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What will be the largest single-year population decline between 2021 to 2120?

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Community Prediction2.02 (0.609 - 4.06)

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	<0	lower 25%	median	upper 75%	>10
community	16.1%	0.6094	2.016	4.06	9.7%
My Prediction	—	—	—	—	—

Lower bound	community	My Prediction
<0	16.1%	—
Quartiles
lower 25%	0.6094	—
median	2.016	—
upper 75%	4.06	—
Upper bound
>10	9.7%	—

Authors:

ege_erdil

Opened:

Nov 26, 2021

Closes:

Dec 31, 2069

Scheduled resolution:

Dec 31, 2121

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