1. ForecastsSpain

   Spain: 9 of 12 UN projections since 1998 expected more births

   The UN's 2004 projection expected 356k births a year on average for 2020–2025; the outcome was 328k (−8%). The latest checked one: the UN's 2022 projection expected 344k births for 2025; the outcome was 321k (−7%).

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

More findings

• Spain: stock prices have risen 2.4-fold since December 2022
• Spain: fewer babies were born in 2024 than in any year since 1908
• Spain: once more natives lived abroad; now there are 5.5 times as many foreign-born residents
• Spain: more people now die than are born
• Spain: 1.7 times as many people aged 80+ as children under 5
• Spain: the stock index fell 60.6%

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