China is experiencing a record population decline
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China's population falls to 1.41 billion in 2023 due to record death rate and falling birth rate.
In 2023, China's population decreased by more than 2 million people to 1.41 billion due to a record increase in deaths and a decline in births. This was reported by Bloomberg, citing data from the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China.
According to the agency's report, in 2023, China's population decreased by more than 2 million people, reaching the mark of 1.41 billion people. That's double the number of the previous year. The first population decline since the end of the Great Famine of China in 1961 was recorded at the end of 2022.
The death rate rose to 11.1 million, the highest since 1960 and exceeding the 2022 figures by nearly 700,000. The reasons for the increase in deaths in China have not been released by the National Bureau of Statistics, but the agency notes that the lifting of coronavirus restrictions in December 2022 and new outbreaks of infection likely contributed to the increase.
According to the agency's report, in 2023, China's population decreased by more than 2 million people, reaching the mark of 1.41 billion people. That's double the number of the previous year. The first population decline since the end of the Great Famine of China in 1961 was recorded at the end of 2022.
The death rate rose to 11.1 million, the highest since 1960 and exceeding the 2022 figures by nearly 700,000. The reasons for the increase in deaths in China have not been released by the National Bureau of Statistics, but the agency notes that the lifting of coronavirus restrictions in December 2022 and new outbreaks of infection likely contributed to the increase.
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