China’s birth rate hit rock bottom, one decade after it announced the end of its one-child policy, multiple outlets reported ...

China is expected to lose over 50 million people in the next decade as its population decline accelerates, according to a new analysis. By 2025, China's population is projected to drop from its 2021 ...

China's population, reported to be 1.41 billion, will drop to 330 million by the end of the century, predicts Yi Fuxian of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This startling conclusion is included in ...

China scrapped its decades-long one-child policy in 2016 and replaced it with a two-child limit. When births failed to recover, authorities announced in 2021 that couples would be allowed to have up ...

China’s population has fallen for a fourth consecutive year, hitting its lowest birthrate since 1949 despite government ...

The fall came despite a slight rise in births last year, the first increase since 2016. State efforts to cajole women to have children have met resistance. By Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang ...