Top 20 countries with the worst population declines

Much has been said about China's population decline. China's population fell by 2.08 million in 2023, marking the second straight year of decline. Its population was 1.41 billion in 2023, according to its National Bureau of Statistics. This compared with India's 1.43 billion.

The drop was even sharper than the previous year's decrease of 850,000, which was the first time since 1961 that numbers have fallen.

So will China be among the top 20 countries with the worst population declines in the next 3 decades? Read on to find out.