1. ForecastsColombia

   Colombia: 442k babies were born in 2025, 36% fewer than the UN expected just a year earlier

   The UN's July 2024 projection expected 693k, and even its lower bound was 535k. The gap started earlier: by the national count, 2023 births were already 27% below the UN's estimate.

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

More findings

• Colombia: lower fertility than France
• Colombia: 8 in 10 are online, but only 2 in 10 have toilet waste that is safely treated
• Colombia: more adults live with obesity than use tobacco
• Colombia: more electricity, 35% lower power-sector emissions
• Colombia: belief in God extends beyond affiliation
• Colombia: all 12 UN projections since 1998 expected women to have more children

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