Countries with expected decline in population revealed

Countries where the human population is expected to keep declining until 2050 have been ranked.

European countries are most affected by this ranking with the likes of Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine and Serbia taking the first to fifth places.

The bottom five has countries like Georgia, Portugal, North Macedonia, Cuba and Italy.

Here’s the full list:

Bulgaria → 22.5%
Lithuania → 22.1%
Latvia → 21.6%
Ukraine → 19.5%
Serbia → 18.9%
Bosnia & Herzegovina → 18.2%
Croatia → 18.0%
Moldova → 16.7%
Japan → 16.3%
Albania → 15.8%
Romania → 15.5%
Greece → 13.4%
Estonia → 12.7%
Hungary → 12.3%
Poland → 12.0%
Georgia → 11.8%
Portugal → 10.9%
North Macedonia → 10.9%
Cuba → 10.3%
Italy → 10.1%