Tag Archives: Population Decline

A decade after the removal of the one-child policy in China, the nation’s birth rates have plummeted, leaving their population in a declining state (AP News). For the fourth consecutive year, China’s population has continuously shrunk, with birth rates dropping to 5.63 for every 1,000 members of the population (17%) (AP News). There are many […]

The Chinese government recently issued official statements that its population is shrinking. With a reported birth rate of 9.56 million and a death rate of 10.41 in 2022 (CNBC), the country’s population fell for the first time since the 1960s (Statista 1). The dependency ratio in 2021, which indicates the growing population that must be […]