1. FertilityAlgeria

   Algeria: the ONS 2018 projection expected births of 954k for 2023; the outcome was 895k

   3 projections of ONS Algeria checked against the facts at the latest common year: the outcome came in below the projection in all 3. The largest miss: ONS 2018 expected 954k for 2023; the outcome was 895k (−6.2%). The office will revise the latest facts again.

   Source: National statistical offices: projections and actual dataOpen on the chart →

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• Algeria: more and more women go to university, yet only 1 in 7 women work or seek work
• Algeria: 68 thousand more people died than usual in 2020–2021; officially 6,229 died of COVID
• Algeria: all 11 UN projections since 1998 expected fewer births
• The highest military spending relative to the economy
• Algeria: fertility has been falling since 2016, from 3.09 to 2.77 children per woman
• Algeria: from 6.04 to 3.49 children per woman in just 10 years

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