A drop in people’s willingness to have babies could have led to the low birth rate. / China’s former one-child policy resulted in an imbalance in the country’s gender ratio which likely ...

BEIJING--Mainland China’s birth rate dropped to a record low in 2021, data showed on Monday, extending a downward trend that led Beijing last year to begin allowing couples to have up to three ...

extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country faces a rapidly ageing population and persistently low birth rates. Once the world's most populous country, China ...

“China’s birth rate has been very low in recent years – around 12 per 1,000,” said ... part of the attraction is the option to learn the child’s gender – something that is strictly prohibited in China ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

China said on Friday its population fell for ... as the country faces a rapidly ageing population and persistently low birth rates. Once the world’s most populous country, China was overtaken ...

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While people are living longer, that’s not enough to keep up with rate of new births. Read More: China Is Desperate to Boost Its Low Birth Rates. It May Have to Accept the New Normal Countries ...

China's total number of births was 9.54 million versus 9.02 million in 2023, the statistics bureau said. The birth rate rose to 6.77 ... and starting a family. Gender discrimination and ...

China’s population fell for a second consecutive year in 2023 as the record-low birth rate and high deaths due ... as the main caregivers and where gender discrimination remains rife.

BEIJING, China – China said on Friday its population ... country faces a rapidly ageing population and persistently low birth rates. Once the world’s most populous country, China was overtaken ...