US Population Will Start Shrinking by 2100, Says Census Bureau

The population of the US will climb to about 370 million in 2080 before reversing course and starting to fall before the turn of the century, according to a new Census Bureau projection.

By 2100, the US will have a population of around 366 million people, unless immigration continues to climb each year, in which case the population could reach as high as 435 million, the bureau forecast.

In the implausible event that international immigration were to cease altogether, the population would start to fall next year, dropping to 226 million by the turn of the century.

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