300 million Americans!!

[Souichiro]

American poulation to hit 300 million today!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6057004.stm

Congrats to all that is U.S.A.

[Fozzer]

There are some very interesting (and worrying!)* statistics there..... ...!

Thanks for the link Soui, very interesting......!

Paul......!

* (Ethnic group crime statistics).

[Saitek]

The Uk has not long hit 60 million I believe. When one looks at the land size, political power, economics magnitude of the US it seems weird that it has only 5 times as many people as the UK.

EDIT: United Kingdom

[Wing Nut]

That's odd, the clock just turned a few minutes ago.

[Fozzer]

That's odd, the clock just turned a few minutes ago.  I was watching it as it changed.  ???

I guess the story was ready and waiting to go...

...Breedin' time again, Kev...?

Paul......!

[Wing Nut]

I'm good, but even I can't do it every 11 seconds...

At least not for more than a day...  ;D

[Jakemaster]

No offense to anyone, but I have a feeling there were 300,000,000 people in America a long time ago, just not 300,000,000 legal citizens.

Again, no offense intended, just an observation.

[expat]

No offense to anyone, but I have a feeling there were 300,000,000 people in America a long time ago, just not 300,000,000 legal citizens.

Again, no offense intended, just an observation.

When you concider that the UK is smaller than North and South Carolina put together,and has  population of 60 million, there is room for a lot more than that.

Matt

[Chris_F]

The Uk has not long hit 60 million I believe. When one looks at the land size, political power, economics magnitude of the US it seems weird that it has only 5 times as many people as the UK.

The politics probably follows the economics more than the population.  Consider that if just one of the states in the US (California) were an independant country (and many of us wish this was the case  ) it would have the world's fifth largest GDP.  The US obviously has the largest GDP, and second runner up, Japan, is a factor of 3 smaller than the US.

It's hard to say what drives the economics to be so different.  My libertarian self likes to think it's economic freedom (tax and business law).  But I'm sure compelling arguments could be made for any number of factors.

[flyboy 28]

No offense to anyone, but I have a feeling there were 300,000,000 people in America a long time ago, just not 300,000,000 legal citizens.

Again, no offense intended, just an observation.

You mean American Indians? There were a lot less than that, bud.

[gijake]

You mean American Indians? There were a lot less than that, bud.

No he means undocumented imigrents, not natives.

[beefhole]

American poulation to hit 300 million today!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6057004.stm

Congrats to all that is U.S.A.

Actually 300 million is rather worrying, there aren't many people celebrating-we were at 200 million just 40 years ago.

Immigrants have been taken into account (both legal and illegal) on the clock.

[Woodlouse2002]

Actually 300 million is rather worrying, there aren't many people celebrating-we were at 200 million just 40 years ago.

Immigrants have been taken into account (both legal and illegal) on the clock.

So when America going to take out a one child policy then?

[Politically Incorrect]

That's odd, the clock just turned a few minutes ago.  I was watching it as it changed.

Wonder if that one came over on a elephant?

[Chris_F]

The population of America would still be exceedingly small if it wasn't for the imigrants.