1. ForecastsNepal

   Nepal: all 12 UN projections since 1998 expected more people than there are

   The UN's 1998 projection expected 37M for 2023; the outcome was 29.7M (−20%). The latest checked one: the UN's 2022 projection expected 30.9M for 2023; the outcome was 29.7M (−4%). "Outcome" here is the UN's own current estimate, not registration data.

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

More findings

• Nepal: 46% are online, but only 16% have clean water at home whenever needed
• Nepal: the share of adults with obesity has overtaken the share going hungry
• Nepal: in 2020–2023 net migration was lower than all 12 UN projections assumed
• Nepal: births are already as low as the UN expected only only after 2050
• Nepal: from 4.87 to 3.12 children per woman in just 10 years
• The IMF foresaw 28 of 537 economic downturns around the world a year ahead

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