The world’s population has increased by approximately 75 million over the past year according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday. By New Year’s Day, the population is expected to exceed 8 billion, reflecting a worldwide growth rate of just under one percent. The Census Bureau also projected that by the outset of 2024, worldwide stats will average 4.3 births and two deaths every second.
In comparison to the global count, the growth rate within the United States has been estimated to be approximately half the worldwide figure at 0.53 percent – with families having fewer or no children, and politicians simply attempting to mass import migrants to plug the gaps. Over the past year, the U.S. added 1.7 million to its population, bringing the total to an estimated 335.8 million by New Year’s Day.
Historically, the lowest decade of growth in the United States followed the Great Depression of the 1930s, with a growth rate of 7.3 percent. As 2024 commences, the U.S. is projected to register one birth every nine seconds and one death every 9.5 seconds. Nonetheless, through net migration, adding one person to the U.S. population every 28.3 seconds, a steady increase in population numbers is expected. This combination of birth, death, and immigration figures is estimated to result in a net growth of one person every 24.2 seconds in the United States.
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