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Chinese Population Keeps On Shrinking

Chinese Population Keeps On Shrinking

The National Statistics Bureau of China has https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3295222/chinas-population-drops-third-year-row-despite-uptick-births
has shrunk for the third time in a row after decades of growth.

https://www.statista.com/chart/24837/population-and-growth-rate-in-chinas-census/
around 1.4083 billion people lived in China at the end of 2024, down from 1.4098 billion in 2023.

https://www.statista.com/chart/24837/population-and-growth-rate-in-chinas-census/


You will find more infographics at https://www.statista.com/chartoftheday/


The average annual growth rate of the population was therefore -0.1 percent between the two years.

In 2021, the population had already barely grown - at a rate of just 0.03 percent.

This is a far cry from growth rates of the 1970s, which reached around 3 percent, and those of the last decades of the 20th century, which still stood at a solid 1-1.5 percent.

2024 being the year of the dragon - a desirable zodiac sign among Chinese - did boost birth rates somewhat and the decrease in population was smaller than in 2023.

The last previous population drop in https://www.statista.com/topics/753/china/


Chinese data also highlights https://www.statista.com/topics/6000/aging-population-in-china/
 which contracted by 40 million between 2010 and 2020.

Even though the total size of the labor force remained a large 880 million at the time of the last census in 2020, any future drops will likely have an impact on https://www.statista.com/topics/753/china/
's economic growth.

https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden

Wed, 01/22/2025 - 02:45

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/chinese-population-keeps-shrinking
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