How many people live in the United States right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
349,570,805
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 3 of 237
- Share of world population
- 4.20%
- Median age
- 38.7 years
- Children per woman
- 1.62
- Life expectancy
- 79.8 years
- People per km²
- 38
According to UN estimates, about 350 million people live in the United States right now. It ranks 3rd out of 237 countries and territories by population, between China and Indonesia, and it is home to one in every 24 people on the planet.
Every day, about 10,100 people are born there and about 8,600 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 1.2 million people a year. Overall, the population grows by about 4,700 people a day (0.49% a year).
In 1950, about 154 million people lived there. Today there are 2.3 times as many. The UN expects it to keep growing for the rest of the century. By 2050 it is projected to have about 381 million people (9% more than today), and by 2100 about 421 million.
Half of its people are younger than 39 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.62 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 80 years (worldwide, 74). There are 38 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of the United States in 2026?
- The United States has about 350 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 349,035,494.
- How many people are born each day in the United States?
- About 10,100 a day (3.7 million a year). About 8,600 people die each day (3.1 million a year).
- Is the population of the United States growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.49% a year, or about 1.7 million people.
- What will the population of the United States be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 381 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
More countries in the Americas
- Brazil 213,783,618
- Mexico 133,319,906
- Colombia 54,089,703
- Argentina 46,051,068
- Canada 40,567,081
- Peru 35,027,450
- Venezuela 28,673,199
- Chile 19,971,251
- Guatemala 19,055,604
- Ecuador 18,493,717
- Bolivia 12,801,731
- Haiti 12,078,626
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.