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China Population Shrinks for Third Year Even With More Babies Born

(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 people ...

With a shrinking population, China needs new drivers of growth. Consumer spending has yet to fill the gap

China’s latest national accounts show the economy grew by about 5% through 2025 and into the first quarter of 2026, pointing ...
China Daily Global Edition

Natural population growth rate lagging, NBS says

Amid efforts to boost the nation's birth rate, the China Statistical Yearbook 2024 recently released by the National Bureau ...
Yahoo

China's population falls for a third straight year, posing challenges for its government and economy

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world's second most populous ...
Los Angeles Times

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

BEIJING — 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 ...
Business Insider

China's population decline is having a big impact as marriages, diamond sales, and retail spending drop

China's population shrinkage is having a big effect on its economy. Marriage rates have halved over the last decade, with only 3.4 million couples marrying in the first half. Economists warn that ...
CNBC

How China's shrinking population could have a ripple effect on the global economy

China remains home to 1.4 billion people. But that number is getting smaller. The country's National Bureau of Statistics reported China's population slipped to 1.412 billion last year from ...
USA Today

What is the population of China? These are the country's declining numbers.

Earth's population reached a new record in November 2022 when it became home to 8 billion people. The United Nations has predicted that by 2037, Earth's population will have reached 9 billion ...
BBC

Who are the Uyghurs and why is China being accused of genocide?

The Uyghurs are the largest minority ethnic group in China's north-western province of Xinjiang China has been accused of committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide against the ...