US Census Bureau · Capability

Population Clock — Snapshot Feeds

Population Clock — Snapshot Feeds. 2 operations exposing the U.S. and world population clocks. Lead operation: Get U.S. Population Clock Snapshot. No authentication required.

Population Clock — Snapshot Feeds is a Naftiko capability published by US Census Bureau, one of 8 capabilities the APIs.io network indexes for this provider. It bundles 2 operations.

The capability includes 2 read-only operations. Lead operation: Get U.S. Can be deployed as a REST endpoint, MCP tool, or Agent Skill via Naftiko.

Tagged areas include US Census Bureau, Demographics, and Real Time.

Run with Naftiko US Census BureauDemographicsReal Time

MCP Tools

census-get-us-popclock

Get U.S. Population Clock Snapshot

read-only idempotent
census-get-world-popclock

Get World Population Clock Snapshot

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

census-population-clock-clock.yaml Raw ↑ 
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Population Clock — Snapshot Feeds
  description: 'Population Clock — Snapshot Feeds. 2 operations exposing the U.S. and world population clocks.
    Lead operation: Get U.S. Population Clock Snapshot. No authentication required.'
  tags:
  - US Census Bureau
  - Demographics
  - Real Time
  created: '2026-05-25'
  modified: '2026-05-25'
binds: []
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: census-population-clock-clock
    baseUri: https://www.census.gov
    resources:
    - name: us-pop
      path: /popclock/data/population/uspop.json
      operations:
      - name: getuspopclock
        method: GET
        description: Get U.S. Population Clock Snapshot
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: world-pop
      path: /popclock/data/population/world.json
      operations:
      - name: getworldpopclock
        method: GET
        description: Get World Population Clock Snapshot
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    authentication:
      type: none
  exposes:
  - type: mcp
    namespace: census-population-clock-clock-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    tools:
    - name: census-get-us-popclock
      description: Get U.S. Population Clock Snapshot
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: census-population-clock-clock.getuspopclock
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: census-get-world-popclock
      description: Get World Population Clock Snapshot
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: census-population-clock-clock.getworldpopclock
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.