The year 2022 could mark a turning point when China’s population begins to fall.  For the first time in almost 60 years, China’s population has begun to decrease.

Population experts claim it was the first dip of this magnitude in China’s population since a statewide famine in 1961. In addition, this marks a significant demographic shift for the world’s second-largest economy in 2022.

China’s population decreased by more than eight million in 2022.

Key facts!

• The National Bureau of Statistics in Beijing state the total number of people in the country had reached 1.4 billion in 2022.
• There were almost 9.5 million births according to the most recent government survey.
• Officials claim that this is a drop of more than 10% compared to the year before.
• Famine was the direct cause of China’s last population drop, which happened about sixty years ago.
• In China, the government has had a “one-child policy” for the past 10 years.
• Even though the government has tried, they have not been able to stop the trend of falling birth rates.
• In order to get more people to have children, a “two-child policy” was put in place.
• A government survey found that almost 70% of the people who answered did not want to have a big family.
• The majority who responded expressed that it was because of the high costs of things like housing, education, and health care.
• Experts think that China is also having to deal with issues of a population that is getting older.
• In addition to a workforce that is getting smaller at the same time.
• Chinese authorities feel otherwise and state that there is no shortage of people to help make progress toward national development.

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Watch a video

Take a look at this little video by user “CrashCourse” on YouTube to learn more about population growth and shifts.

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