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The population growth rate estimates (according to the United Nations Population Prospects 2019) between 2015 and 2020 [1] This article includes a table of countries and subnational areas by annual population growth rate.
The national 1 July, mid-year population estimates (usually based on past national censuses) supplied in these tables are given in thousands. The retrospective figures use the present-day names and world political division: for example, the table gives data for each of the 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, as if they had already been independent in 1950.
A country with a declining population will struggle to fund public services such as health care, old age benefits, defense, education, water and sewage infrastructure, etc. [134] To maintain some level of economic growth and continue to improve its citizens’ quality of life, national efforts to confront declining populations will tend to ...
CBS News correspondent Lana Zak discussed a U.N. report on the world's population. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa are expected to have rapid growth while North America and Europe are expected to ...
The UN Population Division report of 2022 projects world population to continue growing after 2050, although at a steadily decreasing rate, to peak at 10.4 billion in 2086, and then to start a slow decline to about 10.3 billion in 2100 with a growth rate at that time of -0.1%.
Although populations are declining in many countries, this is the first time China’s population has contracted since 1961, after a three-year famine spurred by then-leader Mao Zedong’s ...
Economists and policymakers are expressing concern over the sharp decline in birth rates in many countries, but the UN predicts that the world's population will continue to grow until the mid ...
Population growth rates, 2023 World rank Rank Country Annual growth (%) 60: 1 Luxembourg 1.58 93: 2 Cyprus 1.00 100: 3 Ireland 0.91 104: 4 Iceland 0.89 116: 5 Norway 0.79 126: 6 Liechtenstein