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One major fluctuation was reported in a computer reconstruction of China's population trends from 1953 to 1987 produced by the United States Bureau of the Census. The computer model showed that the crude death rate increased dramatically during the famine years associated with the Great Leap Forward (1958–60). [citation needed]
The population growth rate estimates (according to the United Nations Population Prospects 2019) between 2015 and 2020 [1] This article includes a table of countries and subnational areas by annual population growth rate.
The Population of Modern China (1992) excerpt; also another excerpt; Pritchard, Earl H. “Thoughts on the Historical Development of the Population of China.” Journal of Asian Studies 23#1 (1963), pp. 3–20 online, discussion of technical issues; Schinz, Alfred. The Magic Square: Cities in Ancient China(Fellbach: Edition Axel Menges, 1996).
China reported a record low birth rate in 2023 as its population shrank for the second year in a row. The trend marked the deepening of a demographic challenge set to have significant implications ...
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 ...
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.
The total population of mainland China was 1.409 billion at the end of last year, the National Statistics Bureau said, down more than 2 million from 2022. ... a new culture of marriage and ...
The 2022 projections from the United Nations Population Division (chart #1) show that annual world population growth peaked at 2.3% per year in 1963, has since dropped to 0.9% in 2023, equivalent to about 74 million people each year, and could drop even further to minus 0.1% by 2100. [4]