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

The following information is the most accurate and documented data available on the antidepressant Wellbutrin (including its generic version, bupropion) 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 Wellbutrin in the United States, by Year, Various Age Groups, 2006-2013:

Age	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
All Ages	5,350,834	4,707,764	4,333,096	4,327,702	4,524,828	4,842,059	4,929,357	5,041,352
0-17	190,055	172,062	147,628	132,719	130,495	134,349	131,872	136,577
18+	4,631,902	4,375,965	4,044,102	4,061,419	4,266,779	4,576,425	4,687,950	4,816,311
0-5	1,930	839	460	395	254	244	193	191
0-24	487,233	452,951	407,497	388,108	396,981	428,533	437,308	452,039
-1-1	1,284	510	149	132	77	61	61	39
2-3	131	96	74	52	42	36	30	35
4-5	660	271	240	223	141	147	103	121
6-12	42,698	36,818	30,693	26,620	24,494	23,913	22,158	21,452
13-17	146,937	135,939	117,905	107,047	106,918	111,310	110,869	116,146
18-24	303,801	287,504	265,849	260,816	270,817	298,197	310,045	320,212
25-34	786,125	728,279	657,833	655,641	678,466	724,349	737,665	754,047
35-44	1,164,462	1,068,165	950,561	927,686	949,067	995,822	999,672	1,017,177
45-54	1,306,247	1,222,711	1,115,250	1,101,371	1,129,705	1,177,273	1,173,863	1,181,127
55-64	776,180	774,023	750,238	783,482	848,873	927,182	963,843	1,003,057
65-74	236,750	247,930	255,640	277,084	310,110	362,121	415,714	455,975
75-84	88,439	89,086	87,708	90,415	97,963	107,744	115,817	123,754
85+	29,777	29,241	29,594	29,227	30,806	32,119	33,110	39,605
Unknown Age	581,500	187,614	206,684	184,533	159,840	154,950	137,745	242,819

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

Age	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
All Ages	5,346,002	5,666,757	6,280,081	6,189,901	6,382,595	6,768,162	6,964,459
0-17	160,600	169,811	165,973	154,060	154,908	161,545	159,054
18+	5,113,956	5,507,181	6,163,219	6,054,696	6,225,135	6,604,580	6,690,726
0-5	497	403	367	260	224	191	186
0-24	501,144	547,585	585,711	567,594	590,497	632,335	664,155
-1-1	145	76	100	72	92	123	104
2-3	104	70	63	39	35	44	43
4-5	243	261	210	152	122	90	85
6-12	26,705	26,900	24,379	21,154	20,016	19,357	16,809
13-17	128,278	136,839	139,805	132,778	135,157	142,989	142,939
18-24	346,455	384,862	425,170	418,224	440,435	475,833	509,889
25-34	809,469	881,658	976,965	949,051	978,682	1,051,227	1,103,572
35-44	1,070,540	1,144,572	1,241,451	1,201,726	1,222,948	1,293,436	1,320,777
45-54	1,250,687	1,342,727	1,437,154	1,370,473	1,360,558	1,398,496	1,370,414
55-64	1,098,116	1,203,568	1,318,781	1,293,904	1,318,403	1,382,310	1,352,117
65-74	520,586	590,871	673,424	690,784	737,412	808,490	831,343
75-84	142,132	161,474	181,341	189,324	211,197	235,114	241,817
85+	47,785	41,967	45,952	39,068	41,458	43,577	44,619
Unknown Age	205,548	49,060	8,427	38,333	14,561	9,197	148,791

