China’s population falls for first time in more than 60 years
1 year, 11 months ago

China’s population falls for first time in more than 60 years

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China has announced its first overall population decline in recent years amid an aging society and plunging birthrate. Men also continued to outnumber women by 722.06 million to 689.69 million, the bureau said, a result of the now-abandoned one-child policy and a traditional preference for male offspring to carry on the family name. The last time China is believed to have recorded a population decline was during the Great Leap Forward at the end of the 1950s, Mao Zedon'g disastrous drive for collective farming and industrialization that produced a massive famine killing tens of millions of people.

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America's population projected to hit 341,145,670 at midnight EST on January 1
1 week, 3 days ago

America's population projected to hit 341,145,670 at midnight EST on January 1

India Today  

The US Census Bureau predicted that the United States population would reach 341.1 million on the first day of 2024, growing from an annual 2.6 million or 0.78%. The United States was expected to have one birth every 9 seconds and one death every 9.4 seconds in January 2025. International migration was expected to add one person to the U.S. …

Report digs into Beijing's population
1 month ago

Report digs into Beijing's population

China Daily  

Insights gleaned into capital's shifts, growth and characteristics of residents In its latest population report, Beijing has shared critical insights into the demographic landscape of China's capital, highlighting both challenges and opportunities as the city navigates its future. It identifies seven key characteristics of population development in Beijing, including stable resident population size, increased urbanization, a narrowing income gap between …

Report digs into Beijing's population
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1 month ago

Report digs into Beijing's population

China Daily  

In its latest population report, Beijing has shared critical insights into the demographic landscape of China's capital, highlighting both challenges and opportunities as the city navigates its future. It identifies seven key characteristics of population development in Beijing, including stable resident population size, increased urbanization, a narrowing income gap between urban and rural residents, and a dual challenge of declining …

Natural population growth rate lagging, NBS says
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Natural population growth rate lagging, NBS says

China Daily  

Amid efforts to boost the nation's birth rate, the China Statistical Yearbook 2024 recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics said only eight provincial-level regions recorded a positive natural population growth rate last year. According to the yearbook, the top three regions in terms of natural population growth rates last year were the Xizang autonomous region, the Ningxia Hui …

Chinese government is calling women, asking when their last period was, and urging them to get pregnant
2 months, 1 week ago

Chinese government is calling women, asking when their last period was, and urging them to get pregnant

The Independent  

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Thousands of kindergartens closed across China as birth rate declines sharply
2 months, 1 week ago

Thousands of kindergartens closed across China as birth rate declines sharply

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China’s declining birth rate has …

China to create TV shows and films that promote ‘childbearing culture’
2 months, 1 week ago

China to create TV shows and films that promote ‘childbearing culture’

The Telegraph  

Beijing enforced a “one-child” policy until 2015 that limited couples to just one offspring. However, the longstanding one-child policy left a deep impression on China’s culture that has been difficult to shake, and birth rates have remained depressed. China’s birth rate fell to a record low in 2023 and the population shrunk for the second year in a row. UN …

China is worried its people ‘fear having children’ and is launching massive survey to find out why
2 months, 3 weeks ago

China is worried its people ‘fear having children’ and is launching massive survey to find out why

The Independent  

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China sees rising urbanization rate over past 75 years
3 months, 2 weeks ago

China sees rising urbanization rate over past 75 years

China Daily  

Residential buildings pictured in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province on May 9, 2021. BEIJING -- China's urbanization rate, which measures the ratio of permanent urban residents relative to the total population, rose by 55.52 percentage points from the end of 1949 to 66.16 percent by the end of 2023, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Monday. Over the …

China’s policymakers discuss delaying retirement age amid shrinking working population
3 months, 4 weeks ago

China’s policymakers discuss delaying retirement age amid shrinking working population

The Independent  

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Experts remind recent rise in new births temporary
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Experts remind recent rise in new births temporary

