The alarming record broken by China as its population tries to keep cool this summer - Officials say demand topped 1.5 ...

China’s population is expected to start to shrink in 2021-2025, the Global Times said, citing Yang Wenzhuang, head of population and family affairs at the National Health Commission.

China has reported a fall in its population for the first time in more than 60 years, suggesting trouble ahead for both the world’s most populous nation and the global economy.

China's birth data shows new births in 2021 were the lowest in decades in several regions, and an official suggests the country's population may start to shrink.

BEIJING (Reuters) -Natural disasters across China in the first half of 2025 brought direct economic losses of 54.11 billion ...

Sichuan, one of China’s most populous provinces, is expanding benefits to unmarried parents amid a looming demographic crisis.

China will soon no longer be world’s most populous country—a title it has held for centuries—underscoring the daunting challenge it confronts to maintain its global dominance.

China's population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world's second most populous nation, which is now ...

China's long-anticipated demographic crisis has arrived earlier than expected. On Tuesday, the government posted negative population growth for the first time in 61 years.

The results of a survey from a southern province of China indicate that the national trend towards smaller families might not be entirely uniform.

China will pay families to have children in an attempt to combat the country’s declining birth rate. Xi Jinping’s government will give parents 3,600 yuan (£367) a year per child until they are three ...

China's population has slowed significantly and is expected to start to shrink ahead of 2025, the state backed Global Times reported, citing a senior health official.