ToplineThe U.S. Census Bureau projects the world population will be 8,019,876,189 on January 1—an almost 1% increase of 75,162,541 people compared to the beginning of 2023—but the world population will continue growing at a slow pace. In January, the U.S. is expected to have one birth every nine seconds, and one death every 9.5 seconds, the Census Bureau said. The Census Bureau reported in November the world population growth rate peaked in the 1960s, and will continue declining. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted population growth as well, with global life expectancy at birth falling to 71 years in 2021, and countries experiencing unequal recovery from the pandemic across the globe. Surprising FactIf the current population growth rate in the U.S. continues throughout the 2020s, this could be the slowest-growing decade in history, William Frey, a demographer at The Brookings Institution, told the Associated Press.

Source: Forbes December 29, 2023 15:08 UTC