China's population falls for a fourth straight year, with births at lowest in decades

The population of the world’s second most populous country dropped by 3.39 million in 2025 to 1.405 billion, a faster decline ...
The Western Journal on MSN

China's population hits rock bottom: The one-child policy may have destroyed the country's future

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

China’s population falls again as births drop to lowest rate since 1949 communist revolution

China's population continues to shrink. Government statistics released on Monday revealed the population fell for the fourth ...
The Christian Science Monitor

A decade after lifting one-child policy, China struggles to boost population

Despite Beijing’s campaign to encourage couples to have more children, new data shows China’s population decline is ...

What China’s falling population means for its future

China’s population is shrinking at a pace not seen in decades — a stark reversal for a country long defined by its sheer ...

China's population drops for fourth year as fewer babies born

BEIJING, Jan 19 (Reuters) - China's population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025 as the birthrate plunged to a ...

China’s birth rate drops to record low as economy hits target despite US trade war

China clocked its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population shrank for the fourth year in a row, deepening a ...

Analysis: China's birth-rate struggles underscore its millennia-long effort to manage 'the masses'

Birth rate numbers released Monday, the lowest since Mao's Communists established the People's Republic in 1949, are the ...

China’s Population Suffers Blow With Historic Low Births

Births in China fell to a new historic low in 2025, according to official data released on Monday. The national statistics ...

To sustain prosperity as its population shrinks, China will have to invest big at home

China's economy met the government's official growth target in 2025, with official figures showing real gross domestic ...
News.az

China sees fourth year of population drop

New population data released by Chinese authorities show that the country’s population fell again in 2025, extending a trend that has persisted ...
The Economist

It’s not just China’s total population that’s falling

THE FUTURE has already arrived in China, claims Lawrence Lek, an artist, in his influential video-essay “Sinofuturism”. The narration unfolds against a background of cityscapes and factories, ...