{"id":383,"date":"2006-10-16T22:18:22","date_gmt":"2006-10-17T06:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ubertor.com\/?p=383"},"modified":"2006-10-16T22:18:22","modified_gmt":"2006-10-17T06:18:22","slug":"usa-hits-a-big-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ubertor.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/16\/usa-hits-a-big-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"USA hits a big milestone . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow, about 8 hours from now, the United States is going to hit 300,000,000 people.<\/a> The estimate is based on the expectation that the US will register one baby every seven seconds and one death every 13 seconds between now and October 17th, while net international migration is expected to add one person every 31 seconds. The result is an increase in the total population of one person every 11 seconds.<\/p>\n

Here are some stats from the US Census Bureau<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Price of a new home<\/strong>
\n2006: $290,600
\n1967: $24,600 ($149,147 in 2006 dollars)
\n1915: $3,200 ($64,158 in 2006 dollars)<\/p>\n

Cost for a gallon of regular gas<\/strong>
\n2006: $3.04 (as of Aug. 7)
\n1967: 33 cents ($2.00 in 2006 dollars)
\n1915: 25 cents ($5.01 in 2006 dollars)<\/p>\n

World Population<\/strong>
\n2006: 6.5 billion
\n1967: 3.5 billion
\n1915: 1.8 billion<\/p>\n

Want to put that 300,000,000 number in perspective, Canada’s population is an estimated 32,623,500<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Want some more interesting numbers<\/a>? Here are the world’s top 5 largest countries (by land mass): <\/p>\n

1. Russia 17,075,400 sq km, (6,592,812 sq miles)
\n2. Canada 9,330,970 sq km, (3,612,187 sq miles)<\/strong>
\n3. China 9,326,410 sq km, (3,600,927 sq miles)
\n4. United States 9.166,600 sq km, (3,539,224 sq miles)<\/strong>
\n5. Brazil 8,456,510 sq km, (3,265,059 sq miles)<\/p>\n

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