A recent ranking has unveiled the countries where the human population is projected to experience a decline until the year 2050.
The majority of European nations are significantly affected by this ranking, with Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, and Serbia occupying the top five positions.
Conversely, the bottom five countries on the list include Georgia, Portugal, North Macedonia, Cuba, and Italy.
Here is the comprehensive list:
- Bulgaria → 22.5%
- Lithuania → 22.1%
- Latvia → 21.6%
- Ukraine → 19.5%
- Serbia → 18.9%
- Bosnia & Herzegovina → 18.2%
- Croatia → 18.0%
- Moldova → 16.7%
- Japan → 16.3%
- Albania → 15.8%
- Romania → 15.5%
- Greece → 13.4%
- Estonia → 12.7%
- Hungary → 12.3%
- Poland → 12.0%
- Georgia → 11.8%
- Portugal → 10.9%
- North Macedonia → 10.9%
- Cuba → 10.3%
- Italy → 10.1%
These statistics shed light on the population trends and challenges faced by these countries as they navigate the implications of declining population numbers.