Number of People on Antidepressants in the United States, 2006-2020

The following information is the most accurate and documented data available on antidepressant drug usage in the United States. The information is from IQVia, a company that provides information, services and technology for the healthcare industry. It is the largest vendor of U.S. physician prescribing data. The following data was taken from the IQVia Total Patient Tracker Database for 2006-2020, extracted January 2021.

The data is broken into two groups of years: The top includes 2006 through 2013. Below that is the data for 2014 through 2020. Various age groups are presented first, and then individual ages by year below that.

Number of People on Antidepressants in the United States, by Year, Various Age Groups, 2006-2013:

Age	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
All Ages	34,111,256	33,316,904	32,977,567	33,006,375	34,295,831	37,293,482	37,946,842	38,207,821
0-17	1,397,741	1,416,644	1,371,032	1,369,303	1,439,730	1,562,464	1,585,816	1,678,062
18+	29,380,732	30,783,958	30,486,012	30,605,597	31,989,252	34,802,452	35,618,423	36,058,150
0-5	35,639	25,629	20,773	20,213	19,401	21,010	24,290	24,628
0-24	3,306,294	3,415,043	3,382,886	3,406,209	3,576,618	3,928,810	4,048,809	4,161,227
0-1	13,843	7,334	3,294	2,712	2,398	2,806	3,066	2,417
2-3	3,800	4,113	3,580	3,309	3,146	3,755	5,764	6,723
4-5	19,647	14,570	14,204	14,702	14,415	14,852	15,834	16,327
6-12	437,489	451,021	437,736	441,125	462,552	498,934	491,867	505,344
13-17	936,434	952,303	925,658	921,158	970,139	1,055,375	1,085,833	1,165,201
18-24	1,951,789	2,045,665	2,060,323	2,083,061	2,176,260	2,403,897	2,510,031	2,531,166
25-34	4,205,382	4,404,584	4,351,967	4,369,983	4,520,728	4,889,560	4,959,933	4,963,496
35-44	6,097,449	6,213,326	5,939,619	5,796,351	5,879,797	6,254,973	6,270,201	6,259,347
45-54	7,132,091	7,419,489	7,245,398	7,160,838	7,310,090	7,779,803	7,791,975	7,731,474
55-64	5,083,649	5,498,913	5,586,038	5,758,192	6,154,744	6,837,963	7,127,020	7,308,981
65-74	2,654,214	2,923,025	3,033,442	3,138,032	3,376,208	3,862,931	4,271,303	4,557,854
75-84	1,963,129	2,063,865	2,041,796	2,031,444	2,084,615	2,227,927	2,281,503	2,355,949
85	870,978	929,736	960,358	969,542	1,006,251	1,054,266	1,068,305	1,153,262
Unknown Age	3,599,469	1,290,074	2,046,921	1,916,413	1,168,021	1,206,241	978,054	1,655,599

Number of People on Antidepressants in the United States, by Year, Various Age Groups, 2014-2020:

