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In an amusement park in Fuyang, in Anhui province, eastern China, January 16, 2025. STR / AFP The decline in the population is confirmed in China. For the third consecutive year, the country announced, Friday January 17, that its population had decreased in 2024, to 1.408 billion inhabitants at the end of the year, compared to 1.410 billion at the end of 2023, according to the National Bureau of Statistics ( NBS) from Beijing. The fall, however, was less pronounced than in 2023, when the decline doubled compared to the previous year. Previously, the country had experienced six decades of uninterrupted population growth. Since 2023, India is the most populous country in the world with more than 1.428 billion inhabitants. Read the survey (2023) | Article reserved for our subscribers India, a new demographic power Read later China ended its one-child policy in 2016, imposed since the early 1980s due to fears of overpopulation, and authorized couples in 2021 to have three children. But those measures have failed to reverse population decline in a country where a vast, cheap labor force has long served as an engine of economic growth. Rising retirement age Many link this decline in the birth rate to the soaring cost of living and the growing number of women entering the job market or pursuing higher education. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers In China, an unprecedented demographic drop, despite a more accommodating family policy Read later People aged over 60 will represent almost a third of the Chinese population by 2035, according to the group Economist Intelligence Unit. In September, authorities announced the gradual increase in the legal retirement age, which had not been raised for decades and is among the lowest in the world. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers In China, the authorities’ denial of the chain consequences of the coming demographic decline Read later Le Monde with AFP Reuse this content
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Publish date : 2025-01-17 03:59:37
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