Really don't like this engagement-bait style "suddenly stops" / "have quietly" and all this stuff. It's no wonder it works. The headline from the CIA is far more staid and off the front page in comparison https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46891794

It's not even a bad submission saying that he mirrored it here: https://simonw.github.io/cia-world-factbook-2020/