For the first time in more than 60 years, China's population has experienced a shrinkage, according to official data. This represents a historic situation for the world's most populous country, which must expect a long period of population decline.
The country of 1.4 billion people could see a record drop in births as the population ages. According to experts, such a drop in birth rates could have a major impact on Chinese economic growth, putting pressure on already strained finance public in the country.
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At the end of 2022, the Chinese population was estimated at 1,411,750,000, according to the Beijing's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), a kind of Chinese IBGE. This value represents a decrease of 850 thousand people compared to the end of the previous year.
The number of births was 9.56 million, according to the Chinese body, while deaths were around 10.41 million. Men are still the majority in China, with 722.06 million compared to 689.69 million
women.These data demonstrate the first drop in the Chinese population since 1961, when the country was going through the worst famine of the its modern history, caused by Mao Zedong's catastrophic agricultural policy known as the "Great Leap Forward". Front".
According to signs, China – the most populous country in the world for a long time – may soon be overtaken by India, if it hasn't already been. This is because the population of India is also estimated to be above 1.4 billion.
Despite having ended the government program that allowed only one child per family in 2016, as well as having authorized up to three births in households in 2021, this drop was not avoided. Experts believe that by 2050, China will have its population reduced by 109 million.
Even so, the Chinese body claims that the population should not worry about this drop, since the country still has more manpower than is demanded.
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