Number of People on Wellbutrin 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
0	748	383	91	71	47	34	30	21
1	560	125	58	63	31	27	31	17
2	80	42	35	22	22	18	16	19
3	54	55	39	30	20	19	13	17
4	97	79	64	46	25	48	21	25
5	587	198	179	179	120	101	85	98
6	1,070	871	575	477	425	473	313	381
7	2,147	1,837	1,551	1,157	938	1,007	957	844
8	3,642	3,225	2,755	2,418	1,998	1,797	1,738	1,723
9	5,793	4,946	4,228	3,566	3,334	3,008	2,763	2,639
10	8,140	7,140	5,837	5,083	4,710	4,545	4,173	3,948
11	10,638	9,583	8,040	6,841	6,207	6,183	5,884	5,610
12	14,615	12,262	10,381	9,296	8,651	8,541	8,082	7,989
13	19,045	16,910	13,934	12,203	11,797	12,190	11,902	12,013
14	25,114	22,768	19,215	16,586	16,399	17,202	17,003	17,926
15	32,606	29,880	25,878	23,443	22,454	23,174	24,125	25,455
16	39,638	37,296	32,581	29,913	29,330	30,670	30,587	33,014
17	43,430	42,214	37,844	34,887	35,042	35,828	36,423	37,615
18	41,350	41,368	38,503	36,482	36,277	37,491	37,984	38,998
19	39,083	38,035	35,819	35,477	35,915	38,172	39,437	40,425
20	39,654	38,935	36,369	36,286	37,896	40,749	42,425	44,207
21	44,720	42,182	39,205	38,575	41,246	45,357	46,967	48,572
22	47,662	45,786	41,860	41,284	42,477	48,342	51,356	52,640
23	51,735	49,341	45,802	43,632	45,111	50,760	55,107	57,259
24	58,412	52,776	48,704	48,203	48,408	54,199	58,152	61,194
25	64,130	60,282	53,053	52,373	53,588	58,431	62,664	64,542
26	71,777	65,134	59,676	56,620	57,596	62,133	64,778	66,817
27	76,310	72,300	63,902	63,491	62,425	65,500	67,738	69,615
28	78,080	75,797	69,966	67,718	69,007	70,850	73,116	74,818
29	83,961	78,233	73,009	74,231	73,165	77,221	77,829	79,466
30	85,541	83,388	74,725	76,743	80,245	82,024	84,681	83,521
31	88,927	83,973	78,950	77,578	82,243	87,486	87,923	89,657
32	93,610	86,691	78,838	81,318	82,057	89,522	93,670	94,367
33	96,880	91,287	81,824	80,658	86,324	89,480	95,171	99,693
34	104,327	94,174	85,670	83,651	85,246	93,830	95,003	100,998
35	115,389	101,362	88,674	87,750	87,937	92,686	98,169	100,314
36	124,589	112,112	94,605	90,476	92,013	94,810	96,640	103,726
37	121,670	121,609	104,926	95,540	94,520	99,837	99,617	101,934
38	117,816	117,525	112,253	105,753	100,027	100,784	104,057	104,179
39	120,230	114,648	109,371	112,887	109,242	107,000	105,834	108,599
40	123,570	115,851	106,523	110,213	117,064	117,128	110,893	110,287
41	129,357	118,589	107,539	106,285	112,906	124,225	121,729	115,870
42	139,670	122,520	109,952	107,162	109,066	120,226	128,030	126,946
43	142,701	132,491	113,303	108,243	109,684	116,268	124,191	132,436
44	146,300	135,561	121,725	112,766	111,468	115,519	120,764	128,366
