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muriel_volestrangler

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12. Technically, there was a decrease in 1918

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 05:54 AM

Sep 2025

from 103,266,000 in July 1917 to 103,203,000 in July 1918. This is 'population for the United States'; from the 1940s, the statistic adds "including Armed Forces Overseas". So in 1918 you had both soldiers being posted to Europe for World War One, and the Flu pandemic.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=mmo

That also shows a decrease in the very last year without the Armed Forces Overseas bit - 1944.

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U.S. Population Could Shrink for the First Time Ever [View all] applegrove Sep 2025 OP

What self-respecting woman would choose to birth a baby in this shithole? CousinIT Sep 2025 #1

My Niece just had her 2nd child in late August. maxsolomon Sep 2025 #9

As long as the US converges on the Handmaid's Tale IzzaNuDay Sep 2025 #2

Deaths are hildegaard28 Sep 2025 #3

Good. Maybe our environment can heal with a lower population. Melon Sep 2025 #4

The reason for the population decline would be this fascist administration, which is also TERRIBLE on the environment... W_HAMILTON Sep 2025 #10

Less people in the US and less demands on the environment Melon Sep 2025 #11

Is this why they want to outlaw all abortions, birth control pills and condoms? Oopsie Daisy Sep 2025 #5

The problem is not population per se, but population distribution dalton99a Sep 2025 #6

Good OC375 Sep 2025 #7

+1. The planet has far more people than it needs or can support dalton99a Sep 2025 #8

This isn't a change in the number of people FBaggins Sep 2025 #13

Technically, there was a decrease in 1918 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #12