depopulation
Americannoun
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Other council areas will face Inverclyde's depopulation challenge in the coming years.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The government is trying to stem the flow of people to the cities -- both to ease pressure on the urban centres and stem rural depopulation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Unlike Orban, who waxes lyrical on global politics, Magyar focusses on domestic issues such as healthcare, education, transport and rural depopulation in his speeches.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
Migrants have helped to enrich our living standards and helped ward off depopulation trends that threaten other wealthy countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Absent the extinctions, the encounter between Europe and the Americas might have been equally deadly for both sides—a world in which both hemispheres experienced catastrophic depopulation.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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