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2. Current USA population growth is roughly 0.7% a year which adds up to about 2.2 million and declining US Population Growth Rate by Year
3. Current USA population is roughly 320 million people.
Even at a glance, USA population is declining in its numbers, as mortality is higher than growth.
Then how did it happen that USA is on the list of the 10 fastest population growth countries in the world, along with say Nigeria?
(1) India 467 million projected population increase
(2) Nigeria 231 million
(3) Pakistan 101 million
(4) Tanzania 93 million (5) United States 93 million
(6) DR Congo 83 million
(7) Ethiopia 62 million
(8) Philippines 62 million
(9) Uganda 61 million
(10) Kenya 56 million
The annual limit for total number of legal immigrants is 675,000. This is the maximum allotment of visa numbers per year, covering both foreign nationals who receive immigrant visas at consular offices abroad, and those who adjust status within the United States.
675,000 is a "flexible" cap, with certain categories of immigrants exempted from the limit (for example, immediate relatives of U.S. Citizens and certain special immigrants)
The annual limit is divided into three main categories: family sponsored, employment-based, and diversity visa
Ok.
(-) 2.6 million mortality - (+) 2.2 million fertility = (-) 400 000 population growth. That not calculating in STEADY decline in fertility that shows no trends to go up.
(-) 400 000 population growth + (possible) 675 000 immigration = (+) 275 000 population increase.
Emigration is unknown, no data found. But I know that many US citizens retire in say Latin America. Or Spain. Or France.
Let's say, this blogger here: How Many American Retirees Live Overseas?*|*Kathleen Peddicord
Says it's between 1.4 and 2.4 million retirees abroad.
I'll knock it down to 800 000 just for the safety sake.
Hence, 275 000 population increase - 800 000 those who left = (-) half a million.
Once again, how do we put out claimed 93 000 000 population increase?
SO I really started playing with this and found that, eg, #2 on the ten list, Nigeria, has the highest in the world fertility. Right above 8. (vs USA 1.7, what is significantly lower than population sustainable 2.1 rate)
But!! Nigerian mortality rate is 50 (!) times higher than that of the USA. 0.6 vs 32 per 100 population 15 to 60. Nigeria - Mortality - Adult mortality rate
So how are THEY supposed to put out all the millions, if their mortality rate is clearly outperforming the high fertility one? And I doubt immigrants flood their country in millions to compensate.
Ok.
(-) 2.6 million mortality - (+) 2.2 million fertility = (-) 400 000 population growth. That not calculating in STEADY decline in fertility that shows no trends to go up.
(-) 400 000 population growth + (possible) 675 000 immigration = (+) 275 000 population increase.
Emigration is unknown, no data found. But I know that many US citizens retire in say Latin America. Or Spain. Or France.
Let's say, this blogger here: How Many American Retirees Live Overseas?*|*Kathleen Peddicord
Says it's between 1.4 and 2.4 million retirees abroad.
I'll knock it down to 800 000 just for the safety sake.
Hence, 275 000 population increase - 800 000 those who left = (-) half a million.
Once again, how do we put out claimed 93 000 000 population increase?
Where are you getting 2.2 million fertility? 2009 had 4.1 million births. Emigration can be from deportation, or just immigrants returning home. For example, net immigration from Mexico was about zero for several recent years bit of course it was positive for many other countries
I think links to numbers are provided. Then it's simple calculation.
Fertility rate has to stay at 2.1 births per a female, for a particular population to stay at same level. US fertility rate is much lower than that. It is also on continuous decline.
If mortality rate is higher than fertility rate, country population is declining. This is a growing issue in say Germany, where fertility rate is very low, much much below sustainable population level.
I also found a flaw in my calculation. I assumed expatriates as yearly quota, while it's simple hypothetical number of people not living inside the country. It's minor for the discussion.
I think links to numbers are provided. Then it's simple calculation.
You haven't provided a link to births / year. I checked twice.
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Fertility rate has to stay at 2.1 births per a female, for a particular population to stay at same level. US fertility rate is much lower than that. It is also on continuous decline.
Fertility rate projects over a woman's entire lifetime. To get number of births, you need the number of women of child-bearing age. A fertility rate below 2.1 can mean more births than deaths currently depending on the age distribution.
Ukrkoz, the population growth figure is not the birth rate. It is already the answer to your question. Birth rate - death rate. You seem to just be misunderstanding the term.
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