China’s Population Drops For The First Time Since 1961

BBC: China's population falls for first time since 1961

China's population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the national birth rate hitting a record low - 6.77 births per 1,000 people.

The population in 2022 - 1.4118 billion - fell by 850,000 from 2021.

China's birth rate has been declining for years, prompting a slew of policies to try to slow the trend.

But seven years after scrapping the one-child policy, it has entered what one official described as an "era of negative population growth".

The birth rate in 2022 was also down from 7.52 in 2021, according to China's National Bureau of Statistics, which released the figures on Tuesday.

In comparison, in 2021, the United States recorded 11.06 births per 1,000 people, and the United Kingdom, 10.08 births. The birth rate for the same year in India, which is poised to overtake China as the world's most populous country, was 16.42.

Deaths also outnumbered births for the first time last year in China. The country logged its highest death rate since 1976 - 7.37 deaths per 1,000 people, up from 7.18 the previous year.

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WNU Editor: I have told this story many times before. But when I working in China in the 1980s a Chinese regional leader told me that for China to develop and have a society that was rich and sustainable for its population, it needed to have a population of about 600 million. He also told me that it would take over a century to accomplish it.

China’s Population Drops For The First Time Since 1961

China’s population drops for the first time in decades -- CNBC

China faces demographic crisis as population shrinks for first time in 60 years -- France 24

China announces first population decline since 1961 -- DW

China’s first population fall since 1961 creates ‘bleaker’ outlook for country -- The Guardian

China records first population decline in 60 years -- CNN

China reports major population decline amid falling birth rates and aging society -- ABC News Australia

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