In 2019, the United States Census Bureau reported the various components of population change as estimated below.
∙ One birth every 8 seconds
∙ One death every 11 seconds
∙ One international migrant (net) every 33 seconds
∙ Net gain of one person every 17 seconds
Use the information to estimate the net population growth for that year.

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The net population growth can be calculated based on the net gain of one person every 17 seconds. There are 31,536,000 seconds in a year (60 seconds * 60 minutes * 24 hours * 365 days). Dividing this by 17 seconds per person gives approximately 1,855,058 people as the net population growth for that year.

In 2019, the United States Census Bureau Reported the Various