Births, deaths and immigration mean an increase in total U.S. population of one person every 17 seconds.
The U.S. Census Bureau today projected today that on New Year’s Day 2012 the total United States population will be 312,780,968. This is an increase of 2,250,129, or 0.7% from New Year’s Day 2011, and an increase of 4,035,430, or 1.3 percent, since Census Day on 1 April 2010. In January 2012, one birth is expected to occur every eight seconds in the United States and one death every 12 seconds.
Through 2050, the United States is projected to remain in third place behind India and China among the world’s most populous countries with 423 million inhabitants. China of course has been the world’s largest auto market for three years now, and will likely remain so for the next decade. While this looks like a large increases in the number of persons in the U.S., the rate of population growth, is projected to decrease during the next six decades by about 50 %. (International Data Base)
The decrease in the rate of growth is mostly due to the aging of the population and, consequently, a dramatic increase in the number of deaths. From 2030 to 2050, the United States would grow more slowly than ever before in its history, potentially an economic disaster with potentially grave implications for economic expansion, revenue and national wealth.
Immigration is expected to add one person to the U.S. population every 46 seconds in January 2012. The combination of births, deaths and immigration results in an increase in the total U.S. population of one person every 17 seconds.
