The world’s population is projected to be 7.8 billion people on New Year’s Day 2022, the United States will still be the third most populous nation with about 344 million people, but Nigeria according to the U.S. Census Bureau will surpass the United States to become the third most populous nation on earth by 2040s.
Nigeria’s population which is estimated to amount to over two hundred million people and last had its census in 2006.
The Census Bureau also reported that India by 2025, will surpass China in total population (around 1.42 billion each) to become the world’s most populous country.
According to the report by Associated Press on Thursday, the figure by the U.S Census Bureau represents an increase of 74 million people or a 0.9% growth rate from New Year’s Day 2021. Starting in the new year, 4.3 births and two deaths are expected worldwide every second, the Census Bureau estimated.
The report about the world’s population, also stated that the U.S. population grew by almost 707,000 people over the past year, and the nation’s population is expected to be 332.4 million residents on New Year’s Day 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The Census Bureau estimate represents a 0.2% growth rate from New Year’s Day 2021 to New Year’s Day 2022.
Starting in the new year, the U.S. is expected to grow by one person every 40 seconds from births, minus deaths, as well as net international migration. The U.S. is expected to experience a birth every nine seconds and a death every 11 seconds, as well as an additional person from international migration every 130 seconds.