45	150,196	138,687	124,808	121,667	115,150	117,791	120,188	124,280
46	152,342	141,642	127,500	123,649	123,308	121,867	121,910	123,412
47	151,857	142,870	130,431	126,249	125,363	128,774	126,691	125,081
48	149,966	143,346	130,016	128,747	128,652	132,010	133,653	129,678
49	154,382	141,201	131,975	128,831	130,173	134,290	136,016	136,979
50	150,613	144,844	128,846	128,764	129,900	136,276	138,169	139,340
51	145,463	141,283	131,851	125,579	128,214	135,456	139,854	140,770
52	142,954	137,765	129,177	128,116	127,028	133,731	139,547	141,497
53	136,676	134,510	125,206	125,065	128,888	132,523	138,218	141,122
54	131,460	128,417	122,539	120,975	124,900	132,817	135,368	139,354
55	122,621	123,137	117,768	119,480	120,658	130,355	136,042	136,820
56	113,285	115,350	111,853	113,449	117,869	124,595	131,994	136,662
57	107,900	106,250	104,656	107,876	112,647	120,847	126,450	132,148
58	102,456	101,020	95,808	100,333	106,351	115,405	123,464	125,709
59	101,064	95,799	91,418	91,935	98,830	108,347	115,988	123,304
60	85,416	93,984	86,598	87,056	90,785	100,896	109,692	115,780
61	67,635	79,224	83,941	82,931	85,142	91,670	101,578	108,252
62	62,142	62,121	71,381	79,788	80,039	85,739	91,921	100,094
63	60,146	56,709	55,449	67,152	77,160	79,225	85,876	89,789
64	52,356	54,535	50,168	52,340	64,844	77,982	79,815	83,691
65	44,399	49,934	50,758	50,048	52,900	67,564	82,402	82,486
66	38,730	41,688	45,683	48,306	49,253	53,773	70,756	82,312
67	33,369	36,236	37,636	44,082	47,946	50,547	54,966	69,338
68	30,272	30,582	32,435	36,391	43,329	48,937	52,380	54,498
69	26,547	28,512	28,272	31,440	35,505	43,573	50,410	51,322
70	22,784	24,154	25,623	26,725	30,047	35,878	44,212	48,767
71	20,280	21,263	22,008	24,364	25,798	30,324	36,214	42,919
72	18,236	19,035	19,662	21,098	23,616	26,287	31,131	34,840
73	16,142	17,144	17,220	18,780	20,233	23,928	26,840	30,133
74	15,068	15,162	15,711	16,659	18,276	20,714	24,252	26,080
75	13,998	14,151	13,699	14,982	16,371	18,369	21,133	23,424
76	13,113	12,977	12,908	12,892	14,524	16,328	18,587	20,264
77	12,052	12,438	11,887	12,208	12,756	14,621	16,416	17,749
78	11,298	11,268	11,323	11,279	12,151	12,719	14,659	15,597
79	10,161	10,927	10,371	10,452	10,955	11,938	12,341	13,970
80	9,550	9,675	9,621	9,399	9,844	10,761	11,628	11,855
81	8,390	8,479	8,852	8,846	9,002	9,780	10,329	10,764
82	7,513	7,860	7,866	8,249	8,492	8,773	9,421	9,695
83	7,865	7,202	7,162	7,277	7,608	8,262	8,492	8,685
84	7,299	7,653	6,887	7,221	7,202	7,605	7,804	7,771
85	29,777	29,241	29,594	29,227	30,806	32,119	33,110	39,605
Unknown Age	581,500	187,614	206,684	184,533	159,840	154,950	137,745	242,819

