couch_appleB to Olympics@voyager.lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoPerformance of the most populated countries in Summer Olympicslemmy.fediverser.ioimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareMM18998BlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoDang, Russia has dropped off. They used to be 4th not long ago.
minus-squareBlackKeys89BlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoRussia’s birth rate is below replacement level and that number probably still counts the 500,000+ dead buried (or not) in Ukraine. In a generation this list will be full of sub Saharan African states too.
minus-square2721900BlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThey never fully recovered from ww2, insane population loss of young, healthy men and women
minus-squareMM18998BlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThey were 4th in the early 2000’s and at one point had a population larger than the USA when they were the USSR. Not to mention the Cold War and they very much recovered from WWII.
minus-squarechapeauetrangeBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI think the Russian Empire/USSR always had a larger population than the US.
Dang, Russia has dropped off. They used to be 4th not long ago.
Russia’s birth rate is below replacement level and that number probably still counts the 500,000+ dead buried (or not) in Ukraine.
In a generation this list will be full of sub Saharan African states too.
They never fully recovered from ww2, insane population loss of young, healthy men and women
They were 4th in the early 2000’s and at one point had a population larger than the USA when they were the USSR.
Not to mention the Cold War and they very much recovered from WWII.
I think the Russian Empire/USSR always had a larger population than the US.