US
Net Migration in 2025 Was Half What the Census Bureau Had Estimated (670k, mid-2024-mid-2025, down from 2.7mn , mid-2023-mid-2024)
Iceland
The population of Iceland is projected to grow from 394 thousand at the beginning of 2026 to 560 thousand in 2076 (+42%).
statice.is/publications/news…
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Of the 81 countries and territories for which 2026 provisional birth rate data is available, 71 have TFR below the replacement level of 2.08—including 27 countries with rates below 1.3. The entire Western Hemisphere, Europe, and East and Southeast Asia are all below replacement
UAE - births 2024
106,915 (+5.76%), YoY, incl. Emirati births 29,347 (-1.93%)
TFR (Emirati) 2.9 (2023), down from 3.1 (2022)
25h.app/2026/11/08/%D8%AA%D8…
Shortage of women relative to men
India 39 mn (men aged 15-54) , Punjab 33%!!!!!
China 22.5 mn (men aged 23-37)
arxiv.org/pdf/2602.12741
economist.com/leaders/2026/0…
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India
Kerala state - very low number of births in 01-05/2026
xitter.gq/GOATbobbby/status/2114…
Kerala records 91910 births in January to May 2026. Putting it on track for around 240k -270k births this year. This is down from 328,234 in 2025. 344,766 in 2024. 443,032 in 2022. 503,588 in 2017. 560,268 in 2011.
@viprabuddhi @addheeraj @AyushKumar291
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…
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A group of hackers published classified data on Russian soldiers killed in the war, from Russia's statistics agency Rosstat. In late August, the total was 450,100 (around 100k per year). It is in line with other independent estimates. There is also a regional breakdown.
