World population up 75 million this year, standing at 8 billion on Jan. 1
World population up 75 million this year, standing at 8 billion on Jan. 1
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People look up at Christmas lights as crowds stroll around downtown Lisbon’s Chiado neighborhood, Saturday evening, Dec. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
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People crowd in front of a decorated Christmas tree at a promenade on the eve of Christmas in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. Although Christians comprise only two percent of the population Christmas is a national holiday and is observed across the country as an occasion to celebrate. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Crowds gather for the Surfing Santa event Christmas Eve morning in Cocoa Beach Fla., on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. The tradition started in 2009 when George Trosset and his son, George Jr., went surfing in a Santa suit and an elf costume on Christmas Eve. Friends found out about it and joined them the next year. The event grew each year and now in its 15th year the event attracts thousands and has become a fund raiser for the Florida Surf Museum and Grind for Life, an organization that provides financial assistance to cancer victims. (Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP)
The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year’s Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday.
The worldwide growth rate in the past year was just under 1%. At the start of 2024, 4.3 births and two deaths are expected worldwide every second, according to the Census Bureau figures.
The growth rate for the United States in the past year was 0.53%, about half the worldwide figure. The U.S. added 1.7 million people and will have a population on New Year’s Day of 335.8 million people.
If the current pace continues through the end of the decade, the 2020s could be the slowest-growing decade in U.S. history, yielding a growth rate of less than 4% over the 10-year-period from 2020 to 2030, said William Frey, a demographer at The Brookings Institution.
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