World population up 75 million this year, standing at 8 billion on Jan. 1
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The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year’s Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday.
The worldwide growth rate in the past year was just under 1%. At the start of 2024, 4.3 births and two deaths are expected worldwide every second, according to the Census Bureau figures.
The growth rate for the United States in the past year was 0.53%, about half the worldwide figure. The U.S. added 1.7 million people and will have a population on New Year’s Day of 335.8 million people.
Well that’s unescessary
Way too many people.
We need a new plague.
We just had one!
Or WW3. One of the obstacles to universal basic income is too many people.
Won't be any UBI in a nuclear hell scape unless it means Unusable Biosphere Integrity.
...in one spot, mostly big cities.
the earth is still mostly vast, and needs to spread all the people to a more habitable area.
All the most habitable spots are already taken. The only spots left have major disadvantages.
You can't just 'spread out' all the people. It doesn't work that way. Not everyone wants to live on a cliffside road in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, or wherever. Nor is it advantageous in any way to do so.
Bullshit. Who else would want to go to such a place? Weird living conditions just take a bit of time to get used to and nobody is going to bother you.
If it's not that hard, everyone would do it.
All the efficiencies for transportation and infrastructure are possible because of big cities. One of the biggest contributors to us getting climate change under control will be our ability to leverage the most amount of green energy policies for the least amount of resources.
Which would require far more energy to support. Concentration means easier logistics, less transportation, and less overall resources required
you dont have the first clue what you're takling about.
To put in perspective, the population in 1980 was about 4.5bln. So we could erase almost half the global population and still have a workforce like 1980. 8 BILLION is way more than ever needed to exist (at the same time).
People. Pull out. Always.
Got snipped, I never pull out 🙂
Every. Single. Time.
I hope the birth rate declines. Too many people fucking up everything.
Leading economies all have low birth rates. I believe the US is still below our replacement rate without immigration. Where are populations growing fast? This article does not say. My guess is low cost of living areas like third world counties?
In "3rd world" African countries, kids are still often used for labor so it's beneficial for families to have more children. I believe India has taken over China's place as the most populated area. There are also countries like Aghanistan, with rulers who have banned birthcontrol - although given the exodus when the U.S. bailed, I don't know where they stand growth-wise rn