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Demographic news from around the world. Researcher at US Census Bureau & geography instructor for George Washington Univ. Views my own. retweets≠endorsements.

Fast Facts on Global Population from @VisualCap: China accounts for 17.7% of world’s population, while India represents 17.8% share. Africa is fastest growing region, with annual growth of ~2.4%. Europe is only region that is shrinking, -0.17% annually. visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-sca…


The population of young children fell across most US cities since the start of the Covid pandemic, according to the US Census Bureau | Bloomberg CityLab +Economics bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @citylab


Germany's population was 82.7 million in a census published on Tuesday, with 1.4 million fewer residents than previously assumed. The foreign population is about a million fewer than previously reported. p.dw.com/p/4hSd6?maca=e… via @dwnews


US Allies Japan & South Korea Have a Serious Population Problem, continue to pour funding into programs they hope will stabilize their falling fertility rates, with one demographer telling @Newsweek he believes it's too late to avert a population crisis. newsweek.com/japan-south-ko…


Number of foreign-born people hits record in US, despite slow population growth | Voice of America voanews.com/a/number-of-fo… via @VOANews


‘Our people are thriving’: New Zealand Māori population hits million mark Once regarded as ‘dying out’, Māori families celebrate population milestone and share their hopes for the future in a changing New Zealand | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/article/… via @guardian


The LGBTQ+ community is growing, with an increasing number of people openly identifying as something other than heterosexual or cisgender, according to data reviewed by ABC News. Official data on demographics under the LGBTQ+ umbrella is lacking. abcnews.go.com/US/makes-lgbtq… via @ABC


Japan's birth rate fell for the eighth year in 2023. Only 727,277 children were born in Japan last year, a drop of 43,482 since 2022 and the lowest figure since Japan started recording statistics in 1899, according to NHK. | Newsweek newsweek.com/japan-populati… via @Newsweek

newsweek.com

Japan's population crisis just got even worse

Tokyo says the trend will become virtually irreversible by the 2030s.


Japan's birth rate falls to a record low as the number of marriages also drops | ABC News abcnews.go.com/International/… via @ABC


Detroit sees population growth for the first time in decades | The Week theweek.com/politics/detro… via @TheWeek


Germany’s aging population is dragging on its economy—all of Europe will soon be affected, and it’s only going to get worse | Fortune fortune.com/europe/2024/05… via @FortuneMagazine


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