{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64d53bc8af8fd800117b9642/66454240b6220600126ec58c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Population collapse is real?","description":"<p>According to the United Nations Population Division,&nbsp;the world's population is still growing and is not expected to decline significantly in the 21st century.&nbsp;As of January 1, 2024, the world's population was 8,019,876,189, and is projected to reach 9 billion in 2037 and 10.4 billion in the 2080s</p><p>However, some countries are experiencing population decline, including:</p><ul><li>China</li><li>Mainland China's population has declined for two consecutive years, dropping by more than 2 million in 2023</li><li>Japan</li><li>Japan's population is aging rapidly due to low birth rates and changing lifestyles, and is expected to fall to 63 million by 2100</li><li>New York</li><li>New York has been losing population since 2016, and lost 0.5% of its population between July 2022 and June 2023</li><li>Europe</li><li>Many European countries, such as Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, have negative population growth due to low fertility rates since the 1970s&nbsp;</li></ul>","author_name":"Daily SumUp"}