1. ForecastsRomania

   Romania: 134k babies were born in 2025, 25% fewer than the UN expected just a year earlier

   The UN's July 2024 projection expected 179k, and even its lower bound was 157k. The gap started earlier: by the national count, 2023 births were already 13% below the UN's estimate.

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

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