The population of the world’s second most populous country dropped by 3.39 million in 2025 to 1.405 billion, a faster decline ...
BEIJING, Jan 19 (Reuters) - China's population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025 as the birthrate plunged to a ...
China’s birth rate hit rock bottom, one decade after it announced the end of its one-child policy, multiple outlets reported ...
China’s population fell for a fourth straight year and its birthrate tumbled as policymakers failed to slow a demographic ...
Measured another way, the birth rate in 2025 — 5.63 per 1,000 people — is the lowest on record since 1949, the year that Mao ...
Despite efforts to encourage young couples to have children, China's birth rate hit a record low.
Despite Beijing’s campaign to encourage couples to have more children, new data shows China’s population decline is ...
Official figures released this week show China’s population now stands at 1.404 billion, a drop of three million compared to ...
China clocked its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population shrank for the fourth year in a row, deepening a ...
China’s demographic decline complicates Xi Jinping’s ambitions. The president wants to double GDP by 2035, complete the country’s transformation into a techno-industrial superpower and expand its ...
China’s population fell again, marking the fourth straight year of decline. According to new government data released this ...
China’s population dropped by another 3 million in 2025, with births falling to a record low despite expanded child-rearing ...