China Daily  

A newborn baby, whose Chinese zodiac sign is dragon, is seen with the mother at a hospital in Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei province, Feb 10, 2024. In Guangdong province, the number of births rose by 1.4 percent year-on-year during the first six months, according to Liu Fenghua, deputy head of Guangdong Women and Children Hospital. In Qingdao, Shandong province, the …

Japan's population falls for the 15th year in a row. Births hit a record low, deaths a record high
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Japan's population falls for the 15th year in a row. Births hit a record low, deaths a record high

The Independent  

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China’s low-fertility trap
5 months, 4 weeks ago

China’s low-fertility trap

Live Mint  

A SMALL NUMBER should haunt the sleep of China’s leaders: 1.1. Even after controlling for education and degrees of social contact with China’s dominant Han majority, many ethnic groups stand out for wanting larger families. Intrigued, Chaguan headed to Guizhou, a province in China’s south-west with many minorities and the highest birth rates of any region outside Tibet. Faced with …

India’s population to peak at 1.7bn in 2060s, decline afterwards; China and Japan’s population to reduce significantly
5 months, 4 weeks ago

India’s population to peak at 1.7bn in 2060s, decline afterwards; China and Japan’s population to reduce significantly

Live Mint  

India’s population will most likely peak at 1.7 billion in the early 2060s and is projected to decline after that by 12 per cent. However, according to the World Population Prospects 2024 report released on July 11, the population is expected to decline to 10.2 billion people by the end of this century. The population is currently estimated at 1.45 …

Falling births trigger calls for reallocating preschool resources
9 months ago

Falling births trigger calls for reallocating preschool resources

China Daily  

Children exercise with basketballs at a kindergarten in Tongren, Guizhou province, on April 1. There were 274,400 kindergartens in China last year, with 40.93 million children enrolled, the Ministry of Education said at a news conference last month. The number of preschool children last year dropped 5.35 million from 2022 and has seen a decrease for three consecutive years, according …

How China lost the plot on population
11 months, 3 weeks ago

How China lost the plot on population

Hindustan Times  

On September 25, 1980, the Communist Party of China released a document, titled “Open Letter to members of the Chinese Communist Party and the Communist Youth League”, advocating the “one-child per couple” policy. “The policy also lightened pressure on peoples’ livelihood, on education, on job hunting and on medical care, and in turn has saved the nation and families the …

China’s population dip is a global concern
11 months, 3 weeks ago

China’s population dip is a global concern

Hindustan Times  

China’s population fell by 2.08 million in 2023, a decline for the second straight year, the country’s National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. Add the decline of 850,000 in 2022, and it means that the population of the world’s second most populous nation has declined by nearly three million in two years. Given that China’s elderly population, aged 60 and …

Chinese shudders: Fewer people is bad news
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese shudders: Fewer people is bad news

Live Mint  

For an economy already caught in a slowdown, Wednesday’s release of China’s population data made it a double whammy. China’s covid toll was estimated at about 11.1 million last year and 10.4 million in 2022. It now faces an adverse demographic turn, with fewer people who can contribute to economic activity even as an elderly bulge adds to its welfare …

China’s population falls by 2 million as birth rate hits new low
11 months, 3 weeks ago

China’s population falls by 2 million as birth rate hits new low

The Independent  

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China’s Population Decline Accelerated Last Year
11 months, 3 weeks ago

China’s Population Decline Accelerated Last Year

Live Mint  

China’s population decline accelerated last year, worsening a demographic gloom that has taken on increasing urgency for Beijing. China ended 2023 with 1.410 billion people, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday, down from 1.412 billion in 2022, when it hit a historic turning point: the first year the population shrank since starvation years in the early 1960s. Another possible …

China's population declines for 2nd year in a row, and so has its workforce; surge seen in elderly people
11 months, 3 weeks ago

China's population declines for 2nd year in a row, and so has its workforce; surge seen in elderly people

