It is not wrong to refer to the USA as âAmerica,â nor is it wrong to refer to the people of the USA as âAmericans.â For one thing, we are the only country that actually has the word âAmericaâ in our name.
verb (used without object), grew, grown, growing. 1. to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance. 2. to form and increase in size by a process of inorganic accretion, as by crystallization.
In biology, population growth is the increase in the number of individuals in a population. Global human population growth amounts to around 75 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 7 billion in 2012.