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.

  • HACKthePRISONS@kolektiva.social
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    10 months ago

    >There was a guy calling everyone a eugenicist for simply saying we need less people to help bring down climate change.

    yea. that’s ecofascist rhetoric. of course they told you what you’re doing.

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      10 months ago

      It’s fascist only if people don’t choose on their own, making the choice, entirely their free choice.

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        10 months ago

        you don’t seem to understand that you’re just saying the same thing ecofascists say, then rationalizing it by saying “it’s only propaganda. i’m not forcing anyone to do anything”