US EditionChina's population drops for fourth year as fewer babies born
China's births fell 17% to 7.92 million in 2025, the lowest since 1949, despite subsidies and policy changes to encourage larger families.
- China's National Bureau of Statistics data reported Monday that the population continued to shrink in 2025, falling to 1.404 billion, 3 million fewer than the previous year, making it the world's second-most populous nation.
- Decades of restrictive family-planning rules left the Chinese government barring more than one baby, with policy changes in 2015 and 2021 raising offspring limits to two and then three.
- NBS data indicate births in 2025 fell 17% to 7.92 million, with a record low birth rate of 5.63 per 1,000 and 11.31 million deaths driving population decline.
- To spur births, the Chinese government announced cash subsidies of 3,600 yuan and a childcare subsidy, but officials have had limited success as many young Chinese have shrugged off the measures.
- Demographic trends suggest China’s 323 million over 60 and United Nations projection to 800 million by 2100 threaten its workforce and economic transition to consumer-driven, high-tech industries.
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China’s population falls for fourth year amid economic woes
China’s population declined for a fourth consecutive year in 2025, extending a downturn that has coincided with weaker economic conditions and falling birth rates. The continued contraction comes as job prospects remain uncertain for many young people and marriage rates stay subdued, adding pressure to China’s long-term growth outlook and social support systems. In 2025, […] The post China’s population falls for fourth year amid economic woes ap…
China’s Official Birth Rate Falls to Lowest in Decades
China recorded its lowest birth rate ever in 2025, underscoring the challenges Beijing faces in averting a demographic crisis of its own making. Only 7.92 million babies were born last year, down from the 9.54 million registered in 2024, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday. That translates to a birth rate of 5.63 per 1,000 people, the lowest since official record-keeping began in 1949, the year the Chi…
Data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics on Monday (January 19) showed that despite government measures to reverse the declining birth rate, the total population has declined for the fourth consecutive year. Last year's birth rate hit a record low since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
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elnorte.comChina's population in 2025 stood at 1 404 million people, 3 million less than 2024, and a quarter-to-four or consecutive decline.
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