Christianity in China has stopped growing since 2010, according to an academic paper. "In 19 nationally representative ...

China’s population stood at 1.408 billion at the end of 2024, a decline of 1.39 million from the previous year. The figures announced by the government in Beijing follow trends worldwide ...

The trend among Chinese women of postponing or eschewing marriage will undermine Beijing’s efforts to boost falling birth rates, says Yi Fuxian of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Within months of leaving hospital, the local government paid Tang a 6,500-yuan (US$897) reward for having two children as ...

The working-age population (ages 14 to 64 ... and South Korea, China is likely to see its birth rate continue to decline as shifting social attitudes and economic pressures deter younger ...

As rising incomes fuelled their spending power, 11 November in China, or Double 11, came to be crowned as the world's busiest ...

China's persistent decline in fertility rates and the accompanying demographic shift towards an ageing population have brought challenges to the country's health-care system, particularly in the realm ...

What's more, China's population is projected to decline further, leading to an increase in the average age of the population. This demographic shift will reduce the proportion of the working-age ...

In population dynamics, there is an "echo effect". Today's aging population is the echo of a long period of low fertility ...

By Keith Bradsher Reporting from Beijing Buried in China’s latest government budget were some numbers that add up to an alarming trend. Tax revenue is dropping. The decline means that China’s ...

New marriages in China reportedly plummeted by one-fifth last year, implying that the official number of births will likely fall from 9.54 million in 2024 to 7.3- 7.8 million in 2025. Thus, while ...