China's total population dropped for a third consecutive year in 2024, but a slight increase in the number of newborns ...
China's population stood at 1.408 billion at the end of 2024, a decline of 1.39 million from the previous year ...
According to the National Statistics Bureau, China has recorded a negative natural increase for the third consecutive year ...
China's population declined for the third consecutive year in 2024, dropping by 1.39 million to 1.408 billion, reflecting ...
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BEIJING – China’s population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, with the number of deaths outpacing a slight increase ...
BEIJING -- China recorded 9.54 million births in 2024, an increase of 520,000 compared with 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday. The birth rate for 2024 reached 6.77 per 1,000 ...
China said on Friday its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six ...
The fall came despite a slight rise in births last year, the first increase since 2016. State efforts to cajole women to have ...
With improved hospital maternity services, toddler care centers, "mom posts," and birth subsidies, China is building a more ...
China's total number of births was 9.54 million versus 9.02 million in 2023, the statistics bureau said. The birth rate rose to 6.77 births per 1,000 people in 2024 versus 6.39 per 1,000 people in ...
China's birth rates have been falling for decades as a result of the one-child policy China implemented from 1980 to 2015 as well as rapid urbanisation.