1. ForecastsArgentina

   Argentina: 413k babies were born in 2024, 18% fewer than the UN expected that same year

   The UN's July 2024 projection expected 507k, and even its lower bound was 446k.

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

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• Argentina: more adults live with obesity than use tobacco
• Japan: 78% of 15-year-olds are never distracted by their own devices in maths lessons; in Finland, 17%
• Argentina and Uzbekistan: almost equal fertility in 2010 (2.41 and 2.44 children per woman); by 2023, 1.50 and 3.50
• Argentina: 9 downturns since 2009; the IMF expected none a year ahead
• Argentina: growth in 2009 turned into a decline, after the fact
• Women are 18% of researchers in Japan and 24% in Korea, but 54% in Argentina and 77% in Myanmar

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