China’s population falls for fourth year as births hit record low despite new family incentives

China’s population dropped by another 3 million in 2025, with births falling to a record low despite expanded child-rearing ...
Reuters

China's census could point to a looming demographic slide

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's once-a-decade census is expected to show a further fall in the percentage of young people in its fast-aging population as high living costs and an aversion to having ...
Yahoo

After the one-child policy, China’s population is heading toward demographic collapse

China has had a population decline for the second straight year. It’s a symptom of a much bigger issue. After seven years of a dropping birthrate and an increasing death rate, the nation is headed ...
Scientific American

China’s Population Could Shrink to Half by 2100

China’s population of 1.4 billion people is the largest in the world, right? Not anymore. In 2023 India surpassed China as the most populous country. China’s population began shrinking in 2022, and ...
Newsweek

China Set to Lose 60 Percent of Population by Century’s End

China's population of over 1.4 billion could drop by a precipitous 60 percent by the end of the century, according to a Chinese think tank. By 2100, the world's second-largest population could number ...
The Hill

China’s dystopian population goals: forced procreation and ‘industrialized births’

Editor’s note: This piece was updated to correct population estimates. We regret the error. This month, China’s government began a nationwide poll of 500,000 ...