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Population decline is not a blip, this is the new normal,' a Hong Kong-based professor told the Financial Times.

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 ...

According to the Taipei Times, the population decline is largely attributed to the legacy of the one-child policy, which was enforced from 1980 until 2015, and its lasting effects on China’s ...

The population of China, the world’s second-most populous ... in 2023 and by 850,000 inhabitants in 2022. That was the first decline since 1961, when the number of inhabitants shrank as a ...

China's population continued its downward trend for the third consecutive year, with deaths surpassing the slight rise in births, raising concerns over the nation's long-term demographic and ...

This decline was double the previous year’s, which marked the first population drop in 60 years in China. Recent efforts by China to curb the declining birthrate have not succeeded in reversing ...

China’s population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, with a modest rise in new births outnumbered by deaths as the country’s collective age continues to creep upwards and deepen the ...

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 ...