Statistics for Countries by Population Decrease

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Decrease	Span	Cause	Country	% Correct
5.86 m	1994–2008	Demographics	Russia	90%
15–45 m	1958–1962	Famine	China	86%
3.95 m	2012–2016	War	Syria	83%
15.8 m +	1993–	Demographics / war	Ukraine	83%
5.17 m	2010–	Demographics	Japan	82%
3.13 m	1979–1983	War	Afghanistan	74%
1.13 m	1973–1984	Demographics	Germany	70%
3.58 m +	1991–	Demographics	Romania	70%
2.65 m	1994–1995	War / genocide	Rwanda	66%
1.25 m	1950–1954	War	North Korea	63%
1.56 m	2014–	Demographics	Italy	58%
2.34 m	1980–	Demographics	Bulgaria	55%
1.01 m	1993–	Demographics	Belarus	53%
1.30 m	1992–	War / genocide / demographics	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53%
2.74 m	2017–2022	Economic collapse	Venezuela	53%
1.00 m	1975–1979	Genocide	Cambodia	52%
1.02 m +	1980–	Demographics	Hungary	46%
1.19 m	2015–	Return of refugees?	Lebanon	41%
1.84 m	1992–2000	Demographics	Kazakhstan	40%
1.45 m +	1993–	Demographics	Moldova	38%
1.75 m	1989–	Demographics	Georgia	35%
1.09 m	1992–	Demographics	Lithuania	34%
1.15 m	1990–1991	War	Kuwait	30%