China Population

Beware of 2024: The five big issues that could cause chaos this year

The global power tensions between the US and China, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Israel-Hamas war, and extreme job market fluctuations are likely to continue in 2024. Here are the big geopolitical and economic trends to watch out for in the year

In graphics | How China's stringent population policies led to declining birthrate

China’s birth rate has dropped by 10 per cent in 2022, reaching its lowest since records began in 1949. Since then, Xi Jinping's government has announced measures like financial incentives to encourage people to have more children. We take a look at the country’s changing population policies

'It is no longer difficult to have a baby': China strives to improve childcare, aims for better-skilled population

The government, concerned with China's rapidly ageing population preceded by its first population drop in six decades, has been working to implement measures to reverse the country's declining birth rate

Explained: How China is planning to usher in 'new era' of marriage and childbearing culture

China will launch pilot projects in more than 20 cities to promote a ‘new-era’ culture of marriage and childbearing, in an effort to increase the nation's declining birth rate. The aim is to create a friendly environment that encourages more women to have children and marry at appropriate ages

Still have over 900 mn 'quality' workforce: China downplays India overtaking it as most populous country

China on Wednesday sought to downplay India overtaking it as the world's most populous nation, saying that it still has a "quality" workforce of close to 900 million people to provide a strong impetus for development

India becomes world's most populous country, has 2.9 million more people than China

According to the UN world population dashboard, India has 1,428.6 million people, while China's population stood at 1,425.7 million

Has India already surpassed China as the most populous nation in the world?

Mathematical calculations from a range of surveys, as well as birth and death records, project that India will overtake China sometime in the middle of April. But demographers warn that it should be taken with a grain of salt since the numbers are fuzzy and could be revised

Big Brother is watching: China has one surveillance camera for every 2 citizens!

In December last year, China abruptly relaxed its stringent zero-Covid policy. Several people who were stuck, returned to Beijing and found cameras fixed right outside their apartment doors

As China's population dips, effective policies are needed to boost fertility rates

Women and mothers need not only financial incentives but also a law guarantee that women will be offered children benefits and protection in the workplace

Beijing saw more deaths than births in 2022, fresh data reveals

The decline, according to demographers, was consistent with national patterns and illustrated the economic and social factors that are driving China's declining birthrate