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World population expected to be over 7.9 billion on New Year's Day, U.S. Census Bureau projects
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The global population is projected to be over 7.9 billion on New Year's Day, the U.S. Census Bureau announced. That means the world's population will have increased by almost 1%, or more than 73 million people, since New Year's Day in 2022.
The Census Bureau is also projecting that in January there will be 4.3 births and 2 deaths per second worldwide.
The bureau made estimates for the U.S. population as well, projecting the national population will be over 334 million — an increase of almost 0.5% or 1.57 million more people — on New Year's Day.
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