Census Bureau: World grew by 74 million over past year
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the world's population will be 7.8 billion people at the beginning of 2022.
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Census Bureau said the world is expected to grow by 74 million people.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the world's population would be 7.8 billion at the beginning of 2022.
This represents a 74-million increase in people or a 0.9% increase from New Year's Day 2021. According to the Bureau, 4.3 births and two deaths are expected every second beginning in the new year.
Meanwhile, the United States grew by nearly 707,000 people in the previous year, and the country's population is expected to be 332.4 million on New Year's Day 2022, according to the US Census Bureau.
From New Year's Day 2021 to New Year's Day 2022, the Census Bureau estimates a 0.2% growth rate.
Starting in the new year, the United States is expected to grow by one person every 40 seconds due to births, minus deaths, and net international migration.
The United States is expected to have a birth every nine seconds, a death every eleven seconds, and an additional person from international migration every 130 seconds.
