1. ForecastsCroatia

   Croatia: all 11 UN projections since 1998 expected more births

   The UN's 1998 projection expected 43.5k births a year on average for 2015–2020; the outcome was 35.3k (−19%). The latest checked one: the UN's 2022 projection expected 33.5k births for 2023; the outcome was 31.5k (−6%). "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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• Switzerland and Italy: 19% and 65% of adults read no book in a year; adult literacy scores 266 and 246
• Croatia: more deaths than births for over 30 years in a row
• Promises to pay families with children more: 6 of 10 came true on time
• Resettling refugees under the 2015 European deal: 2 countries of 12 took all they pledged
• Croatia: wind and sun have overtaken coal
• Croatia: 1.6 times as many people aged 65+ as children under 15

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