The US Census Bureau said the world population grew by 75 million in the past year, and will stand at more than 8 billion come New Year’s Day. The growth rate in the past year was 0.95%.
Data released by the US Census Bureau on Thursday said the world population grew by 75 million people over the past year. On New Year’s Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people.
The projected world population on January 1, 2024 is 8,019,876,189, up by 75,162,541 (0.95%) from New Year’s Day 2023.
At the beginning of 2024, 4.3 births and two deaths are expected worldwide every second, according to the Census Bureau.
(DW)
