Back in April 2023, the UN acknowledged that India had overtaken China as the most populous country. Incidentally, China’s ...

BEIJING, Jan 19 (Reuters) - China's population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025 as the birthrate plunged to a record low, official data showed on Monday, with experts warning of further ...

China’s demographic decline complicates Xi Jinping’s ambitions. The president wants to double GDP by 2035, complete the country’s transformation into a techno-industrial superpower and expand its ...

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

China’s population fell again, marking the fourth straight year of decline. According to new government data released this ...

Despite lifting the one-child policy to allow three children, the fertility rate remains low. Most families cite the costs and pressure of raising a child in a highly competitive society.

China’s population rate declined again last year, as the country grapples with how to revive birth rates 10 years after ...

China has just announced that births in 2025 plunged to 7.92 million, from 9.54 million the previous year – and almost half ...

National data shows that in 2025, China's population shrank by 3.39 million people, as experts warn the trend is likely to continue.

A Chinese personal safety app called Are You Dead? – recently rebranded as Demumu – has gone viral in recent weeks, ...

(Corrects to show in paragraph 1 that it was a drop of 3.39 million, not 339 million) BEIJING, Jan 19 (Reuters) - China's population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025, dropping by 3.39 ...