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United States of America vs China: population pyramids in 1994

1994Swap

United States of AmericaChina

1.5%1%0.5%0%0.5%1%1.5%0102030405060708090100MaleFemale

Each bar is the share of the total population at that single year of age (men left, women right), so countries of different sizes can be compared.

United States of America and China compared

In 1994, the United States of America has a population of 264 million and China 1.2 billion; China is about 4.6 times the size of the United States of America.

The share aged 65 and over is 12.4% in the United States of America and 5.8% in China, 6.6 points higher in the United States of America. The median age is 33.7 years in the United States of America and 26.3 years in China.

The total fertility rate is 1.99 in the United States of America and 1.63 in China, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 75.7 years in the United States of America and 69.8 years in China.

By 2050, the population of the United States of America is projected to grow by 44.0% and that of China to grow by 5.1% compared with 1994.

GDP per person is $90K in the United States of America (2025) and $14K in China (2025).

Key figures (1994)

United States of AmericaChina
Population264 million1.2 billion
Aged 0–1421.9%28.0%
Aged 15–6465.7%66.2%
Aged 65+12.4%5.8%
Median age33.7 yrs26.3 yrs
Old-age dependency18.98.8
Total fertility rate1.991.63
Life expectancy75.7 yrs69.8 yrs
Population growth+1.05%+0.92%
Net migration (per year)+1.2 million-723,641
GDP$30.8T (2025)$19.5T (2025)
GDP per person$90K (2025)$14K (2025)
Unemployment4.2% (2025)4.6% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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