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China's population pyramid, 2023 to 2100, as projected by the United Nations in 2022. China's population is aging faster than almost all other countries in modern history. [1] [2] In 2050, the proportion of Chinese over retirement age will become 39 percent of the total population according to projections.
China's population, which is about 1.4 billion, declined for the second year in a row in 2023, with the nation losing over 2 million people as the death rate surpassed the birth rate.
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China will gradually raise its statutory retirement age, now among the world's lowest, to allow people to work longer, as it struggles to relieve soaring pressure on pension ...
China's economy is slowing and its population is aging. Will that prompt its leaders to take risks now, before their power declines? China's economy is slowing, its population aging.
Population pyramid of China (2018) Population ageing is an increasing median age in a population because of declining fertility rates and rising life expectancy. Most countries have rising life expectancy and an ageing population, trends that emerged first in developed countries but are now seen in virtually all developing countries. In most ...
China's population growth rate is −0.15%, ranking 159th in the world. [citation needed] China conducted its sixth national population census in 2010, [9] [10] and its seventh census was completed in late 2020, with data released in May 2021. [11] China faces the challenge of an aging population due to increased life expectancy and declining ...
HONG KONG — China said Tuesday that its population declined last year for the first time in six decades, a historic shift with profound implications for the world’s second-largest economy ...
Beginning in 1979, China implemented the one-child policy, which stipulated that a couple could only have one child, resulting in a declining new population and a rapidly aging society. In order to slow down the trend of population aging, in 2015, the CCP officially launched the two-child policy , which relaxed the birth restrictions.