Age	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
All Ages	39,652,329	40,614,219	43,332,043	41,623,145	42,181,802	43,838,290	45,204,771
0-17	1,933,023	2,085,446	2,101,011	1,987,045	2,038,508	2,136,311	2,154,118
18+	37,390,562	38,756,608	41,714,627	39,731,427	40,127,324	41,692,492	42,371,837
0-5	55,094	40,141	43,105	35,720	36,132	34,000	35,216
0-24	4,553,791	4,912,391	5,184,164	4,961,646	5,164,786	5,481,193	5,648,691
0-1	7,767	4,984	6,420	6,226	7,530	7,812	7,811
2-3	14,482	10,270	11,610	9,984	11,366	10,821	12,137
4-5	29,212	24,981	24,860	20,275	19,384	18,305	18,911
6-12	563,663	599,085	588,764	542,632	541,071	555,979	543,120
13-17	1,305,067	1,417,639	1,482,385	1,428,698	1,485,035	1,573,701	1,605,375
18-24	2,683,166	2,902,225	3,140,957	3,024,409	3,178,075	3,399,999	3,547,307
25-34	5,197,055	5,446,515	5,810,040	5,481,343	5,579,030	5,882,342	6,113,006
35-44	6,461,150	6,653,507	6,909,024	6,460,284	6,425,516	6,651,004	6,811,757
45-54	8,035,555	8,291,664	8,489,266	7,795,759	7,542,633	7,559,681	7,446,266
55-64	7,823,898	8,273,161	8,668,453	8,219,991	8,189,743	8,382,002	8,301,990
65-74	4,994,938	5,413,093	5,839,155	5,728,479	5,883,939	6,241,879	6,433,332
75-84	2,525,057	2,673,906	2,853,979	2,774,108	2,931,566	3,110,575	3,167,122
85	1,242,391	1,204,795	1,256,143	1,119,484	1,173,329	1,206,624	1,250,996
Unknown Age	1,397,120	334,031	72,619	414,049	112,034	77,445	1,288,801

Number of People on Antidepressants in the United States, by Year, by Individual Age, 2006-2013:
Note that due to possible duplication of data for the individual ages below (where a person might change age in a year and be counted twice), the data cannot be summed for individual ages (i.e., adding the number of 1 year olds to the number of 2 year olds). Please use the sums provided for the specific age groups above, as those have been deduplicated.

