Population Decline by Country (1950–2100) | The Great Shrinking

Описание: Population decline is not just about shrinking populations… it is about speed.

In this animated bar chart race, we track the countries with the fastest population decline from 1950 to 2100 using data from Our World in Data (OWID) and United Nations projections.

While global population continues to grow overall, this video reveals a different story: which countries are losing population the fastest, and how that has changed over time.

Watch how early volatility is driven by small populations, how wars and crises trigger sudden drops, and how long-term demographic shifts reshape the future.

This visualization highlights major global trends, including:

Extreme volatility in small countries and territories
Population shocks driven by war, conflict, and disasters
The growing role of migration in population decline
China entering the fastest-declining countries in the future
Why Japan, despite major decline, never reaches the top 10
The rise of long-term structural decline in aging populations

See how countries rise and fall in decline rankings as global demographics shift over time.

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Data Source
Population data from Our World in Data (OWID) and UN World Population Prospects
https://ourworldindata.org/population

Monthly values were interpolated to create smooth transitions between yearly data points.

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