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- 1 The Democratic Republic of Congo +3.2%
- 2 Chad +3.14%
- 3 Uganda +3.05%
- 4 Tanzania +2.9%
- 5 Afghanistan +2.88%
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Regional Trends · Indonesia
Indonesia is moving its capital away from a sinking city
Jakarta holds over 30 million people in its metro area, parts of it subsiding fast.
2026-08-08
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Population · Germany
Germany needs 400,000 newcomers a year just to hold steady
With deaths exceeding births by a wide margin, the labour math is blunt.
2026-08-08
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Migration · United States
America's growth is now mostly immigration
Natural increase has thinned to a trickle. The arithmetic has quietly flipped.
2026-08-08
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Data Explainers · Nigeria
Nobody knows Nigeria's population, roughly speaking
Estimates for Africa's giant range across tens of millions. The census keeps slipping.
2026-08-08
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Population · China
China's population decline has started, gently for now
Deaths now outnumber births. The next decades are already written in the age pyramid.
2026-08-08
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Population · India
India passed China, and is already slowing down
The world's most populous country now has below-replacement fertility.
2026-08-08