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United States birth rate (births per 1000 population). [26] The United States Census Bureau defines the demographic birth boom as between 1946 and 1964 [ 27 ] (red). In the years after WWII, the United States, as well as a number of other industrialized countries, experienced an unexpected sudden birth rate jump.
Under federal law, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, [40] the number of first-generation immigrants living in the United States has increased, [41] from 9.6 million in 1970 to about 38 million in 2007. [42] Around a million people legally immigrated to the United States per year in the 1990s, up from 250,000 per year in the 1950s. [43]
The United States was first referred to as a superpower in 1944; In July 1945, the United States conducted the first nuclear test, and one month later became the first and only country to use nuclear weapons in war; Collapse of Nazi Germany; Fall of Japanese Empire and Italian Empire; End of Fascism in Europe and Japanese militarism in Asia ...
The following list sorts sovereign states and dependent territories and by the total number of births. Figures are from the 2024 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the calendar year 2023.
The term "baby boom" is often used to refer specifically to the post–World War II (1946–1964) baby boom in the United States and Europe. In the US the number of annual births exceeded 2 per 100 women (or approximately 1% of the total population size). [22] An estimated 78.3 million Americans were born during this period. [23] Since the ...
An estimated 134.3 million births and 60.8 million deaths were expected to take place in 2023. [296] [297] The average global life expectancy was 73.16 years, [298] an increase of 0.18 years from 2022. [298] The rate of child mortality was by the end of the year, expected to have decreased
Sudanese civil war (2023–present) 0.15 million [216] [217] 2023–present Sudan and allies vs. Rapid Support Forces and allies Sudan Algerian Civil War: 0.15 million [218] 1992–2002 Multiple sides North Africa Lebanese Civil War: 0.12–0.15 million [219] [220] [221] 1975–1990 Multiple sides Levant
The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in the United States.. The dominant political story of the year has been the 270-day long speakership of Representative Kevin McCarthy, whose slim majority in the House of Representatives has enabled a far-right rebellion to exert more weight over the lower chamber.