In a news flash headlined "Census Bureau: World grew by 74 million over past year" the Associated Press reported yesterday that the world’s population is projected to be 7.8 billion people on New Year’s Day 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
There were other interesting facts in the article as well:
"That represents an increase of 74 million people, or a 0.9% growth rate from New Year’s Day 2021. Starting in the new year, 4.3 births and two deaths are expected worldwide every second, the Census Bureau estimated.
"Meanwhile, the U.S. grew by almost 707,000 people over the past year, and the nation's population is expected to be 332.4 million residents on New Year's Day 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
"The Census Bureau estimate represents a 0.2% growth rate from New Year's Day 2021 to New Year's Day 2022.
"Starting in the new year, the U.S. is expected to grow by one person every 40 seconds from births, minus deaths, as well as net international migration. The U.S. is expected to experience a birth every nine seconds and a death every 11 seconds, as well as an additional person from international migration every 130 seconds."
(end of AP article)
The new data, according to KARE-TV in Minneapolis-St. Paul (those cities are in Minnesota), show U.S. population growing at the slowest rate ever.
Coincidentally, yesterday Matt Drudge also published in his DRUDGE REPORT the following:
COVID CASES USA
582,044 DEC 30 2021
228,949 DEC 30 2020
DEATHS
1,411 DEC 30 2021
3,808 DEC 30 2020
One conclusion I draw is that Matt Drudge likes capital letters. Another conclusion is that in the U.S., while the number of COVID cases is up, the deaths from COVID are down. Beyond that, I'm not sure what to conclude.
But just to end this post on a more pleasant note, Happy New Year! (and, Yorkshire Pudding's point of view notwithstanding, God bless us, every one!)....
God willing, I shall continue entertaining/irritating you with similar fascinating stuff in 2022.
