According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China’s population will fall in 2022.
According to Yi Fuxian, author of the book “Big Country With an Empty Nest” and a critic of China’s one-child policy, the dip was the first since the early 1960s.
Mainland According to the statistics office, China’s population, excluding foreigners, would fall by 850,000 people in 2022 to 1.41 billion. For 2022, the nation reported 9.56 million births and 10.41 million deaths.
The proportion of the population aged 16 to 59 fell to 62%, down from 62.5% a year earlier.
“The total population loss reflects the impact of the epidemic and the concomitant economic slump on fertility demand,” Yue Su, chief economist at the Economist Intelligence Unit, wrote in a note. She believes China will experience a short-term recovery to population growth once the effects of the epidemic have worn off.
“Despite the negative impact of falling population size on China’s long-term economic prospects, we urge that businesses look at the opportunities contained in population structure,” she added. “Smaller family sizes will stimulate consumption transformation and upgrading. Another source of growth will be the’silver economy,’ which is related with aging patterns.”
China reported that 65.22% of its people resided in cities last year, up from 64.72% the previous year. According to the World Bank, around 83% of the US population lives in urban areas as of 2021.
China’s population expanded at the slowest rate on record in 2021. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the population of mainland China, excluding foreigners, increased by 480,000 to 1.41 billion by the end of 2021.
According to the figures, new births on the mainland declined by 13% in 2021 to 10.62 million newborns. According to the data, new births will fall by 22% in 2020.
Separately, Chinese health authorities revealed over 60,000 Covid-related fatalities in Chinese hospitals between December 8, 2022, and January 12, 2023. According to officials, the majority were older individuals, with an average age of death of 80.3 years.