China’s population falls for third straight year despite rise in births

Jan 17

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China’s population fell for a third straight year in 2024 despite births being up for the first time in eight years. Members of the population died faster than babies were born, and data analysts warn the problem is likely to get worse.

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The latest numbers coming From China’s National Bureau of Statistics on Friday, Jan. 17, revealed that the population dropped by nearly 1.4 million people compared to 2023.

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It’s a blow to a country that had hoped 2024 that is known as The Year of the Dragon, which is highly regarded in Chinese culture as a prosperous time, would bring an end to the downward trend.

The nation experienced its first decline in population in more than 60 years in 2022 as the population grew older, China’s economy slowed and following a global pandemic.

Epidemiologists estimate China lost up to 1.5 million people to COVID-19 pandemic deaths while the true number may never be known.

As Straight Arrow News previously reported, Beijing is working to reverse the trend of population decline by promoting childbirth following its long-held one-child-policy.

The effort has sometimes become invasive with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) using heavy-handed tactics.

Some Chinese women said family planning officials were going door-to-door, asking very personal questions about their menstrual cycles and plans for a family.

Some government programs even reportedly offer cash incentives for families to have children.

Despite the efforts, the United Nations (UN) still predicts that China’s population will drop by 109 million people by 2050. Additionally, some reports suggest that China’s numbers could fall to 525 million people by 2100, down from more than 1.4 billion people currently.

It’s troubling news for a country trying to overtake the United States as the number one world economic power.

However, the U.S. may soon face its own population decline as deaths expected to outpace births by 2033 due to lower immigration rates, according to the U.S. Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday, Jan. 14.

Tags: Beijing, Birth control, Birth rate, Children, China, Chinese Communist Party, COVID-19, Economy, One-China, Pandemic, People’s Republic of China, Retirement Age, United States

[CRAIG NIGRELLI]

CHINA’S POPULATION FELL FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR IN 2024 DESPITE BIRTHS BEING UP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN EIGHT YEARS AS DEATHS CONTINUED TO OUTPACE THE NEWLY BORN.

DATA ANALYSTS WARN THE PROBLEM IS LIKELY TO GET WORSE.

THE LATEST NUMBERS COMING FROM CHINA’S NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS FRIDAY, REVEALING POPULATION DROPPED BY NEARLY ONE-POINT-FOUR MILLION COMPARED TO 2023.

IT’S A BLOW TO COUNTRY THAT HOPED 2024, THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON, WHICH IS HIGHLY REGARDED IN CHINESE CULTURE AS A PROSPEROUS TIME, WOULD BRING AN END TO THE DOWNWARD TREND.

THE NATION EXPERIENCED ITS FIRST DECLINE IN POPULATION IN MORE THAN 60 YEARS IN 2022 AS THE POPULATION GREW OLDER, CHINA’S ECONOMY SLOWED AND FOLLOWING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

EPIDEMIOLOGISTS ESTIMATE CHINA LOST UP TO ONE-POINT-FIVE MILLION PEOPLE TO COVID-19 DEATHS WHILE THE TRUE NUMBER MAY NEVER BE KNOWN.

AS WE PREVIOUSLY TOLD YOU, BEIJING IS WORKING TO REVERSE THE TREND OF POPULATION DECLINE BY PROMOTING CHILDBIRTH FOLLOWING ITS LONG-HELD ONE-CHILD POLICY.

THE EFFORT HAS SOMETIMES BECOME INVASIVE WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY USING HEAVY-HANDED TACTICS.

SOME CHINESE WOMEN SAY FAMILY PLANNING OFFICIALS GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR, ASKING VERY PERSONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR MENSTRUAL CYCLES AND PLANS FOR A FAMILY.

SOME GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS EVEN OFFER CASH INCENTIVES TO FAMILIES FOR THEM TO HAVE CHILDREN.

DESPITE THE EFFORTS, THE UNITED NATIONS STILL PREDICTS CHINA’S POPULATION WILL DROP BY 109 MILLION BY 2050 AND SOME REPORTS SUGGEST CHINA’S NUMBERS COULD EVENTUALLY FALL TO 525 MILLION PEOPLE, DOWN FROM MORE THAN ONE-POINT-FOUR BILLION NOW.

IT’S BAD NEWS FOR A COUNTRY TRYING TO OVERTAKE THE UNITED STATES AS THE NUMBER ONE WORLD ECONOMIC POWER.

BUT THE U-S MAY SOON FACE ITS OWN POPULATION DECLINE WITH DEATHS EXPECTED TO OUTPACE BIRTHS BY 2033 DUE TO LOWER IMMIGRATION, ACCORDING TO A RECENT FORECAST FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE.

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