except for a brief uptick in 2016 as the government relaxed its one-child policy. Bloomberg Intelligence has estimated that China’s population will shrink to 1.36 billion by 2035, a level not ...

China's total population dropped for a third consecutive year in 2024, but a slight increase in the number of newborns demonstrates the outcomes of a national push to build a birth-friendly society ...

The population stood at 1.408 billion by the end of the year, Beijing's National Bureau of Statistics said, down from 1.410 billion in 2023. The decline was less sharp than the previous year, when it ...

The world's second largest economy faces demographic headwinds, as its dwindling population continues to age, leaving a declining workforce.

For the third consecutive year, China’s population has declined. To revive the country’s birth rate, authorities are relying ...

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

The number of newborns has been falling steadily since the 1960s, except for a brief uptick in 2016 as the government relaxed its one-child policy. The latest population decline widens China’s gap ...

According to the National Statistics Bureau, China has recorded a negative natural increase for the third consecutive year despite a rise in the number of births. China has been experiencing ...

"Much of China's population decline is rooted in entrenched ... death rates in China with the impact of famine and one-child policy annotated. The number of Chinese women of reproductive age ...

China’s population continued to decline last year ... the year after it ended the one-child policy, despite Beijing’s encouragement of couples to have three children. At the same time ...

When China recorded an uptick in births last year, some argued the country’s baby bust may be ending. But those hopes are ...