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'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.