Who is replacing themselves
Circles sized by population, placed by children per woman
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2.1 replacementbelow this, each generation is smaller
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Below 1.5 children per woman1.5 to 2.0 children per woman2.1 to 3.9 children per woman4.0 and above children per woman
Each circle is one country, sized by how many people live there. India and China are both left of the replacement line, which is why two thirds of humanity lives below it while only half of countries do.
8.12Bpeople worldwide across 195 countries
97countries are below replacement fertility
37countries are shrinking, holding 2.07B people
36%of Monaco is aged 65 or over, the oldest
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- 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 🇱🇨Saint Lucia
- 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- 🇼🇸Samoa
- 🇸🇲San Marino
- 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
- 🇸🇳Senegal
- 🇷🇸Serbia
- 🇸🇨Seychelles
- 🇸🇱Sierra Leone
- 🇸🇬Singapore
- 🇸🇰Slovakia
- 🇸🇮Slovenia
- 🇸🇧Solomon Islands
- 🇸🇴Somalia
- 🇿🇦South Africa
- 🇰🇷South Korea
- 🇸🇸South Sudan
- 🇪🇸Spain
- 🇱🇰Sri Lanka
- 🇸🇩Sudan
- 🇸🇷Suriname
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- 🇨🇭Switzerland
- 🇸🇾Syria
- 🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe
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About these figures
Mid-year population estimates with annual change, total fertility rate and the share aged 65 and over. Replacement fertility is taken as 2.1 children per woman, the level at which a population holds steady without migration; 1 country has no published fertility rate and is shown as not available.