Age	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
-1	9,203	5,341	1,867	1,335	1,243	1,140	1,039	823
1	5,008	2,221	1,432	1,397	1,169	1,653	2,073	1,654
2	1,720	1,816	1,351	1,290	1,273	1,484	2,953	2,508
3	2,113	2,329	2,283	2,061	1,921	2,301	2,879	4,323
4	4,792	4,442	4,554	4,770	4,183	4,637	5,192	5,180
5	15,435	10,558	10,033	10,357	10,715	10,594	11,142	11,678
6	25,312	25,692	20,833	20,691	21,199	22,809	22,141	22,839
7	35,676	41,025	39,361	35,231	36,076	38,560	38,601	39,593
8	51,519	53,114	52,941	56,557	53,730	57,067	56,129	59,164
9	67,973	70,375	69,664	71,509	75,340	76,085	75,723	78,516
10	84,685	86,578	86,896	87,109	92,020	100,070	95,061	98,998
11	98,587	102,358	99,956	102,384	105,643	117,085	119,741	117,456
12	114,952	116,891	114,570	114,610	122,114	131,768	137,322	146,316
13	136,564	136,977	133,461	132,938	139,223	153,860	159,168	173,776
14	166,512	167,296	162,614	160,319	167,143	183,456	195,111	211,690
15	207,575	209,124	202,842	200,388	208,874	225,776	240,205	264,553
16	249,267	254,014	248,192	245,834	254,812	273,835	285,322	308,264
17	270,529	287,444	282,090	281,697	289,725	310,039	321,140	336,227
18	270,710	291,707	299,969	299,535	309,226	325,012	339,872	348,608
19	264,734	283,478	291,060	303,738	312,540	335,281	349,669	355,450
20	275,068	291,013	295,295	304,264	323,695	351,277	370,567	371,903
21	300,650	312,644	314,102	319,640	335,397	376,486	397,015	398,223
22	312,411	332,462	330,846	331,038	342,630	383,632	415,924	415,790
23	328,288	348,369	352,966	346,752	355,239	397,477	432,056	441,431
24	357,260	367,752	369,485	370,420	375,020	414,587	447,180	457,600
25	383,672	404,469	392,161	391,693	401,416	438,758	467,293	472,110
26	415,189	428,551	426,436	414,884	420,853	456,889	483,264	484,721
27	427,858	463,799	451,768	451,041	446,878	471,283	498,865	496,389
28	434,902	475,737	483,076	475,864	483,233	498,509	519,046	524,779
29	455,365	482,009	492,934	505,762	505,117	534,665	542,098	540,234
30	458,732	504,488	498,474	514,386	537,541	559,229	576,691	565,041
31	473,760	503,329	517,728	515,763	542,238	588,850	598,360	599,063
32	500,334	517,835	516,421	534,369	541,816	596,539	627,063	621,353
33	513,871	545,781	529,233	530,312	561,548	592,290	631,428	648,048
34	553,806	558,814	553,044	542,979	553,203	612,359	624,494	651,802
35	614,097	599,515	565,790	566,422	565,015	602,706	644,015	645,778
36	655,280	660,807	605,400	578,321	587,981	613,378	634,300	665,030
37	643,401	706,139	665,555	615,461	599,976	640,272	644,220	653,111
38	633,837	688,021	706,801	673,080	634,077	647,978	670,966	664,734
39	642,534	678,616	689,859	712,238	694,292	685,205	682,082	687,620
40	667,100	687,662	677,830	693,415	730,793	747,397	720,108	700,175
41	700,903	708,061	682,977	678,178	706,632	785,709	786,364	738,606
42	757,501	741,907	705,073	683,418	692,827	762,356	823,298	805,407
43	777,487	800,703	736,096	702,629	697,547	744,896	798,968	840,080
