The one-child policy has resulted in a population imbalance. 34.9 million more males than females (Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China, 2020). This is partly explained by Chinese ...

Thus, while China represents 17.2 per cent of the global population, it will account for ... albeit with some deviation in the period of 2020 to 2024, owing to the zero-COVID policy.

China's population fell for the third year in a row in 2024 and it already has more than 310 million people aged 60 and over. As the workforce shrinks, the government has increasingly looked to ...