China said on Friday its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country faces a rapidly ageing population and ...

For the fourth quarter, GDP is forecast to have expanded 5 per cent, which would translate to 4.9 per cent growth for 2024 — ...

China’s population has fallen for the third straight year, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation that is now facing both an aging population and an eme ...

China has been keen to slow population growth for several years. A larger population equals more mouths to feed, more houses and jobs required and a greater demand on schools and hospitals.

China’s demographic challenges could eventually hurt the nation’s economic prospects as a shrinking workforce puts a strain on growth. Additionally, an expanding elderly population would pile ...

China's low birth rate and aging population are ending any hopes Beijing had of overtaking the U.S. as an economic giant.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), China’s chief governmental data ... revealed the yearly figures for gross domestic product, population, unemployment and other metrics that will inform ...

while industrial output rose 5.8 per cent thanks to strong growth in manufacturing China’s population shrank by almost 1.4mn in 2024, the third consecutive year of declines Residential property ...

China’s demographic challenges could eventually hurt the nation’s economic prospects as a shrinking workforce puts a strain on growth. Additionally, an expanding elderly population would pile more ...

China’s economy achieved its annual growth target of 5% for 2024, helped by a late-year stimulus and boosted exports before US tariffs. Industrial production surged by 6.2% in December ...