44	797,699	821,343	792,584	734,180	716,702	748,225	786,305	815,759
45	818,507	840,268	813,194	791,493	748,977	770,116	791,808	802,419
46	829,128	861,794	833,878	809,721	802,694	804,696	814,735	806,549
47	832,802	871,687	852,377	827,740	823,436	861,483	854,194	831,377
48	831,120	873,181	859,614	845,544	841,514	882,272	913,835	871,564
49	852,948	874,055	862,745	852,049	857,887	900,631	935,582	930,705
50	844,683	894,829	860,453	853,419	863,265	920,171	954,565	952,387
51	829,324	885,774	880,126	849,496	860,939	921,972	973,243	969,314
52	825,013	867,869	866,841	865,127	856,219	917,446	975,111	986,450
53	797,903	859,879	850,385	851,081	870,565	912,433	969,755	987,877
54	777,279	831,753	839,554	834,087	852,445	924,938	964,439	981,210
55	742,403	807,911	812,274	824,605	832,824	905,464	973,944	973,559
56	699,729	772,123	786,965	793,115	820,085	881,450	951,387	980,358
57	682,857	723,781	749,432	767,809	789,277	867,003	925,292	956,143
58	670,145	706,695	702,801	728,904	762,920	834,752	910,157	928,513
59	676,871	693,669	685,607	683,923	722,945	804,326	873,740	913,120
60	590,563	698,558	675,455	666,450	677,740	764,718	846,097	877,030
61	485,423	610,054	675,715	654,035	658,781	711,804	802,579	843,928
62	471,274	497,815	592,748	653,459	644,176	690,648	747,223	798,136
63	467,259	482,112	480,510	569,189	643,083	670,403	723,640	740,589
64	433,842	481,260	465,982	464,901	557,922	674,200	707,586	720,945
65	398,029	466,802	483,437	469,214	473,554	606,783	737,833	733,500
66	370,430	420,357	460,764	472,843	469,148	503,238	655,893	744,152
67	343,966	389,262	411,095	449,320	472,927	495,430	538,884	648,632
68	331,639	362,099	378,952	399,943	447,199	500,157	532,889	540,610
69	308,632	348,452	353,727	368,896	395,160	470,505	532,368	532,818
70	291,309	324,209	340,232	342,540	364,293	413,682	497,990	530,323
71	284,580	306,698	317,065	329,819	339,908	381,206	436,701	495,223
72	270,743	299,038	300,638	307,590	327,605	356,081	403,244	434,686
73	253,724	285,913	292,520	292,428	306,606	342,498	375,424	400,348
74	255,808	266,271	279,676	285,057	290,846	319,437	361,353	374,726
75	248,167	267,081	259,639	270,988	282,132	302,976	335,474	359,128
76	251,208	260,471	260,569	251,591	267,704	291,572	315,961	333,215
77	240,781	261,131	254,154	252,339	249,066	277,900	303,358	313,469
78	247,625	250,761	253,850	244,043	248,493	256,304	286,590	298,624
79	240,525	256,324	242,737	241,973	239,431	254,649	263,671	281,048
80	240,250	246,056	243,995	228,973	235,396	243,199	258,583	256,474
81	217,838	232,091	235,013	229,552	221,420	237,783	244,144	249,608
82	212,638	222,918	220,355	219,961	222,305	221,969	238,203	237,242
83	242,605	217,554	210,163	206,696	210,717	219,571	219,554	228,279
84	226,747	251,224	229,191	224,365	210,241	223,928	215,030	210,082
85	870,978	929,736	960,358	969,542	1,006,251	1,054,266	1,068,305	1,153,262
Unknown Age	3,599,469	1,290,074	2,046,921	1,916,413	1,168,021	1,206,241	978,054	1,655,599

