In Japan, there were 811,604 births in 2021, compared to 1.44 million deaths. Similar to Japan, these are the 20 nations with the fastest declining populations.
The world population has been growing rapidly since the middle of the 20th century.
Although China and India have accounted for a large portion of this increase, analysts predict that Africa will see the next wave of growth. For instance, the average Niger woman has over six children in her lifetime as of 2019.
However, as ...
