Assertion: shrinking population | /r/CreatedBy | emigration
Facets:
value: largely
type: DEGREE
value: according to the data
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: According to the data, the shrinking population can largely be attributed to emigration, with Stats SA showing that over 612,000 white South Africans will have left the country since between 1985 and 2021 – 430,000 of which will have left in the 20 year period between 2001 and 2021 (at a rate of 21,000 a year, in-line with most of the population declines).