1. ForecastsTurkmenistan

   Turkmenistan: all 12 UN projections since 1998 expected fewer people than there are

   The UN's 1998 projection expected 6.14M for 2023; the outcome was 7.36M (+20%). The latest checked one: the UN's 2022 projection expected 6.52M for 2023; the outcome was 7.36M (+13%). "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

• Turkmenistan: more adults live with obesity than use tobacco
• Turkmenistan: fertility has been falling since 2015, from 3.03 to 2.69 children per woman
• Turkmenistan: the IMF counts 896k fewer people than the UN
• Turkmenistan: from 4.84 to 3.18 children per woman in just 10 years
• The IMF foresaw 28 of 537 economic downturns around the world a year ahead
• 2022: the IMF expected inflation above 5% in 43 countries. It happened in 149

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