HONG KONG, Jan 17 — China’s population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, with the number of deaths outpacing a slight increase in births, and experts cautioning that the downturn will worsen ...
China’s population shrank for the third straight year in 2024, even though births rose slightly, underscoring a lingering long—term risk for the economy. The total number of people in China ...
Bloomberg Intelligence forecast that China’s population will shrink to 1.36 billion by 2035, a level not seen since 2012, though that may be delayed if couples could be persuaded to have more ...