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> Are generations really demographic pulses as you describe? Here[1] is the US population pyramid. You can clearly see the small increases and decreases at var
by SECProto 3y ago
> Are generations really demographic pulses as you describe?
Here[1] is the US population pyramid. You can clearly see the small increases and decreases at various ages - a demographic pulse, as you said. There is a significant decline in the echo currently at ~14 in that image. I would note that early adulthood tends to bring in more immigration (people moving for university and staying), so I wouldn't read too much into it at this point.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USA_Population_Pyramid.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USA_Population_Pyramid.sv...
- foobarbecue 3y agoFascinating. I'd like to see a version of this with generations marked. It seems like there are more peaks than generations. For example, there's a peak at age 50 and another around age 60.
- SECProto 3y agothat peak (late 1960s) is where the youngest boomers started to have children while some of the silent generation still were. This [1] animated chart makes it even more clear. Just for comparison, Canada [2] is even more exaggerated As to the generations - those are still just useful generalizations. As soon as you start digging into it, you start seeing all the edge cases. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_demographic_composition_population_pyramid.gif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_demographic_compositio... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canada_2023_Population_Pyramid.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canada_2023_Population_Py...