A Population with Slow Growth is Still a Growing Population

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January 27, 2022
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January 27, 2022

Taking a Look at US Population Numbers

The total population of the world is inching towards eight billion. In 2021, a whopping 74 million people were added worldwide. While NPG is primarily focused on United States population numbers, trends, and issues, we do believe it is important to also look at worldwide numbers. The Daily Mail recently published an article about US population growth, reporting: “The world’s population is now estimated at 7.8 billion people, with the US growing by 707,000 people over the past year as the country adds one new person from international migration every 130 seconds.”

They also included details for illegal crossings, sharing: “The US population is now estimated at 332.4 million people as Customs and Border Protection record high numbers of illegal crossings at the southern border. CBP saw 173,620 illegal crossers at the southern border in November, a 140% uptick compared to November 2020.” This high number of crossings stands in direct contrast to the many mainstream media headlines decrying low population numbers this year.

To be very clear: even a low growth rate still amounts to more people who need to be fed, clothed, educated, employed, housed, and employed. While we may be growing at a slower rate than we have before, let’s remember that since 1980 we have added more than 100 million people to the United States.

For a bird’s eye view of the US population and world population – DailyMail offered the following:

“The US is expected to experience a birth every 9 seconds and a death every 11 seconds this year. Worldwide, 4.3 births and 2 deaths are expected every second.”

With such salient facts on hand, it is more important than ever that we continue to work hard to educate others on the importance of achieving and maintaining lower population numbers. By working to slow, halt, and eventually reverse population growth, we can take the future into our own hands. We can deliberately choose to follow the path of grassroots efforts and policy amendments to resist the overconsumption of our natural resources and compete against the urge to disrupt our green spaces with more infrastructure.

Please see our Forum paper series here to read more about population-related issues, or see below for direct links to our most recent publications:

How COVID, Climate, and the Cartels Reshape US Refugee Policy, by Edwin S. Rubenstein

The New York Times’ Readers Want to Re-Write the Paper’s Gloomy Narrative on Population Decline, by Alan Saly

Don’t Call It a Crisis: The Natural Explanation Behind Collapsing Birth Rates, by Nathanial Gronewold