International news 10:33 am 2024-01-17
China’s population has continued to decline in recent years. It faces its first population decline in six decades in 2022 as the birth rate falls to record lows and deaths rise.
China’s National Bureau of Statistics released official figures today (January 17) that the overall population in mainland China will decrease by 2.08 million to reach 1.4097 billion in 2023, down from 1.4118 billion.. Revenue in 2022
The report says that Last year, 9.02 million babies were born in China, down 5.6% from 9.56 million in 2022, as younger generations become less likely to have children.
The number of new born babies is falling. As a result, the birth rate has reached its lowest level since records began in 1949, with 6.39 births per 1,000 people compared to 6.77 in 2022.
Last year, 11.1 million people died in China, bringing the death rate across China to 7.87 deaths per 1,000 people.
China does not release the number of deaths from COVID-19. After the epidemic prevention measures were lifted at the end of 2022, the death rate increased last year from 7.37 people per 1,000 people in 2022.
The South China Morning Post newspaper reported that China’s official population data covers the population of 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, including the military, but does not include foreigners.
Mr Li Shunslei, Chief Economist of Zhongtai Company Zhongtai Securities predicts that China’s population will fall below 1.4 billion by 2027 and 1.2 billion by 2049.
“Japan took 12 years between 1994 and 2006 to transition from an aging society to a super-aged society, and China took 11 years,” said Sun Le.
The World Bank said that an aging society refers to a country with more than 14% of the country’s population aged 65 and over. An aging society refers to a country with more than 20% of the country’s population aged 65 and over. China’s population aged 65 and over exceeded 14% for the first time in 2021.
By InfoQuest News Agency (17 Jan. ’24)
Tags: population , China , birth rate
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