1. ForecastsBelgium

   Belgium: 10 of 11 UN projections since 1998 expected women to have more children

   The UN's 1998 projection expected 1.74 for 2015–2020; the outcome was 1.63 (−6%). The latest checked one: the UN's 2022 projection expected 1.59 for 2023; the outcome was 1.38 (−13%). "Outcome" here is the UN's own current estimate, not registration data.

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

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• The European Commission expected low inflation for 2022. In all 27 EU countries it came in higher
• Belgium: 51% fewer babies in 1918 (World War I) than before the war; about the same in countries without war
• Belgium: more people now die than are born
• EU 2015 quotas for refugees from Italy and Greece: Finland took 154% of its share, Poland and Hungary 0%
• Europe 2020 research spending targets: of 9 countries, 2 met theirs, Belgium and Germany
• Since 2003 Finland's 15-year-olds lost 60 points in maths, more than any of 35 countries

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