China has had a population decline for the second straight year. It’s a symptom of a much bigger issue. After seven years of a dropping birthrate and an increasing death rate, the nation is headed ...

For the first time in over six decades, China reported a population decline. The news has raised the possibility that India, which was expected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country ...

The world’s biggest nation is about to shrink. China accounts for more than one sixth of the world’s population. Yet after four extraordinary decades in which China’s population has swelled from 660 ...

HONG KONG — China said Tuesday that its population declined last year for the first time in six decades, a historic shift with profound implications for the world’s second-largest economy. Officials ...

China's population continued its downward slide this year, according to the government's latest data, adding to the country's long-term economic woes amid a stop-start post-pandemic recovery. The ...

China’s population has slowed significantly and is expected to start to shrink ahead of 2025, the state-backed Global Times reported, citing a senior health official. Birth data released late on ...

A decaying mural promoting China's one-child policy can be seen from a street in Beijing, China. Will Burgess/Reuters Post Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. China’s population is now declining. Last week, officials announced that 2022 ...

China's population shrank for the second consecutive year in 2023, national statistics published on Wednesday show. The new figures are a blow to the country's leader, Xi Jinping, as his government ...