JAMES I and VI of Scotland 1603 -1625. James was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley. He was the first king to rule over Scotland and England. James was more of a scholar than a man of action.
The U.S. population is now 307 million residents with an annual average growth rate of 0.975 percent. 21 Slightly less than one percent per year seems like a small level of growth, but in fact it is a high level of growth for a population as large as ours.
The first part of the statement -- the U.S. share of the worldâs population -- is pretty much correct. The U.S. has a population of 319.4 million while the global population is about 7.2 billion, according to the Census Bureau. That works out to a 4.4 percent share of the worldâs population.