As world population hits 8 billion, China frets over too few babies

The high cost of childcare is a major deterrent to having children in China.

Chinese software developer Tang Huajun loves playing with his two-year-old in their apartment on the outskirts of Beijing but he said he is unlikely to have another child.

The high cost of childcare is a major deterrent to having children in China, with many families in an increasingly mobile society unable to rely for help on grandparents who might live far away. But now the United Nations expects China’s population will start shrinking from next year, when India will likely become the world’s most populous country.

The proportion of the population over the age of 65 is now about 13% but is set to rise sharply. A declining labour force faces an increasing burden of looking after the rising numbers of old folk.

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