Hindustan Times  

China has reported a downward trend in its population growth for the second consecutive time in 2023, giving rise to its deepening demographic challenge, which is likely to burden its economy – the second largest in the world. The birth rate saw a record drop of 6.39 births per 1,000 people from 6.77 a year earlier. According to China's National …

China’s population falls for a 2nd straight year as births drop even after end of one-child policy
11 months, 3 weeks ago

China’s population falls for a 2nd straight year as births drop even after end of one-child policy

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China’s population fell by 2 million people in 2023 in its second straight annual decrease, as births dropped for the seventh straight year and deaths jumped following the end of COVID-19 restrictions, the government said Wednesday. The lower fertility rate, together with people living longer because of better health care, means China is slowly growing older, something that …

China’s population falls for a second year in a row as COVID restrictions end
11 months, 3 weeks ago

China’s population falls for a second year in a row as COVID restrictions end

LA Times  

China’s population dropped in 2023 by 2 million people — the second consecutive annual drop as births fell and deaths increased after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, the government said Wednesday. President Xi Jinping told the new leadership of the All-China Women’s Federation in October that young people need stronger guidance on marriage, parenthood and family, including policies that support …

China: Economic decline, COVID-19 may have reduced population in 2023
1 year ago

China: Economic decline, COVID-19 may have reduced population in 2023

Firstpost  

After the country abruptly ended severe lockdowns, there was likely a spike in COVID-related deaths in 2023, which caused China’s population to decline for a second consecutive year. Since Beijing abruptly lifted prohibitions in December 2022, the COVID-19 virus spread throughout China’s 1.41 billion people early last year, and demographers predict a substantial increase in the country’s death toll. The …

World’s population has passed 8 billion, says US Census Bureau
1 year, 2 months ago

World’s population has passed 8 billion, says US Census Bureau

The Independent  

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Feeling crowded yet? The US Census Bureau estimates the world’s population has passed 8 billion
1 year, 2 months ago

Feeling crowded yet? The US Census Bureau estimates the world’s population has passed 8 billion

Associated Press  

The human species has topped 8 billion, with longer lifespans offsetting fewer births, but world population growth continues a long-term trend of slowing down, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday. While world population growth remains brisk, growing from 6 billion to 8 billion since the turn of the millennium, the rate has slowed since doubling between 1960 and 2000. Fertility …

China Launches Population Survey to Address Alarming Birth Rate Decline
1 year, 2 months ago

China Launches Population Survey to Address Alarming Birth Rate Decline

News 18  

China will begin polling 1.4 billion people on Wednesday in a survey on population changes, as authorities struggle to incentivise people to have more children amid a declining birth rate and the first population drop in more than six decades. China last conducted its once-in-a-decade census in November 2020 which showed it grew at the slowest pace since the first …

Japan’s rapidly ageing population hits concerning milestone
1 year, 3 months ago

Japan’s rapidly ageing population hits concerning milestone

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. For the first time in the country’s history, people …

China's Fertility Rate Hits Record Low as Concerns Grow Over Population Decline
1 year, 4 months ago

China's Fertility Rate Hits Record Low as Concerns Grow Over Population Decline

News 18  

China’s fertility rate is estimated to have dropped to a record low of 1.09 in 2022, the National Business Daily said on Tuesday, a figure likely to rattle authorities as they try to boost the country’s declining number of new births. The state-backed Daily said the figure from China’s Population and Development Research Center put it as having the lowest …

China needs to build marriage-friendly society
1 year, 5 months ago

China needs to build marriage-friendly society

China Daily  

A family pose for a photo at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing. The declining marriage and fertility rates in China have become issues of greater concern in recent times due to negative population growth, a shrinking workforce and a fast rising aging population. China's demographic trend is one of "low marriage rate, even lower fertility rates …

China needs to build marriage-friendly society
1 year, 5 months ago

China needs to build marriage-friendly society

China Daily  

A family pose for a photo at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing. The declining marriage and fertility rates in China have become issues of greater concern in recent times due to negative population growth, a shrinking workforce and a fast rising aging population. China's demographic trend is one of "low marriage rate, even lower fertility rates …

