On
New Year’s Day the U.S. Population Hit 322.7 Million and the World Population
Totaled Nearly 7.3 Billion People
The
U.S. Census Bureau projected the United States population was 322,762,018 on
January 1, 2016. This represents an increase of 2,472,745, or 0.77%, from New
Year’s Day 2015. Since Census Day (April 1) 2010, the U.S. population has grown
by 14,016,480, or 4.54%.
In
2016, the United States is expected to experience one birth every eight seconds
and one death every ten seconds. Meanwhile, net international migration is
expected to add one person to the U.S. population every 29 seconds. The
combination of births, deaths and net international migration increases the
U.S. population by one person every 17 seconds.
The
projected world population on January 1 was 7,295,889,256, an increase of
77,918,825, or 1.08%, from New Year’s Day 2015. During January 2016, 4.3 births
and 1.8 deaths are expected worldwide every second. The Census Bureau’s U.S. and World Population Clock simulates
real-time growth of the U.S. and world populations at <http://www.census.gov/popclock>.
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