Nations in Decline — Population Lost Since Peak (1950–2026)

Описание: Every bar shows how many people a country has lost from its all-time population peak.

▼ red = the decline accelerated that year. Hatched bars = UN projection (2024–26). Bars fade to gray while a country is shrinking and regain color on recovery.

Racing through 75 years: the Soviet collapse, Rwanda 1994, Syria, Japan's long slide, and China's historic turn in 2021 — the first time in recorded history the most populous nation on Earth began to shrink.

Data: UN World Population Prospects 2024 revision (estimates to 2023, projections 2024–26). Single source for all countries to keep comparisons honest.

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⏱ CHAPTERS
0:00 Every Nation Has a Peak Year
0:39 Cambodia — A Fifth of a Nation Erased
1:09 The USSR Breaks Up
1:19 Rwanda and the 1990s
2:14 Syria — War Moves the Chart
2:31 Ukraine Leads for 30 Years
2:41 China Peaks (2021)
3:01 China Takes No. 1 (2026)

More in this series:
• 75 Years of World Population Rankings (1950–2026) →    • 75 Years of Population Rankings in 75 Seconds  
• South Korea 0.72: Fertility Collapse, Animated →    • South Korea 0.72: The Fertility Collapse, ...  

Countries featured: China, Ukraine, Japan, Russia, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Poland, Thailand — 37 countries are already shrinking.
Data: UN World Population Prospects (1950–2026, observed + UN projection).

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