Washington, Dec 30 (IANS/EFE) There will be 320.09 million people in the US Jan 1, 2015 - 0.73 percent more than the previous year which saw the population grow by 2.33 million people, the Census Bureau has said.
This figure represents a 3.67 percent increase since April 1, 2010, according to the bureau.
The Census Bureau estimated that the world population will be at 7.2 billion Jan 1, 2015, which is a 1.08 percent increase over the last year.
In January 2015, there will be one birth every eight seconds in the US and a death every 12.
According to projections, international immigration will add one person to the US population every 33 seconds.
The combination of births, deaths and international immigration will increase the US population by one person every 16 seconds.
In January 2015, the world will witness 4.3 births and 1.8 deaths every second.
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