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  • Population Clocks

    U.S. 315,917,379
    World 7,087,414,758
    07:57 UTC (EST+5) May 25, 2013

World Population

This section provides various tools, graphs, and tables on the World Population. Most data for this tool are drawn from the International Data Base (IDB) which offers additional demographic information for each country.

World Vital Events

World Vital Events Per Time Unit: 2013
Time Unit Births Deaths Natural Increase
Year 134,127,186 56,083,051 78,044,135
Month 11,177,266 4,673,588 6,503,678
Day 367,472 153,652 213,820
Minute 255 107 148
Second 4.3 1.8 2.5

Figures may not add to totals due to rounding.

Notes on the estimates

Source: U.S. Census Bureau | International Programs | International Data Base   Revised:August 28, 2012   Version: Data:12.0625 Code:12.0321