It’s not just China’s total population that’s falling
4 days ago · China’s urban population surpassed 943m in 2024, say official statistics, an increase of 100m in just seven years. The government acknowledges that its cities will expand more …
China's population decline is getting close to irreversible
Jan 18, 2024 · China’s total natural population[1] dropped by more than 2 million in 2023, according to the latest Chinese statistics. The country recorded 9.0 million births and 11.1 …
China faces economic blow from population crisis - Newsweek
Aug 7, 2025 · China's potential output growth could fall to half its 2020s level by mid-century, with a shrinking labor force becoming a structural drag on the world's second-largest economy, …
China on track for massive population decline - Axios
Dec 16, 2025 · People in the year 2100 will be younger in Africa, and dramatically older in East Asia and Europe, as power tilts sharply toward the global South, per the U.S. Census Bureau's …
China’s population falls for a third straight year, posing ...
Jan 17, 2025 · China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation.
China's looming demographic challenge could up-end world order
Aug 21, 2025 · China's population is set to shrink by more than 150 million by 2050, while the proportion of seniors will keep on rising. What will the nation's future shape up to be?
China Population (2025) - Worldometer
Population of China: current, historical, and projected population, growth rate, immigration, median age, total fertility rate (TFR), population density, urbanization ...
Peak global population and other key findings from the 2024 ...
Jul 11, 2024 · The UN also expects that China’s population has peaked and is declining. This is because of a rapid drop in China’s fertility rates, which have been below the “replacement …