China’s population falls by more than 2 million as birth rate hits new low
by Maroosha Muzaffar
Jan 17, 2024
3 minutes
China’s population has undergone a second consecutive annual decline, falling by more than 2 million in 2023, according to government data released on Wednesday.
The National Bureau of Statistics of China reported that the total population was 1.409 billion by the end of 2023, a significant decrease of 2.08 million against 2022.
This decline is twice as much as the previous year’s fall of some 850,000, itself the first population drop in 60 years in China.
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