China's biggest online travel agency to pay employees 1 bn yuan to have kids as population rapidly ages, birth rate fall
1 year, 6 months ago

China's biggest online travel agency to pay employees 1 bn yuan to have kids as population rapidly ages, birth rate fall

Firstpost  

Many Chinese women are reluctant to have more than one or even any children due to the high costs of child-rearing and as the lack of childcare means becoming a parent often entails giving up a career. As China is struggling with an ageing population and low birth rate, the country’s biggest online travel agency Trip.com Group announced on Friday …

Firm course charted for modernization
1 year, 6 months ago

Firm course charted for modernization

China Daily  

Fresh model to counter low birthrate, aging population China's new demographic development model, which prioritizes improving the overall quality of people's lives and the workforce, will help propel modernization, officials and experts said. At the first meeting of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee's Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs early last month, President Xi Jinping stressed that …

China would 'get old before it gets rich', say demographers as marriages slump to record low
1 year, 6 months ago

China would 'get old before it gets rich', say demographers as marriages slump to record low

India Today  

Continuing a steady decline over the past decade, marriages in China dropped to the lowest in 2022, local news outlet Yicai reported on Sunday. According to the data published on the website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, only 6.83 million couples completed their marriage registrations last year, which was down about 8,00,000 from the previous year. Meanwhile, demographers have …

Firm course charted for modernization
1 year, 6 months ago

Firm course charted for modernization

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY Fresh model to counter low birthrate, aging population China's new demographic development model, which prioritizes improving the overall quality of people's lives and the workforce, will help propel modernization, officials and experts said. Zhang Xuyin, deputy head of the China Population and Development Research Center, said, "The meeting sent a strong signal from China's top central leadership …

Firm course charted for modernization
1 year, 6 months ago

Firm course charted for modernization

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY Fresh model to counter low birthrate, aging population China's new demographic development model, which prioritizes improving the overall quality of people's lives and the workforce, will help propel modernization, officials and experts said. Zhang Xuyin, deputy head of the China Population and Development Research Center, said, "The meeting sent a strong signal from China's top central leadership …

Covid curbs to blame? Marriages in China slump to historic low, says report
1 year, 6 months ago

Covid curbs to blame? Marriages in China slump to historic low, says report

India TV News  

The marriage rate keeps on dropping, with the nation seeing a notable low in 2022 in China, CNN report said. According to the CNN report, China's population is shrinking while the marriage rate is still at an all-time low. According to the report, which cites a report from China's Ministry of Civil Affairs, 6.8 million couples registered to wed in …

Covid lockdowns to blame? Marriages in China slump to historic low
1 year, 6 months ago

Covid lockdowns to blame? Marriages in China slump to historic low

Hindustan Times  

Marriages in China dropped in 2022 to a record low point, Reuters reported quoting local news outlet Yicai. In 2022, China's population fell for the first time in six decades, marking the start of a long period of decline that could impact the country's economy and the world, experts believe. China's birth rate fell last year to 6.77 births per …

'It is no longer difficult to have a baby': China strives to improve childcare, aims for better-skilled population
1 year, 7 months ago

'It is no longer difficult to have a baby': China strives to improve childcare, aims for better-skilled population

Firstpost  

The government, concerned with China’s rapidly ageing population preceded by its first population drop in six decades, has been working to implement measures to reverse the country’s declining birth rate China’s dwindling birth rate has become a cause of concern among policymakers and the government. The newspaper described population development as a major event linked to China’s “great rejuvenation”. The …

Explained: How China is planning to usher in 'new era' of marriage and childbearing culture
1 year, 7 months ago

Explained: How China is planning to usher in 'new era' of marriage and childbearing culture

