China's population shrank in 2022 for the first time in more than 60 years, a new milestone in the country's deepening demographic crisis with significant implications for its slowing economy. 9News
population shrank in 2022 for the first time in more than 60 years, a new milestone in the country's deepening demographic crisis with significant implications for its slowing economy.declined in 2022 to 1.411 billion, down some 850,000 people from the previous year, China's National Bureau of Statistics announced during a Tuesday briefing on annual data.
Analysts said the decline was the first since 1961 during the great famine triggered by former leader Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward."The population will likely trend down from here in coming years. This is very important, with implications for potential growth and domestic demand," said Zhiwei Zhang, president and chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management.
The birth rate also fell to a record low of 6.77 births per 1000, down from 7.52 a year earlier and the lowest level since the founding of Communist China in 1949. Some 9.56 million babies were born, compared with 10.62 million in 2021 – despite a push from the government to encourage more married couples to have children.
The new data came alongside the announcement of one of China's worst annual economic performances in nearly half a century, with the economy expanding by just three per cent for the year, far below the government's target, underscoring the steep economic challenges the country faces as its labour force shrinks and its retired demographic grows.
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