Chinas population declines for second straight year as economy stumbles By Laura He and Simone McCarthy CNN 1 minute read Published 913 PM EST Tue January 16 2024. Share H OW SHOULD one look at the Chinese economy asked Li Qiang the countrys prime minister at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 16th. A record low birth rate in 2023 and a wave of COVID-19 deaths resulted in a second consecutive year of population decline accelerating concerns about Chinas demographic downturn. Chinas gross domestic product grew 52 per cent in 2023 while its population dropped for the second year in a row as the worlds second-largest economy grappled with a. Chinas population has declined for a second consecutive year underscoring concerns about the future growth of the worlds second-largest economy..
Chart Large Population Decline Expected In China And India Statista
The population fell in 2023 to 1409 billion down some 208 million people from the previous year Chinas..
According to the UNs World Population Prospects report for 2022 Chinas population was predicted. Updated low-scenario projections from a research team at Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences..
China S Population Is Shrinking For The First Time In 60 Years World Economic Forum
BEIJING -- Chinas population dropped by 2 million people in 2023 in the second straight annual drop as births fall and deaths rise. That was well above the population decline of 850000 in 2022 which had been the first since 1961 during the Great Famine of the Mao. The total population stood at 14 billion the statistics bureau said China long the most populated country in the world dropped into second place. The national death rate is also accelerating reaching 787 per 1000 people in 2023 the highest level since the early 1970s. Chinas population dropped by 208 million or 015 in 2023 according to the National Bureau of Statistics..
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