1. PopulationUkraine, Latvia and Lithuania

   Where deaths exceed births the most

   Ukraine — 7.5 per 1,000, Latvia — 7.1 per 1,000, Lithuania — 6.8 per 1,000, Japan — 6.2 per 1,000, Belarus — 6.2 per 1,000. Deaths minus births per 1,000 people, the latest year of UN estimates; countries above one million people.

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

More findings

• Lithuania: higher GDP per person than Russia
• Ukraine: more deaths than births for over 30 years in a row
• Ukraine: women outlive men by 13.3 years, 2.5 times the world average
• Lithuania: the poorest report bad health 12 times as often as the richest
• Latvia: the poorest report bad health 6.3 times as often as the richest
• Ukraine: in 2020–2023 net migration was lower than all 12 UN projections assumed

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