According to US Census Bureau’s population clock, the national population of US will hit 300 million on Oct 17th at 7:46 a.m. Eastern Time.(Tuesday, tomorrow).
Another fact is that the population density of US is still very low compared to other densely populated countries in the world (80 people per square mile: USA Today)
I have seen lots of articles on the Internet, and head quite a few radio programs discussing several aspects of this scenario.
The world population is at about 6.5 billion. It is going to be frantic fight for resources in the next few decades.
Interesting times are set for the future, as humans are not accustomed to big changes in their lifestyles, especially if they get used to comfort. Can’t blame humans. It’s their nature.
Just like we have over design or under design, population it seems to have similar traits – over population or under population. Getting the optimum design and population will be the challenge. It is easier when it comes to designing software, though :-).
USA, welcome to the 300 million club 🙂
ps: Crossing 300 million is actually symbolic. Not much difference between 300 million and 299.99 million people, eh?
edit: added “eastern time”
