Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1925-04-19 | Page 1 | Population Of Nation Is Now 114 Million

POPULATION OF NATION IS NOW NOY MILLION BOTH BIRTH AND DEATH RATES DECLINE I T NEW N EW YORK April 18 18 The Q W I The population I growth of the United States St tes if is slowing lowing up In spite of the fact that the number o of pe people in the tho th I country is it placed at for January 1 1925 according to estimates announced today by the na- na national na national I bureau of economic research of this city I Both the birth rate and the death rate are falling failing the latter laUer fatter falter than the former while tion accounts account for only one filth of the annual population population lation increase of continental United States State The total population figure ure for January 1 t I I I compares with the bureau bureaus bureau's of t 1268 I on January 1 1924 and the census consul count of In 1920 Continuing the Continuing the bureau says nys say that the estimated gain durin during the the year 1924 was wa which Is I approximately less len le than the average gain for the last lout five fio years The year of greatest gain since inco 1920 was was 1923 when the population grew by Ina In a year 16 year 16 year 16 period the year of greatest gain was 1909 when were added aThe k The natural Increase of population through ex cx excess cess c ss of birth births over deaths death was wu four times the amount mount added by net Immigration In 1924 the bu- bu bu ruu's figure figures declare