As 2024 came to a close, the U.S. Census Bureau projected the U.S. population was at 341,145,670 when the new year began at Midnight, an annual increase of 2,640,171 or 0.78%.
By comparison, just before the nation’s independence nearly 250 years ago, the 13 colonies had about 2.5 million residents.
The projected world population on January 1, 2025, is 8,092,034,511, up 71,178,087 (0.89%) from New Year’s Day 2024.
During January 2025, 4.2 births and 2.0 deaths are expected worldwide every second.
Here are the 10 most populous states:
State Population in 2024 / Population per square mile
California 39,431,263 253.0
Texas 31,290,831 119.8
Florida 23,372,215 435.6
New York 19,867,248 421.6
Pennsylvania 13,078,751 292.3
Illinois 12,710,158 229.0
Ohio 11,883,304 290.8
Georgia 11,180,878 193.7
North Carolina 11,046,024 227.2
Michigan 10,140,459 179.1
Courtesy U.S. Census Bureau
The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion people on New Year’s Day, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Monday.
The 0.9% increase in 2024 was a slight slowdown from 2023, when the world population grew by 75 million people. In January 2025, 4.2 births and 2.0 deaths are expected worldwide every second, according to the estimates.
The United States grew by 2.6 million people in 2024, and the U.S. population on New Year’s Day will be 341 million people, according to the Census Bureau.
The United States was expected to have one birth every 9 seconds and one death every 9.4 seconds in January 2025. International migration was expected to add one person to the U.S. population every 23.2 seconds. The combination of births, deaths and net international migration will increase the U.S. population by one person every 21.2 seconds, the Census Bureau said.
So far in the 2020s, the U.S. population has grown by almost 9.7 million people, a 2.9% growth rate. In the 2010s, the U.S. grew by 7.4%, which was the lowest rate since the 1930s.