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

Age	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
0	73	46	60	75	78	70	45
1	72	30	48	20	31	55	59
2	44	53	46	36	18	28	19
3	60	17	17	3	17	18	19
4	78	60	36	18	23	18	17
5	164	202	173	134	109	72	70
6	598	467	544	414	361	264	221
7	1,364	1,137	1,215	935	857	770	575
8	2,230	2,186	2,089	1,681	1,649	1,469	1,159
9	3,530	3,358	3,301	2,792	2,595	2,384	2,030
10	4,685	4,648	4,573	4,036	3,514	3,544	2,973
11	6,339	6,346	5,954	5,437	5,154	5,048	4,398
12	8,938	9,030	8,529	7,903	7,979	8,113	7,233
13	13,324	13,451	13,076	12,051	12,529	12,849	12,481
14	20,016	19,990	19,924	18,477	18,892	20,293	20,011
15	28,206	29,905	29,383	27,687	28,450	30,080	30,140
16	36,263	38,563	40,675	37,749	38,446	41,087	40,695
17	41,353	45,269	47,735	46,992	47,265	49,945	50,421
18	41,890	46,608	51,111	49,517	52,718	54,922	57,038
19	43,505	48,825	54,090	53,943	56,240	61,282	63,417
20	47,937	53,739	59,686	59,019	63,057	67,979	74,029
21	52,422	58,007	65,212	64,749	67,936	74,864	80,109
22	57,002	62,411	69,257	68,490	72,415	78,917	86,200
23	61,672	67,778	74,255	72,398	76,418	83,701	90,643
24	66,921	73,062	79,930	77,791	81,125	88,361	94,978
25	71,628	79,185	87,149	84,058	86,845	93,218	100,015
26	73,142	81,540	92,028	89,196	91,446	98,682	104,665
27	75,684	83,441	93,850	92,646	95,589	102,454	107,698
28	80,984	88,096	98,936	97,141	102,418	109,379	113,776
29	85,692	92,794	102,642	101,045	105,492	116,362	121,005
30	90,038	98,238	107,989	104,082	108,775	119,058	127,067
31	93,992	101,590	112,677	109,218	111,794	121,601	129,164
32	100,142	105,671	116,334	113,946	115,952	124,178	130,334
33	104,717	112,115	120,716	116,876	121,009	127,755	132,552
34	109,316	116,357	127,813	120,939	122,597	132,916	135,367
35	109,730	121,450	131,729	126,587	126,160	133,351	139,190
36	109,507	120,242	135,889	129,774	132,139	137,054	140,114
37	112,355	119,704	134,594	134,207	135,390	142,764	142,922
38	110,218	123,221	132,937	132,611	139,145	145,860	147,963
39	112,252	120,878	136,248	130,604	137,175	148,764	149,643
40	117,085	122,476	134,069	133,256	134,744	146,773	151,654
41	118,292	126,483	134,801	130,670	136,356	143,206	149,220
42	125,772	129,135	138,621	131,388	133,272	145,547	145,261
43	136,394	135,784	141,172	134,538	133,567	141,757	146,727
44	141,717	147,438	147,950	137,009	136,968	141,362	142,322
45	136,907	153,001	158,946	143,161	138,625	144,658	141,965
46	132,925	147,693	164,912	154,101	145,207	146,249	144,670
47	132,020	143,525	159,116	159,871	155,850	152,367	145,509
48	134,280	141,734	154,156	154,205	161,939	163,701	151,459
49	138,954	144,644	152,692	149,295	155,528	169,315	162,028
50	146,104	149,234	155,286	147,032	150,356	162,587	167,539
51	148,643	156,503	160,255	148,948	147,583	155,993	160,074
52	150,137	158,004	167,269	153,329	150,040	153,158	153,654
53	151,526	159,654	168,289	159,907	154,150	156,188	150,370
54	149,826	161,379	169,447	161,607	161,180	159,676	152,065
55	147,280	158,690	170,452	162,064	161,193	167,078	155,228
56	144,898	155,529	167,666	163,022	161,672	167,297	161,818
57	143,964	152,705	164,063	159,314	161,532	166,711	161,740
58	138,922	150,790	159,411	155,214	158,660	165,953	160,882
59	132,291	144,209	157,552	150,728	154,359	162,942	159,913
60	128,430	138,188	149,786	149,205	149,024	157,570	156,192
61	119,794	132,904	143,310	140,829	146,794	152,205	150,667
62	112,005	123,157	136,691	133,731	138,522	149,342	144,799
63	102,696	115,681	127,382	127,753	131,095	140,692	141,657
64	92,869	105,196	118,015	118,770	125,503	132,165	133,534
65	89,661	98,265	111,208	114,730	120,276	130,391	129,549
66	85,781	92,556	100,287	103,730	112,256	119,517	122,085
67	84,731	87,489	94,734	93,729	100,929	111,999	113,320
68	69,220	86,970	89,781	88,024	91,207	100,952	105,857
69	55,846	71,122	88,442	83,557	85,654	91,277	95,858
70	51,910	55,931	72,371	81,816	80,664	84,655	84,708
71	49,464	52,818	56,947	67,006	78,729	79,978	79,178
72	44,024	50,185	53,333	52,157	64,738	78,066	74,436
73	35,331	44,199	50,926	49,176	50,744	64,173	72,003
74	31,088	35,758	44,700	46,436	46,985	49,751	59,407
75	26,262	31,124	35,830	40,622	44,364	46,108	45,604
76	24,032	26,590	30,818	32,701	38,822	43,442	42,166
77	20,501	24,085	26,102	27,997	31,429	37,835	39,433
78	17,956	20,578	23,706	23,577	26,495	30,435	33,982
79	15,819	17,574	20,259	21,326	22,238	25,201	26,971
80	13,902	15,453	17,061	17,627	19,493	21,070	22,063
81	11,716	13,514	14,743	15,026	16,260	18,493	18,306
82	11,040	11,461	12,697	12,989	14,000	15,271	16,292
83	9,740	10,253	10,906	11,264	11,939	12,911	13,460
84	8,842	9,167	9,811	7,439	10,131	11,234	11,210
85	47,785	41,967	45,952	39,068	41,458	43,577	44,619
Unknown Age	205,548	49,060	8,427	38,333	14,561	9,197	148,791