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As of 2022, Chinese state media reported the country's total fertility rate to be 1.09. [6] China was the world's most populous country from at least 1950 [7] until being surpassed by India in 2023. [8] [9] By one estimate, in 2024 China's population stood at about 1.408 billion, down from the 1.412 billion recorded in the 2020 census. [10]
Figures are from the 2024 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, ... China: 8,899,881 Nigeria ... List of countries by birth rate;
Replacement fertility is the total fertility rate at which women give birth to enough babies to sustain population levels, assuming that mortality rates remain constant and net migration is zero. [8] If replacement level fertility is sustained over a sufficiently long period, each generation will exactly replace itself. [ 8 ]
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China's population fell for a second consecutive year in 2023, as a record low birth rate and a wave of COVID-19 deaths when strict lockdowns ended accelerated a downturn that ...
March 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM. ... Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China are all reporting falling birth rates as well. All of these economies have fertility rates far below 2.1, the “replacement ...
The birth rate fell for decades due to China's 1980-2015 one-child policy and rapid urbanisation. ... Last year saw a slight rise in births after a lull due to the pandemic and because 2024 was ...
Crude birth rate refers to the number of births over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period. It is expressed as number of births per 1,000 population. The article lists 233 countries and territories in crude birth rate. The first list is provided by Population Reference Bureau. [1]
This demographic shift is deeply tied to China’s decreasing birth rate and population, with only 9 million births recorded in 2023 – the lowest since 1949