Global population bust

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This is a reminder that we've seen peak babies in 2016 and will never return.
Here's a list of countries that had over 500k births in 2016 compared to their births in 2020, in thousands:

USA: 3946 -> 3605
Brazil: 2904 -> 2603
Russia: 1889 -> 1436
Philippines: 1731 -> 1403
Turkey: 1315 -> 1091
South Africa: 1187 -> 1174
Japan: 977 -> 873
Uzbekistan: 746 -> 842
Germany: 792 -> 765
France: 784 -> 737
Colombia: 757 -> 732
Thailand: 704 -> 587
Malaysia: 508 -> 469
Kazakhstan: 401 -> 426
Italy: 468 -> 404
Canada: 383 -> 373
Poland: 382 -> 355
Sri Lanka: 331 -> 302
Ukraine: 397 -> 293
South Korea: 406 -> 272

Total: 21008 -> 18742
Decline: 10.8% in 5 years

For countries who's latest data is 2019:
China: 17860 -> 14650
Egypt: 2600 -> 2312
Mexico: 2294 -> 2092
Vietnam: 1483 -> 1573
Iran: 1570 -> 1196
Algeria: 1067 -> 1034
UK: 775 -> 713
Argentina: 728 -> 625
Spain: 411 -> 361
Australia: 311 -> 306

Total: 29099 -> 24862
Decline: 14.6% in 4 years

Largest declines:
South Korea: 33%
China: 27+%**
Ukraine: 26%
Iran: 24%*
Russia: 24%
Philippines: 19%
Thailand: 17%
Italy: 14%
Spain: 12%*

*Based on 4 years only
**China has already announced that their registered number of births have fallen from 11.79 Million in 2019 to 10.04 Million in 2020. Due to delays in registration this number is going to revised upward like it was last year but it is unlikely to even hit 13 Million.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-09/china-sees-15-decline-in-registered-newborn-babies-in-2020