By the Bloated Numbers
Sunday, October 22, 2006
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In the year of 1915, two years before the United States of America knew thw reality of the Great War (World War One), the population of that nation hit the milestone of one hundred million people (100,000,000).In 1967, at the height of an era that saw the rise of the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and Detriot was plagued by the infamous race riots that killed many, the population of the USA hit a second milestone, it passed two hundred million (200,000,000).
Now, a short 39 years later, in 2006, this year, the population of the USA has hit three hundred million (300,000,000).
Yes, it doesn't sound like much when one considered the vast populations of India and China, which stand respectively at 1,110,000,000 and 1,313,333,000. China has 20% of the world's population, India has 16% of the world's population, while the US now has 4.5% of the world's total population.
Or, I could put it another way... for every 9 people in the USA, there is 1 person on Canada (pop. 32,654,500).
While it is a large population, it isn't as densely populated as many European nations, which while having tinier populations, have far less living space.
In this year's Congressional and Senator elections, which segment of the 300,000,000 US citizens will be represented fairly? The same number as always, because of the disfunctional electoral college, built on partisan politics, with no room for a third party option.
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