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You're bringing a baby into this growing world… but just how fast is the population really growing? Here's a look at where we in the U.S. and Canada are now and where we'll be in the future.
U.S.:
2002: 281,057,000
2027: 343,888,000
2100: 572,128,000
Source: Population Projections of the Total [American] Resident Population by Quarter; Population Estimates Program and Population Projections Program, Washington, D.C.
Canada:
2001: 31,002,200
2006: 32,228,600
2026: 36,190,600
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, Matrix 6900
