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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.
In China, the elderly share of the population is set to increase by seven percentage points in the next decade. The US, meanwhile, will see a more moderate rise from 18.1% to 21.5%.
The reform is urgent, with life expectancy having risen in China to 78 years by 2021 from about 44 years in 1960, outstripping the United States, and is projected to exceed 80 years by 2050.
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.
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 ...
"Population data reporting in China is as much a demographic issue as it is a political event," she said. The population dip comes as China grapples with the challenge of a rapidly ageing demographic.
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 ...