2
130.0
136.3
141.8
147.4
9.9
11.5
13.7
15.9
14.7
15.1
18.1
23.0
26.9
29.3
29.9
30.3
30.5
30.6
30.6
30.6
28.8
28.0
27.9
30.4
32.5
34.8
34.5
34.8
15.9
20.8
25.1
31.6
37.6
39.6
41.4
44.3
50.3
57.0
58.8
60.8
62.8
64.8
68.9
68.9
78.7
85.7
91.0
93.9
97.5
101.5
107.3
112.6
3.5
4.2
5.0
5.9
6.4
6.0
6.3
7.6
9.8
10.7
11.0
11.3
11.7
12.0
12.4
12.4
12.8
11.6
11.7
11.5
12.8
13.5
14.9
14.5
12.4
16.7
20.1
25.7
31.2
33.6
35.1
36.6
40.4
46.3
47.8
49.4
51.1
52.8
56.4
56.4
65.9
74.1
79.2
82.3
84.7
88.0
92.5
98.2
10.6
14.1
16.4
20.5
24.2
25.5
25.8
26.3
29.2
34.3
35.7
37.1
38.6
40.1
43.2
43.2
50.2
54.2
55.0
53.8
53.2
55.4
59.4
64.2
1.2
1.6
2.3
3.0
3.9
4.5
5.0
5.6
5.8
5.8
5.8
5.9
6.0
6.1
6.5
6.5
8.2
10.7
12.3
13.9
14.3
13.6
13.6
14.3
0.6
0.9
1.4
2.3
3.1
3.7
4.3
4.7
5.5
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.7
7.5
9.1
11.9
14.6
17.3
19.0
19.5
19.7
Source: Urban Institute Program on Retirement Policy calculations from these U.S. Census Bureau publications: “National Estimates by Age, Sex, Race: 1900-1979 (PE11),” https://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/asrh/pre-1980/PE-11.html; “National Estimates: Quarterly Population Estimates, 1980 to 1990,”
https://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/asrh/1980s/80s_nat_detail.html; “U.S. Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1990 to 1999,”
https://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/asrh/1990s/nat_monthly_resident.html; “Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race,
and Hispanic Origin for the United States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2010,” http://www.census.gov/popest/data/intercensal/national/nat2010.html; and “Projected Population
by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States: 2014 to 2060,”
http://www.census.gov/population/projections/data/national/2014/downloadablefiles.html.
Note: Estimates and projections refer to the resident population on July 1 of each year.
2. Age Distribution of the Population, 1950-2060 (%)
Year
< 18
18-24
25-49
50+
50-54
55+
55–61
62+
62-64
65+
65-79
80-84
85+
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2025
2030
2035
2040
2045
2050
2055
2060
31.0
35.7
34.0
28.0
25.7
26.1
25.7
24.9
24.0
23.1
22.9
22.7
22.6
22.4
22.2
22.2
21.6
21.2
20.9
20.6
20.3
20.1
19.9
19.7
10.6
8.9
12.1
13.2
10.8
9.6
9.7
10.0
9.9
9.9
9.7
9.6
9.4
9.3
9.1
9.1
8.8
8.6
8.3
8.4
8.3
8.2
8.1
8.0
36.0
32.1
29.6
32.7
38.0
38.3
37.3
35.6
33.9
32.9
32.8
32.8
32.9
32.9
32.8
32.8
32.8
32.9
32.6
32.1
31.5
31.3
31.1
30.8
22.4
23.2
24.4
26.0
25.5
26.0
27.4
29.6
32.2
34.2
34.6
34.9
35.1
35.3
35.9
35.9
36.7
37.3
38.1
38.9
39.9
40.4
40.9
41.5
5.5
5.3
5.4
5.1
4.6
5.2
6.3
6.8
7.2
7.1
6.9
6.8
6.6
6.4
6.2
6.2
5.8
5.7
6.0
6.3
6.5
6.2
6.1
6.1
16.9
17.9
18.9
20.9
21.0
20.8
21.1
22.8
25.0
27.1
27.6
28.1
28.5
29.0
29.7
29.7
30.9
31.6
32.1
32.7
33.4
34.2
34.8
35.4
6.5
6.3
6.7
7.0
5.9
5.8
6.4
7.8
8.7
9.2
9.3
9.3
9.3
9.3
9.1
9.1
8.3
7.8
7.5
8.0
8.3
8.7
8.5
8.3
10.5
11.5
12.2
13.9
15.1
15.1
14.7
15.0
16.3
17.9
18.3
18.8
19.2
19.7
20.6
20.6
22.7
23.8
24.6
24.7
25.0
25.5
26.3
27.0
2.3
2.3
2.4
2.6
2.6
2.3
2.2
2.6
3.2
3.4
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.6
3.7
3.7
3.7
3.2
3.2
3.0
3.3
3.4
3.6
3.5
8.1
9.2
9.8
11.3
12.5
12.8
12.4
12.4
13.1
14.5
14.9
15.3
15.6
16.0
16.9
16.9
19.0
20.6
21.4
21.7
21.8
22.1
22.7
23.6
7.0
7.8
8.0
9.0
9.7
9.7
9.2
8.9
9.4
10.8
11.1
11.5
11.8
12.2
12.9
12.9
14.5
15.1
14.8
14.1
13.7
13.9
14.6
15.4
0.8
0.9
1.1
1.3
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
1.9
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.0
2.4
3.0
3.3
3.7
3.7
3.4
3.3
3.4
0.4
0.5
0.7
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.2
2.5
3.2
3.8
4.4
4.8
4.8
4.7
Source: Urban Institute Program on Retirement Policy calculations from these U.S. Census Bureau publications: “National Estimates by Age, Sex, Race: 19001979 (PE-11),” https://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/asrh/pre-1980/PE-11.html ; “National Estimates: Quarterly Population Estimates, 1980 to 1990,”
https://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/asrh/1980s/80s_nat_detail.html; “U.S. Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1990 to
1999,” https://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/asrh/1990s/nat_monthly_resident.html; “Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population by Single Year of
Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2010,” http://www.census.gov/popest/data/intercensal/national/nat2010.html;
and “Projected Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States: 2014 to 2060,”
http://www.census.gov/population/projections/data/national/2014/downloadablefiles.html.
