Just in time for the New Year, the U.S. Census Bureau released its predictions for the future of U.S. and global population numbers.
The Bureau reported that it expects the United States to reach 320,090,857 people by Jan. 1, 2015. This would represent an increase of about 2,334,187 people (0.73 percent) from New Year's Day 2014. This would also be an increase of 11,345,319 individuals (3.76 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 Census Bureau reported.
In terms of the global population, which is projected at 7,214,958,996 people as of Jan. 1, 2014, there is expected to be an increase of 77,381,246 people (1.08 percent) by New Year's Day 2015. In January 2015 there will be about 4.3 births and 1.8 deaths per second around the world.
The Census Bureau offers a Population Clock that displays population growth in the U.S. and across the globe in real time.
"The U.S. population clock is based on a series of short-term projections for the resident population of the United States. This includes people whose usual residence is in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. These projections do not include members of the Armed Forces overseas, their dependents, or other U.S. citizens residing outside the United States," the Bureau stated.
The data is also based on monthly population estimates, beginning with respondents from the April 1, 2010 census.
"At the end of each year, a new series of population estimates, from the census date forward, is used to revise the postcensal estimates, including the population clock projections series. Once a series of monthly projections is completed, the daily population clock numbers are derived by interpolation. Within each calendar month, the daily numerical population change is assumed to be constant, subject to negligible differences caused by rounding," the Bureau said.
The data for world populations comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base.
