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4 minute read January 17, 20236:41 PM CST Last Updated 3 days ago
China's first population drop in six decades sounds alarm on demographic crisis
By Albee Zhang and Farah Master
BEIJING/HONG KONG, Jan 17 (Reuters) - China's population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of decline in its citizen numbers with profound implications for its economy and the world.
The country's National Bureau of Statistics reported a drop of roughly 850,000 people for a population of 1.41175 billion in 2022, marking the first decline since 1961, the last year of China's Great Famine.
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https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-population-shrinks-first-time-since-1961-2023-01-17/
China's first population drop in six decades sounds alarm on demographic crisis
By Albee Zhang and Farah Master
BEIJING/HONG KONG, Jan 17 (Reuters) - China's population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of decline in its citizen numbers with profound implications for its economy and the world.
The country's National Bureau of Statistics reported a drop of roughly 850,000 people for a population of 1.41175 billion in 2022, marking the first decline since 1961, the last year of China's Great Famine.
...
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-population-shrinks-first-time-since-1961-2023-01-17/