Census Bureau Projects U.S. and World Populations on New Year's Day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MONDAY, DEC. 29, 2014
Census Bureau Projects U.S. and World Populations on New Year's Day
As our nation prepares to ring in the new
year, the U.S. Census Bureau today projected the United States population will
be 320,090,857 on Jan. 1, 2015. This represents an increase of 2,334,187, or
0.73 percent, from New Year’s Day 2014, and 11,345,319, or 3.67 percent, since
Census Day (April 1) 2010.
In January 2015, the U.S. is expected to
experience a birth every eight seconds and one death every 12 seconds.
Meanwhile, net international migration is expected to add one person to the
U.S. population every 33 seconds. The combination of births, deaths and net
international migration increases the U.S. population by one person every 16
seconds.
The projected world population on Jan. 1, is
7,214,958,996, an increase of 77,381,246, or 1.08 percent, from New Year’s Day
2014. During January 2015, 4.3 births and 1.8 deaths are expected worldwide
every second.
The Census Bureau’s Pop Clock displays real-time growth of the U.S. and world
populations.