Wednesday, October 18, 2006

300 Million and counting !


US population reaches 300 million at 7.46 am October 18th 2006.

"It took the nation 139 years to get to 100 million mark in 1915. And another 52 years to reach 200 million in 1967. But it will have taken just 39 years to hit the 300 million mark, which means that the country is getting bigger and much bigger much faster." said Anderson Cooper on his show on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360

Want to know the WORLD POPULATION as of today?

The US Census Bureau's Web site has a POP CLOCK that shows up to the minute the population of the US and the World.

According to the US Census Bureau there is

One birth every.................................. 7 seconds
One death every.................................. 13 seconds
One international migrant (net) every............ 31 seconds
Net gain of one person every..................... 11 seconds

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