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United States of America vs China: population pyramids in 2078

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United States of AmericaChina

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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 2078, the United States of America has a population of 404.6 million and China 900.3 million; China is about 2.2 times the size of the United States of America.

The share aged 65 and over is 26.9% in the United States of America and 43.3% in China, 16.4 points higher in China. The median age is 44.9 years in the United States of America and 61.4 years in China.

The total fertility rate is 1.65 in the United States of America and 1.29 in China, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 86.7 years in the United States of America and 87.2 years in China.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2078)

United States of AmericaChina
Population404.6 million900.3 million
Aged 0–1414.9%8.2%
Aged 15–6458.1%48.5%
Aged 65+26.9%43.3%
Median age44.9 yrs61.4 yrs
Old-age dependency46.389.3
Total fertility rate1.651.29
Life expectancy86.7 yrs87.2 yrs
Population growth+0.20%-1.43%
Net migration (per year)+1.3 million-104,759
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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