The global population grew by over 71 million people in 2024, reaching 8.09 billion on New Year\u2019s Day, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This 0.9% increase marks a slight slowdown compared to 2023, which saw a 75 million rise. Worldwide, there are projected to be 4.2 births and 2.0 deaths per second in January 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the United States, the population increased by 2.6 million in 2024, reaching 341 million. The Census Bureau expects one birth every 9 seconds and one death every 9.4 seconds in January, with international migration adding one person every 23.2 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Combined, births, deaths, and migration will result in a net population increase every 21.2 seconds. Since 2020, the U.S. population has grown by 9.7 million (2.9%), slower than the 7.4% growth recorded in the 2010s, the lowest since the 1930s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The global population grew by over 71 million people in 2024, reaching 8.09 billion on New Year\u2019s Day, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This 0.9% increase marks a slight slowdown compared to 2023, which saw a 75 million rise. Worldwide, there are projected to be 4.2 births and 2.0 deaths per second in January …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":116328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,30],"tags":[8966],"class_list":["post-116327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","tag-global-population"],"yoast_head":"\n