Number of People on Antidepressants in the United States, by Year, by Individual Age, 2014-2020:

Age	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
-1	2,699	1,654	2,632	2,803	3,086	3,011	3,182
1	5,121	3,332	4,090	3,746	4,566	4,839	4,742
2	6,686	4,858	5,415	5,025	5,651	5,557	6,545
3	7,822	5,432	6,392	5,130	6,152	5,730	6,299
4	12,285	8,323	9,189	7,440	7,083	7,532	7,381
5	17,337	16,848	16,506	13,743	13,245	11,856	12,874
6	30,080	28,274	32,159	26,121	24,772	23,776	23,432
7	47,284	47,546	48,128	46,840	43,134	42,143	40,841
8	67,180	69,464	73,490	66,447	67,973	66,195	63,876
9	88,038	92,382	99,643	92,523	91,543	95,330	90,888
10	108,279	113,362	121,834	111,333	108,583	116,395	114,123
11	128,517	135,297	136,509	130,131	130,311	135,968	132,218
12	152,577	162,227	165,383	157,205	164,651	174,923	174,383
13	196,124	199,849	205,888	199,271	206,966	222,781	227,057
14	242,618	261,434	259,938	250,788	262,826	279,327	289,679
15	294,517	321,990	338,071	313,398	329,846	351,566	354,632
16	344,402	371,824	399,063	385,180	390,801	420,212	422,650
17	367,631	405,065	431,837	424,820	445,665	463,462	471,838
18	368,539	406,860	446,622	432,102	460,803	492,874	494,767
19	377,556	411,277	451,868	444,769	466,030	505,486	523,299
20	395,740	432,961	471,644	458,594	488,067	518,641	547,772
21	415,670	447,345	487,639	470,637	495,531	537,568	559,406
22	439,152	466,320	501,892	482,064	504,029	541,515	573,233
23	464,017	489,493	522,846	495,069	517,452	552,788	580,880
24	489,824	514,054	548,312	516,784	531,997	567,098	592,654
25	505,694	540,515	576,730	542,849	553,131	584,664	608,964
26	513,938	544,849	596,753	560,875	573,280	603,555	625,642
27	522,484	551,659	598,186	573,361	583,885	614,803	632,687
28	545,855	570,618	613,805	586,650	609,594	639,350	658,776
29	572,499	590,515	630,106	598,775	616,195	664,810	683,677
30	587,328	617,193	650,395	611,410	625,898	669,441	705,651
31	611,571	629,073	675,027	629,651	634,960	675,551	707,953
32	644,024	652,519	686,187	650,603	648,421	683,184	712,004
33	665,699	683,729	706,272	659,052	669,056	692,956	716,283
34	688,539	703,829	737,957	674,868	674,440	712,117	724,609
35	689,691	727,156	756,387	704,036	686,293	715,274	740,313
36	686,775	725,061	776,887	717,630	713,395	726,091	742,125
37	700,109	721,391	772,272	737,652	724,677	750,769	749,374
38	687,117	733,336	765,223	731,251	742,441	759,335	772,168
39	701,518	719,353	775,885	721,742	735,704	775,165	777,784
40	723,159	734,267	761,994	732,404	723,475	765,668	791,578
41	738,146	754,786	770,977	716,267	733,916	750,894	779,651
42	781,068	772,610	793,903	727,430	715,978	761,792	762,719
43	849,179	817,932	809,611	744,398	725,092	741,949	770,859
44	878,863	885,333	853,507	759,280	742,711	748,963	748,879
45	856,615	917,498	921,922	799,852	755,639	767,378	756,628
46	846,768	891,417	955,388	864,699	795,218	780,426	773,422
47	854,766	883,036	928,957	896,718	858,110	818,124	783,899
48	881,075	890,738	915,894	872,141	891,927	884,819	823,701
49	925,988	920,153	925,536	859,974	868,972	919,034	887,675
50	984,746	966,461	955,117	866,019	855,534	895,535	920,266
51	1,009,017	1,025,100	999,872	893,080	860,643	880,060	892,870
52	1,026,738	1,046,608	1,058,188	933,709	884,792	879,875	875,534
53	1,040,135	1,062,652	1,076,413	986,802	921,743	904,785	875,704
54	1,036,756	1,074,455	1,088,862	1,001,288	975,667	938,569	894,715
55	1,029,707	1,066,750	1,097,534	1,010,878	984,559	991,461	927,582
56	1,018,477	1,056,050	1,089,011	1,017,332	993,033	998,807	975,695
57	1,021,652	1,044,952	1,073,001	1,008,086	997,069	1,005,094	982,324
58	995,205	1,043,825	1,060,377	992,995	989,276	1,009,168	987,440
59	968,662	1,016,452	1,058,250	981,647	974,250	1,000,425	991,056
60	947,027	986,791	1,027,369	979,381	959,253	983,992	980,115
61	906,264	964,775	995,421	948,984	958,533	965,972	961,731
62	871,342	920,165	970,782	916,463	928,120	964,058	941,928
63	820,565	881,179	923,420	891,855	893,975	931,326	937,600
64	766,371	832,217	885,471	850,578	870,472	896,250	905,109
65	769,063	802,144	861,734	844,498	858,315	899,694	898,956
66	760,023	777,652	801,167	790,818	818,475	849,765	863,904
67	762,118	770,718	781,986	741,049	769,958	815,818	825,212
68	652,285	777,578	773,281	722,829	722,950	770,265	792,384
69	556,501	661,060	781,104	714,594	701,610	722,904	749,959
70	547,760	565,378	664,165	720,407	691,641	700,555	700,322
71	544,186	556,637	567,041	614,522	696,877	689,622	678,811
72	502,265	552,091	558,859	521,600	599,762	695,832	666,457
73	444,664	507,145	553,590	514,575	505,113	597,935	670,977
74	409,977	449,294	510,916	508,475	496,887	502,466	573,814
75	383,026	412,466	448,542	468,215	491,731	492,719	480,145
76	365,376	385,619	413,027	410,984	453,727	486,000	470,117
77	339,862	367,605	385,169	377,272	397,327	448,825	463,524
78	318,220	338,059	366,570	349,372	362,921	391,614	424,432
79	301,890	315,679	335,667	331,403	334,910	354,773	368,732
80	279,312	296,567	308,060	300,822	315,666	325,567	332,731
81	256,477	272,721	289,609	276,211	285,048	305,630	302,908
82	248,302	249,243	265,785	258,005	261,577	275,966	284,419
83	233,811	239,649	241,815	236,038	241,870	251,106	253,995
84	229,194	225,614	230,835	173,507	219,020	231,083	229,298
85	1,242,391	1,204,795	1,256,143	1,119,484	1,173,329	1,206,624	1,250,996
Unknown Age	1,397,120	334,031	72,619	414,049	112,034	77,445	1,288,801