China’s birth rate has hit a historic low – deepening fears of a major economic shock in the decades to come as the country’s ...

Despite efforts to encourage young couples to have children, China's birth rate hit a record low.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world's second most populous nation, ...

BEIJING — China’s population dropped in 2023 by 2 million people — the second consecutive annual drop as births fell and deaths increased after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, the government ...

Last week, Beijing’s release of China’s national birth count for 2025 left demographers stunned. The national birth total plummeted by over 17% from 2024 to 2025, the PRC disclosed. That sort of ...

Hao Zhou of Guotai Haitong Securities also discusses how China's aging and shrinking population could impact the country's ...

As China's birthrate hit a record low, CNBC's China Correspondent Elaine Yu reports on the factors weighing on the shrinking population and the economic implications of the demographic crisis.

The impending collapse of China’s population creates a "closing window of opportunity" that could spur President Xi Jinping to be "more provocative, more belligerent," a China expert said. "Xi must be ...

China’s population fell by 2 million people in 2023 in its second straight annual decrease, as births dropped for the seventh straight year and deaths jumped following the end of COVID-19 restrictions ...

India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous nation, with almost 3 million more people by the middle of this year, data released by the United Nations on Wednesday showed. Based on the ...

Earth's population reached a new record in November 2022 when it became home to 8 billion people. The United Nations has predicted that by 2037, Earth's population will have reached 9 billion people.