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.

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.

    • @TheDeepState
      -7•11 months ago

      Or WW3. One of the obstacles to universal basic income is too many people.

      • @DannyMacEnglish
        4•11 months ago

        Won’t be any UBI in a nuclear hell scape unless it means Unusable Biosphere Integrity.

      • @Fredselfish
        1•11 months ago

        We get Star Trek universe if we have one of those but not sure any of us would get to enjoy that.