America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
Happy New Year 2025!
As 2024 comes to a close, the U.S. Census Bureau projects the U.S. population will be 341,145,670 on New Year’s Day, an annual increase of 2,640,171 or 0.78%.
By comparison, just before the nation’s independence nearly 250 years ago, the 13 colonies had about 2.5 million residents.
The projected world population on January 1, 2025, is 8,092,034,511, up 71,178,087 (0.89%) from New Year’s Day 2024. During January 2025, 4.2 births and 2.0 deaths are expected worldwide every second.
The Census Bureau’s Population Clock displays simulated real-time growth of the U.S. and world populations. The U.S. Population Clock shows the population by age (0 to 100+) and sex, as well as the highest-density states, counties and cities.
The combination of births, deaths and net international migration increases the U.S. population by one person every 21.2 seconds.
Continue reading to learn more about:
- Population estimates from the U.S. and World Population Clocks
- World population projections from our International Database
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