South China Morning Post on Nostr: China’s population woes deepen as marriage registrations tumble ========== Marriage ...
China’s population woes deepen as marriage registrations tumble
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Marriage registrations in China could fall to as low as 6.01 million in 2024; 4.75 million couples registered marriages in the first nine months of 2024, a 16.6% drop from 2023; only 1.32 million marriages registered in Q3 2024, down over 25% from the previous year; lowest quarterly reading since 2008; estimates suggest 6.01 to 6.59 million marriages this year, lower than 6.83 million in 2022 and 7.2 million in 1980; Luliang city offers 1,500 yuan (US$211) cash reward for first marriages; cash incentives introduced to encourage childbirth; China's birth rate estimated at around 2.5 per 1,000 people; marriage rate has declined for nine consecutive years since peaking at 13.47 million in 2013; 2023 saw 7.68 million marriage registrations, a 12.36% increase from 2022; China's population dropped to 1.4 billion in 2023, with only 9 million births reported, the lowest since 1949; national and local governments have implemented pronatalist policies, but deeper issues remain unaddressed.
#China #Marriage #Population #BirthRate #Demography #Economy #GovernmentPolicy #SocialIssues #Incentives #MarriageRegistrations
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3285093/chinas-population-woes-deepen-marriage-registrations-tumble?utm_source=rss_feed
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Marriage registrations in China could fall to as low as 6.01 million in 2024; 4.75 million couples registered marriages in the first nine months of 2024, a 16.6% drop from 2023; only 1.32 million marriages registered in Q3 2024, down over 25% from the previous year; lowest quarterly reading since 2008; estimates suggest 6.01 to 6.59 million marriages this year, lower than 6.83 million in 2022 and 7.2 million in 1980; Luliang city offers 1,500 yuan (US$211) cash reward for first marriages; cash incentives introduced to encourage childbirth; China's birth rate estimated at around 2.5 per 1,000 people; marriage rate has declined for nine consecutive years since peaking at 13.47 million in 2013; 2023 saw 7.68 million marriage registrations, a 12.36% increase from 2022; China's population dropped to 1.4 billion in 2023, with only 9 million births reported, the lowest since 1949; national and local governments have implemented pronatalist policies, but deeper issues remain unaddressed.
#China #Marriage #Population #BirthRate #Demography #Economy #GovernmentPolicy #SocialIssues #Incentives #MarriageRegistrations
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3285093/chinas-population-woes-deepen-marriage-registrations-tumble?utm_source=rss_feed