Note : Estimates and projections refer to the resident population on July 1 of each year.
3. Number of Adults Age 65 and Older by Race and Hispanic Origin, 1990-2060 (millions)
Year
All
NonHispanic
White
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2014
2015
2020
2025
2030
2035
2040
2045
2050
2055
2060
31.2
33.6
35.1
36.6
40.4
46.3
47.8
56.4
65.9
74.1
79.2
82.3
84.7
88.0
92.5
98.2
27.1
28.7
29.4
29.9
32.3
36.3
37.3
42.9
48.7
53.0
54.5
54.1
53.0
52.5
52.8
53.6
African
American
Hispanic
Asian
Other
2.5
2.7
2.8
3.0
3.4
4.0
4.2
5.3
6.5
7.6
8.4
9.0
9.4
10.0
10.8
12.0
1.2
1.5
1.8
2.2
2.8
3.5
3.8
5.0
6.6
8.4
10.4
12.5
14.6
16.8
19.0
21.5
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.1
1.4
1.9
2.0
2.6
3.2
3.9
4.6
5.4
6.1
6.9
7.8
8.7
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.6
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.1
1.3
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
2.4
Source: Urban Institute Program on Retirement Policy calculations from these U.S. Census Bureau publications:
“U.S. Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1990 to 1999,”
https://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/asrh/1990s/nat_monthly_resident.html; "Intercensal Estimates of the
Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States: April 1, 2000 to
July 1, 2010,” http://www.census.gov/popest/data/intercensal/national/nat2010.html; and “Projected Population by
Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States: 2014 to 2060,”
http://www.census.gov/population/projections/data/national/2014/downloadablefiles.html.
Note : Estimates and projections refer to the resident population on July 1 of each year. African Americans, Asians,
and Non-Hispanic whites exclude people of mixed race. Hispanics may be any race. Asians include Pacific
Islanders. The other category includes American Indians, Native Alaskans, and people of mixed race.
4. Distribution of Adults Age 65 and Older by Race and Hispanic Origin, 1990-2060 (%)
Year
NonHispanic
White
African
American
Hispanic
Asian
Other
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2014
2015
2020
2025
2030
2035
2040
2045
2050
2055
2060
86.7
85.3
83.7
81.7
80.0
78.4
78.0
75.9
73.8
71.5
68.8
65.7
62.6
59.7
57.1
54.6
7.9
7.9
8.0
8.3
8.4
8.7
8.8
9.3
9.9
10.3
10.6
10.9
11.1
11.3
11.7
12.2
3.7
4.5
5.0
6.0
7.0
7.6
7.8
8.9
10.0
11.4
13.1
15.1
17.2
19.1
20.5
21.9
1.4
1.9
2.4
3.0
3.6
4.0
4.2
4.6
4.9
5.3
5.8
6.5
7.2
7.9
8.5
8.9
0.3
0.4
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.9
2.0
2.2
2.5
Source: Urban Institute Program on Retirement Policy calculations from these U.S. Census Bureau publications:
“U.S. Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1990 to 1999,”
https://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/asrh/1990s/nat_monthly_resident.html; "Intercensal Estimates of
the Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States: April 1,
2000 to July 1, 2010,” http://www.census.gov/popest/data/intercensal/national/nat2010.html; and “Projected
Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States: 2014 to 2060,”
http://www.census.gov/population/projections/data/national/2014/downloadablefiles.html.
Note: Estimates and projections refer to the resident population on July 1 of each year. African Americans,
Asians, and Non-Hispanic whites exclude people of mixed race. Hispanics may be any race. Asians include
Pacific Islanders. The other category includes American Indians, Native Alaskans, and people of mixed race.