U.S. Population Tops 300 Million and Shows Accelerating Growth

Thirty-nine years after hitting the 200 million mark, the U.S. population reached 300 million Tuesday, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. A demographer discusses the significance of the figure and the accelerating growth trend....

... About 40 percent of the growth right now in the United States is from immigration. And a good part of the natural increase -- the births minus the deaths -- is due to children of immigrants to the United States. And so what I think this means is, as we enter this new century with this 300 millionth baby, we're getting to be a more melting-pot nation again... more...



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Mongolian Population (Mongolyn u'rs olon boltugai)

Mongolian People

Population:
2,791,272 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 28.7% (male:407,547; female:392,440)
15-64 years: 67.7% (male:943,418; female:945,063)
65 years and over: 3.7% (male:44,413; female:58,391) (2005)

Median age:
total: 24.28 years
male: 23.93 years
female: 24.64 years (2005)

Population growth rate:
1.45% (2005 est.)

Birth rate:
21.52 births / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:
7.03 deaths / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s) / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2005)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 53.79 deaths / 1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 57.25 deaths / 1,000 live births
female: 50.16 deaths / 1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total: 64.52 years (2005 est.)
male: 62.3 years
female: 66.86 years

Total fertility rate:
2.26 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
less than 500 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 200 (2003 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Mongolian(s)
adjective: Mongolian

Ethnic groups:
Mongol 94.9% (mostly Khalkha), Turkic 5% (mostly Kazakh), other 0.1% (including Chinese and Russian) (2000)

Religions:
Buddhist Lamaist 50%, none 40%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4% (2004)

Languages:
Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.8%
male: 98%
female: 97.5% (2002)