China’s population expected to plunge from 1.4 billion to 500 million by 2100
January 03, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: China is facing a demographic nightmare as a result of its decades-long one-child policy. The population is predicted to plunge by a nearly a billion people over the next 75 years, from 1.4 billion today to 500 billion in 2100.
“When Beijing said it would abolish its 35-year-old one-child policy in 2015, officials expected a baby boom,” The Wall Street Journal notes. “Instead, they got a baby bust ... There are fewer young people than in the past, including millions fewer women of childbearing age every year. Those women are increasingly reluctant to marry and have children, accelerating the population decline.”
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