China's Population Falls for a 3rd Consecutive Year

China's population falls for a third consecutive year
China's population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, with the number of deaths outpacing a slight increase in births, and experts cautioning that the trend will accelerate in the coming years.
China’s population falls for third straight year
China’s population fell for a third consecutive year last year, with the number of deaths outpacing a slight increase in births, and experts cautioning that the trend would accelerate in the coming years.
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China's Population Shrinks for Third Straight Year
China’s population shrank for a third straight year in 2024, standing at 1.408 billion—a decline of 1.39 million compared to the previous year, China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported on Friday.
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China recorded its third consecutive year of population decline in 2024, despite the country’s first increase in births in almost a decade in a year traditionally regarded as auspicious. Figures released on Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed the country recorded 9.
China's population falls for a third straight year, posing challenges for its government and economy
China’s population has fallen for the third straight year, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation that is now facing both an aging population and an emerging shortage of working age people able
China says population fell for third year in a row in 2024
China said on Friday its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country faces a
China faces deepening demographic crisis as population falls
China's population has decreased for the third consecutive year. In 2024, the number of deaths exceeded births by 1.39 million. Rapid urbanization, rising living costs, and gender inequalities are deepening the demographic crisis,
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China said Friday that its population fell for the third straight year in 2024, falling by almost 1.4 million to 1.408 ...
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