Births were down from 10.6 million in 2021, the sixth straight year that the number had fallen, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. China’s overall population now stands at 1.41 ...

Much has been written about China’s sharp demographic shift, but less attention has been paid to how this might affect—or ...

The country’s population fell in 2022 to 1.411 billion, down some 850,000 people from the previous year, China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced during a Tuesday briefing on ...

China’s demographic problem lies mostly in how the burden of a large population of retirees will prevent a narrowing workforce from producing much of an economic surplus.

A widening population imbalance continues to plague China, but this year’s government work report did not offer much detail about how the dilemma will be addressed, raising concerns.

Is China facing a demographic crisis? Explore potential population inaccuracies, the One-Child Policy's impact, and ...

China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Jan. 17, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation, which is now ...

China’s population fell for the third consecutive year in 2024, as a demographic crisis continues to loom over the East Asian superpower.. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on ...

It came as a surprise to many people when China's population fell for the first time in six decades in 2022, dropping by 850,000 from the previous year.. Coming at least five years earlier than ...

The population of China, the world’s second-most populous country, fell by about 1.39 million last year, according to official data published Friday by the nation’s statistics office.

China has no choice but to keep raising the retirement age for workers, according to Yi Fuxian.; The nation has a demographic crisis, which is straining the pension system, the researcher said ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — 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 ...