Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Upon the U.S. population reaching 300 million today
Did you know...
The US is now the 3rd most populous nation after China and India
1 person is born in US every 7 seconds
Add people coming to US from other countries, subtract deaths, for a net gain of 1 person every 11 seconds.
For a very graphic representation of this see the Population Clock here: http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html
Since I sat down at the computer (too many hours ago), over one thousand people have been added.
In 1900 the world population was approx. 1.6 billion. It is now 6,550,997,5565. (Don't ask me how they get that figure.)
But here's the rub -
It took several million years to reach the first billion.The second billion was reached in 130 years. Today we add a new billion every 11 years.
Next time I will tell you how many animal species have been eliminated.
we can't keep this up, folks.
The US is now the 3rd most populous nation after China and India
1 person is born in US every 7 seconds
Add people coming to US from other countries, subtract deaths, for a net gain of 1 person every 11 seconds.
For a very graphic representation of this see the Population Clock here: http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html
Since I sat down at the computer (too many hours ago), over one thousand people have been added.
In 1900 the world population was approx. 1.6 billion. It is now 6,550,997,5565. (Don't ask me how they get that figure.)
But here's the rub -
It took several million years to reach the first billion.The second billion was reached in 130 years. Today we add a new billion every 11 years.
Next time I will tell you how many animal species have been eliminated.
we can't keep this up, folks.
