On Wednesday, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that the total population at the end of 2023 in the ...

Deputies from the People's Liberation Army arrive together at the National Peoples Congress at the Great Hall of the People. Much has been written about China’s sharp demographic shift, but less ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — 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, ...

May 13, 2026: The Chinese population is shrinking and is now somewhere between 700 and 800 million. The official claim is 1.4 billion and the government claims that it was 1.5 billion 12 years ago.

(Bloomberg) -- China's population shrank for the third straight year in 2024, even though births rose slightly, underscoring a persistent long-term risk for the economy. The total number of people in ...

Fewer weddings, rising divorces and plunging birth rates risk exacerbating the fallout from a rapidly ageing population.

China faces a shrinking population and record-low birth rates, challenging economic growth and straining pensions and healthcare.

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Humanetics’ groundbreaking research into the changing size of Chinese consumers shows that the Chinese population is growing taller, broader and heavier on ...

People rest at a park in Fuyang in China's Anhui province on Sept. 13. (AFP/Getty Images) The Chinese government this month announced it was stopping overseas adoptions of Chinese babies, ending a ...

China is rapidly getting older. Three decades ago, only 5 percent of the population was over 65; today, 123 million people, or 9 percent of the population, are over this age. A report released by a ...