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China's population is beginning a historic decline that could reshape its economy, military, and global influence for decades ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China's population declined for the fourth year in a row, reaching 1.405 billion. Falling birth rates and an aging population ...

Photo provided to China Daily] China's overall population declined by 850,000 people year-on-year to 1.4118 billion in 2022, ...

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 ...

China’s population is projected to fall by more than California’s current population in the next 10 years—and that is only the start. U.N. estimates show the country could be down about 140 million by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BANGKOK — How do you persuade a population to have more babies after generations of limiting families to just one? A decade after ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. China registered just 7.92 million births in 2025, the lowest point ...

The growing hype around AI doesn’t change the fact that 2021 was peak China. Given its demographic challenges and heavy debts ...

BANGKOK — How do you persuade a population to have more babies after generations of limiting families to just one? A decade after ending China's longtime one-child policy, the country's authorities ...