However, in terms of a long-term trend, it can be stated that the overall growth rate of the US population, reflecting in aggregate natural growth and net migration in general, has been steadily declining. If at the beginning of the last century the annual population growth was about 2%, in the middle of the 20th century it varied from 1.8 to 1.3%, by the beginning of 2000 – about 1%, then in the first decade of the new century – less than 1%. And according to prognostic estimates, calculated for the next 50 years, this indicator will continue to fall and decrease to 0.8% 21.
Today, the United States is the third most populous country in the world after China and India, having moved up from fourth position in 1991 after the collapse of the USSR. Nevertheless, the share of Americans in the total population of the Globe, after 1950, has been falling, falling from 6% to 4.5% by 2000 due to more intensive population growth in less developed countries such as Pakistan, Brazil. Indonesia, Bangladesh and Nigeria