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

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.

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 statistics bureau said the working-age population between the ages of 16 and 59 totaled 875.56 million, accounting for 62% of the national population, while those ages 65 and older ...

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 billion.

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 ...

DEMOGRAPHIC TIME BOMB — China’s population declined for the first time since 1961, according to data released today by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, which reported 9.56 million ...

Last year marked the second consecutive year that China's population shrank, according to the country's National Bureau of Statistics. The birth rate dropped from 6.77 births to a record-low 6.39 ...

The Chinese population census, released last May, revealed that China’s demographic situation is already quite worrying. Population growth over the previous decade is the slowest in Chinese history.

China's population decline poses economic challenges, impacting property sector and boosting healthcare stocks. Aging demographics shift focus to tech and healthcare investments amid slowing ...

The demographic dynamics in India and China have major impacts on global economic development. Seeking to reassess the demographic race between the two countries with a focus on human capital and ...

World Population Day 2025 highlights a global population exceeding 8.2 billion, with India leading at 1.46 billion, ...