Firstpost  

China’s population is on a decline. China’s Family Planning Association, a national body that implements the government’s population and fertility measures, announced that the East Asian nation will launch the projects to encourage women to marry and have children, state backed Global Times reported on Monday. AFP Local authorities across China have unveiled a series of measures to encourage child-bearing, …

‘Demographics is destiny’, says Elon Musk on India becoming world’s most populous country
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Demographics is destiny’, says Elon Musk on India becoming world’s most populous country

Op India  

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on reacted to the recent United Nations projections that India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country on July 1. Demographics is destiny — Elon Musk April 22, 2023 Responding to a tweet by ‘World of Statistics’ which gave projected country-wise population, Musk said, “Demographics is destiny.” Recently, the UN projected that India now …

India’s population will pass China’s soon, but when exactly?
1 year, 8 months ago

India’s population will pass China’s soon, but when exactly?

Associated Press  

India should surpass China’s population midway through this year, according to the latest projection from the United Nations. The last update to the data used for these calculations for both India and China was July 2022, said Sara Hertog, a U.N. population affairs officer in New York. The demographers then use a statistical technique to infer when India’s population has …

India to overtake China in population by July 1: UN
1 year, 8 months ago

India to overtake China in population by July 1: UN

Hindustan Times  

The United Nations expects India’s population to touch 1.429 billion latest by July 1, which will make it the most populous country in the world for the first time. “What we can say is that China’s population reached its peak last year and started to decline, and that while India’s population is growing, its rate of population growth has been …

India on its way to becoming world’s most populous country overtaking China in 2023, UN says
1 year, 8 months ago

India on its way to becoming world’s most populous country overtaking China in 2023, UN says

The Independent  

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UN: India's population will be world's largest by mid-year
1 year, 8 months ago

UN: India's population will be world's largest by mid-year

The Independent  

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India to overtake China’s population this year by 2.9 million, shows UN estimate
1 year, 8 months ago

India to overtake China’s population this year by 2.9 million, shows UN estimate

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: India is on its way to become the world’s most populous country, overtaking China with almost 3 million more people in the middle of this year, data released on Wednesday by the United Nations showed. The demographic data from the United Nations Population Fund’s “State of World Population Report, 2023” estimates India’s population at 1,428.6 million or 1.4286 …

India to have 2.9 million more people than China by mid-2023: UN
1 year, 8 months ago

India to have 2.9 million more people than China by mid-2023: UN

Al Jazeera  

UNFPA data estimates India’s population at 1.4286 billion against 1.4257 billion for China by the middle of the year. The demographic data released on Wednesday by the United Nations Population Fund estimates India’s population at 1.4286 billion against 1.4257 billion for China. UN population officials have said it was not possible to specify a date due to “uncertainty” about the …

Japan: Half of unmarried people under 30 do not want kids
1 year, 9 months ago

Japan: Half of unmarried people under 30 do not want kids

Firstpost  

The number of babies born in Japan in 2022 fell to a new record low for the seventh consecutive year, dropping below 800,000 for the first time since records began in 1899, government data showed late last month. Of the 400 respondents between 18 to 29 years old, 49.4 per cent said they do not want children, the highest percentage …

As China's population dips, effective policies are needed to boost fertility rates
1 year, 9 months ago

As China's population dips, effective policies are needed to boost fertility rates

Firstpost  

Xi Jinping begins his third term as the President of the People’s Republic of China. Various economists had already predicted that China’s one-child policy would bear unfruitful consequences for the country’s economy in the future. Still, in the next ten years, China multiplied its population to such an extent that the Chinese government had to bring stricter policies like One-Child …

Beijing saw more deaths than births in 2022, fresh data reveals
1 year, 9 months ago

Beijing saw more deaths than births in 2022, fresh data reveals

Firstpost  

The decline, according to demographers, was consistent with national patterns and illustrated the economic and social factors that are driving China’s declining birthrate Beijing: Fresh demographic data released by the Chinese government has revealed that the population of the Chinese capital city has decreased for the first time in nearly 20 years. The Chinese city, which is home to over …

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