U.S. and World Population Clock

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Post by recardona » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 3:34 AM UTC

U.S. and World Population Clock
census.gov

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Post by largehotcoffee » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 4:01 AM UTC

Interesting that the population age drops off right at 65 (also the retirement age).

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Post by yahelc » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 4:03 AM UTC

largehotcoffee wrote: post #2

Interesting that the population age drops off right at 65 (also the retirement age).

That's a function of the Baby Boomers starting to enter their mid-60s.

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Post by elementary2014 » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 4:20 AM UTC

Quite interesting so many of the top countries are Muslim (Bangladesh, Pakistan, big chunks of Nigeria and India).

I wonder what will happen in the near future when the Muslim population inevitably dominates over the other groups.

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Post by D9u » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 5:30 AM UTC

I see a discrepancy between the listing of the 10 most populous nations, and the counter...

http://i.imgur.com/Jm9uQSF.png 3. United States 318,892,103

But the counter for the USA (as I write this) says: 317,760,552.

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Post by tesseract » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 5:41 AM UTC

This has been around a long time in one form or another. I remember being fascinated by it as a kid in the early 90s when I was first introduced to the Internet. (Does anyone have a screenshot for comparison? Sadly it doesn't seem to be on archive.org.)

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Post by habosa » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 6:19 AM UTC

Wow, I can't believe that birth is only 5x as common as immigration in the US. I knew there were a lot of people coming into the country but I didn't think it would be that significant.

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Post by spikels » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 6:50 AM UTC

Interested in the world's population and got 43 minutes to spare? Joel Cohen of the Rockefeller and Columbia has an excellent discussion. You may be surprised what you learn.

http://www.floatinguniversity.com/lectures-cohen

Also on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vr44C_G0-o

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Post by shutupalready » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 7:05 AM UTC

Notice that there are many more males than females in the USA for in the age bracket when relationships form. The ratio is 1.07 (.73/.68 = 1.07) for 19 year olds. It's incredibly high and I wonder why that is?

Think about the implication: No matter what those 107 guys do there will be only enough girlfriends/wives/lovers for 100 hundred of them. The ratio reverses only after age 45.

This might explain the extraordinary effort by men to meet women in the U.S. as compared to some other countries and earlier times in U.S. history. The dating sites, the PUA courses, and even Zuckerberg's original motive for Facebook. The competition is super intense because it's a zero sum game. For 7% of men it's futile. (I'm simplifying by ignoring 19 year olds with 45 year old girlfriends, gays relationships, and many other factors.)

Most people know that women outnumber men overall, but are unaware that the statistics for young people are reversed.

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Post by anigbrowl » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 7:12 AM UTC

habosa wrote: post #7

Wow, I can't believe that birth is only 5x as common as immigration in the US. I knew there were a lot of people coming into the country but I didn't think it would be that significant.

We need more if we are to sustain our tax base; immigration only seems high because fertility is relatively low. While it's a lot in absolute terms, the US is only around 180th in terms of population density, well below average.

http://ssab.gov/Documents/IMMIG_Issue_Brief_Final_Version_00...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_de...