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United States - Population Growth Rate Median Age and Dependency Ratios 0.52

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 217 economies tracked

Latest value

0.52 (2025)

Global rank

#n/a of 217 economies

vs global median

0.6×

Growth since 1961

0.31×

Ranking Race — Population Growth Rate Median Age and Dependency Ratios

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#37#73#109#145#181#21719611971198119912001201120212025#149#1352023 overtook Nauru2024 overtook Morocco
United StatesUnited Arab EmiratesSaudi ArabiaOmanQatar

Real annual global ranks, 1961 - 2025. United States climbed from #149 to #135 (overtook Nauru). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for United States ↓

Key Events — United States

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1971
Nixon shock: end of gold convertibility curated

US suspends dollar-gold convertibility, Bretton Woods system ends.

1987
Black Monday stock crash curated

Dow falls 22.6% in a single day, triggering global market turbulence.

2008
Global financial crisis curated

Lehman Brothers collapse sets off the worst recession since the 1930s.

2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.

2021
Fell 18 places in global rank auto
2022
Climbed 16 places in global rank auto
2023
Overtook Nauru in global rank auto
2023
Climbed 15 places in global rank auto

Population Growth Rate Median Age and Dependency Ratios, 1961-2025

World Bank WDI · Percentage · linear scale · ranking in the race above
1961197619912006202120250.160.661.161.66

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