Shift marks the start of a long period of population decline as China wrestles with demographic time bomb
A woman holds a baby at a local park in Beijing, China. China’s population has shrunk for the first time since 1961.A woman holds a baby at a local park in Beijing, China. China’s population has shrunk for the first time since 1961.Last modified on Tue 17 Jan 2023 02.31 GMT
Last year’s birthrate was 6.77 births per 1,000 people, down from a rate of 7.52 births in 2021 and marking the lowest birthrate on record. Much of the demographic downturn is the result of China’s one-child policy that it imposed between 1980 and 2015 as well as sky-high education costs that have put many Chinese off having more than one child or even having any at all.
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