China said 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 rapidly ageing population and ...

China has been keen to slow population growth for several years. A larger population equals more mouths to feed, more houses and jobs required and a greater demand on schools and hospitals.

Strong growth in its working-age population over the past several decades allowed China to become the world's factory — over 70% of solar panels, 60% of farm machines, and 25% of robots are ...

He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast ... far below the replacement level of 2.1 needed to sustain population growth. This downward trend has persisted despite the end of ...

The factors referred to by Ren are linked to China’s economic development and subsequent urbanisation. With economic growth comes a greater incidence of smoking, alcohol consumption, unhealthy diets ...

As the world's population hits eight billion, China's population growth loses momentum. (Getty Images). Credit: Bob Krist/Getty Images ...

China's aging ... the working-age population will contract at an annual rate of 1%. "All other things being equal, this nearly 3 percentage point reduction in the growth rate in the working ...