United States of America (USA) Population

What is the population of the United States right now?

During 2017 United States of America (USA) population is projected to increased by 2 450 697 people and reach 327 908 413 in the beginning of 2018. The natural increase is expected to be positive, as the number of births will exceed the number of deaths by 1 418 996. If external migration will remain on the previous year level, the population will be increased by 1 031 701 due to the migration reasons. It means that the number of people who move into United States of America (USA) (to which they are not native) in order to settle there as permanent residents (immigrants) will prevail over the number of people who leave the country to settle permanently in another country (emigrants).

Population change rates in 2017

According to our estimations, daily change rates of United States of America (USA) population in 2017 will be the following:

• 11 235 live births average per day (468.12 in an hour)
• 7 347 deaths average per day (306.14 in an hour)
• 2 827 immigrants average per day (117.77 in an hour)

The population of United States of America (USA) will be increased by 6 714 persons daily in 2017.

Demographics of United States of America (USA) 2016

As of 1 January 2017, the population of United States of America (USA) was estimated to be 325 457 716 people. This is an increase of 0.75 % (2 432 381 people) compared to population of 323 025 335 the year before. In 2016 the natural increase was positive, as the number of births exceeded the number of deaths by 1 408 390. Due to external migration, the population increased by 1 023 990. The sex ratio of the total population was 0.975 (975 males per 1 000 females) which is lower than global sex ratio. The global sex ratio in the world was approximately 1 016 males to 1 000 females as of 2016.

Below are the key figures for United States of America (USA) population in 2016:

• 4 070 119 live births
• 2 661 729 deaths
• Natural increase: 1 408 390 people
• Net migration: 1 023 990 people
• 160 669 833 males as of 31 December 2016
• 164 787 883 females as of 31 December 2016

United States of America (USA) population density

United States of America (USA) population density is 33.8 people per square kilometer as of July 2017. Density of population is calculated as permanently settled population of United States of America (USA) divided by total area of the country. Total area is the sum of land and water areas within international boundaries and coastlines of United States of America (USA). The total area of United States of America (USA) is 9 632 030 km² according to the United Nations Statistics Division .

United States of America (USA) age structure

As of the beginning of 2017 according to our estimates United States of America (USA) had the following population age distribution:

20.1

66.8

13.1

	- percentage of population under 15
	- percentage of population between 15 and 64 years old
	- percentage of population 65+

In absolute figures (estimate):

• 65 345 400 young people under 15 years old ( 33 362 670 males / 31 982 730 females)
• 217 386 227 persons between 15 and 64 years old ( 108 488 075 males / 108 898 152 females)
• 42 729 344 persons above 64 years old ( 18 437 180 males / 24 288 909 females)

We prepared a simplified model of the population distribution pyramid which is broken down into 3 main age groups. The groups are the same as we used above: population under 15, between 15 and 64 and population which is over 65 year old.

65+

15-64

0-14

male

female

Note: The pyramid provided is not corresponding to data given above because the age groups have different number of years.

As we can see the United States of America (USA) population pyramid has a stationary type. Countries with such type of pyramid usually have declining birth rate and relatively low death rate. Which is more common for developed countries.

Source: The estimation data for section "United States of America (USA) age structure" is based on the latest demographic and social statistics by United Nations Statistics Division .

Age dependency ratio

Dependency ratio of population is a ratio of people who are generally not in the labor force (the dependents) to workforce of a country (the productive part of population). The dependent part includes the population under 15 years old and people aged 65 and over. The productive part of population accordingly consists of population between 15 and 64 years.

This ratio shows the pressure on productive population produced by the dependent part of population.

The total dependency ratio of population in United States of America (USA) is 49.7 %.

The value of 49.7 % is relatively low. It shows that the dependent part of population is less than a half of the working part. In other words the working population (labor force) in United States of America (USA) must provide goods for itself and cover expenditure on children and aged persons. And this part of population is less than 50% of working population. The value of less than 50% means that the pressure on productive population in United States of America (USA) is relatively low.

Child dependency ratio

Child dependency ratio is a ratio of people below working age (under 15) to workforce of a country.

Child dependency ratio in United States of America (USA) is 30.1 %.

Aged dependency ratio

Aged dependency ratio is a ratio of people above working age (65+) to workforce of a country.

Aged dependency ratio in United States of America (USA) is 19.7 %.

Source: The estimation data for section "United States of America (USA) age dependency ratio" is based on the latest demographic and social statistics by United Nations Statistics Division .

Life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth is one of the most important demographic indicator. It shows the number of years a newborn infant would live assuming that birth and death rates will remain at the same level during the whole lifetime.

Total life expectancy (both sexes) at birth for United States of America (USA) is 78.4 years.
This is above the average life expectancy at birth of the global population which is about 71 years (according to Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations).

Male life expectancy at birth is 75.9 years.
Female life expectancy at birth is 80.9 years.