Table 2.

 Populations of birth cohorts (in thousands) in census years 1950 and 2000

Birth cohort	Census year	England and Wales			United States
		Women	Men		Women	Men
1916-25	1950	1681	1673		12 162	11 597
	2000	1050	741		7482	4879
1925-35	1950	1390	1346		11 181	10 918
	2000	1198	1100		10 088	8303
1935-45	1950	1501	1569		11 944	12 375
	2000	1455	1429		12 629	11 645