1. ConflictsUnited States

   United States, Iraq war: nine months on, births went on as before

   Births 9–14 months after the start (March 2003) against the same months a year before: +1.2%; a year earlier +1.5%, countries without war +0.6%.

   Source: Monthly births: national offices, Eurostat, HFD STFF, UNdata; wars: UCDP/PRIO; Macroscope's calculationOpen on the chart →

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• China: an older population than the US
• Thailand: an older population than the US
• United States: wind and sun have overtaken coal
• DR Congo: more babies born than in the US
• Ethiopia: more babies born than in the US
• United States: more adults live with obesity than use tobacco

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