its population will decrease from 2025

its population will decrease from 2025

In 2016, the authorities eased the strict “one child” policy and last year they allowed couples to have up to three children, but the birth rate reached a historic low.

“The growth rate of the total population has declined significantly and will enter negative territory” by 2025, said in the last hours the National Health Commission (NHC) of China.

In January, the authorities assured that they expect the population to reach zero growth “or even negative” in the five-year period from 2021-2025.

“Currently, our country’s political system for supporting births is not perfect, and there is a gap with population development and people’s expectations“, said the CNS in its latest report.

The total fertility rate It fell below 1.3 children per family in recent years and China is expected to enter a stage of rapid aging around 2035, with more than 30% of the population over 60, it added.

Families must also become smaller, “weakening” the pension systems and child care, according to the commission.

The world population is expected to reach 8 billion people in November 2022, according to UN projections that point to India is on track to overtake China as the world’s most populous country by 2023.

Source: Ambito

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