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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 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 ...

The country’s population fell for a third straight year as deaths outpaced births.

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 ...

China's population contracted for the third ... this will have on the world's second-largest economy . The sharp decline in population—unprecedented in the absence of war, disease or famine ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s population shrank for the third straight year in 2024, even though births rose slightly, underscoring a persistent long-term risk for the economy. The total number of ...