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World population up 75 million this year, standing at 8 billion on Jan. 1

The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year’s Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday.

The worldwide growth rate in the past year was just under 1%. At the start of 2024, 4.3 births and two deaths are expected worldwide every second, according to the Census Bureau figures.

The growth rate for the United States in the past year was 0.53%, about half the worldwide figure. The U.S. added 1.7 million people and will have a population on New Year’s Day of 335.8 million people.

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Well that’s unescessary
- Way too many people.
  
  We need a new plague.
  
  Careful, I got called a nazi on here for saying that lol
  
  ...in one spot, mostly big cities.
  the earth is still mostly vast, and needs to spread all the people to a more habitable area.
- To put in perspective, the population in 1980 was about 4.5bln. So we could erase almost half the global population and still have a workforce like 1980. 8 BILLION is way more than ever needed to exist (at the same time).
People. Pull out. Always.
- Every. Single. Time.
I hope the birth rate declines. Too many people fucking up everything.
- Too many people fucking Ftfy
- Guns is the solution! They trim the upper middle class. You know, keep some scraps for the rest of the middle class. Is that how it works? Because I recall as a poor kid that there was no need to lock the door...what someone wants to steal your shoes?
Leading economies all have low birth rates. I believe the US is still below our replacement rate without immigration. Where are populations growing fast? This article does not say. My guess is low cost of living areas like third world counties?
- In "3rd world" African countries, kids are still often used for labor so it's beneficial for families to have more children. I believe India has taken over China's place as the most populated area. There are also countries like Aghanistan, with rulers who have banned birthcontrol - although given the exodus when the U.S. bailed, I don't know where they stand growth-wise rn

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