According to the latest data from the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, the population declined by 1.39 million to 1.408 ...

China's number of births in 2024 increased by 520,000 compared to 2023, according to data released by the National Bureau of ...

The world's second largest economy faces demographic headwinds, as its dwindling population continues to age, leaving a ...

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which is now facing both an aging population and an emerging shortage of working age people. China's population stood at 1.408 billion at the end of 2024, a decline of 1.39 million from the ...

China said Friday its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six ...

China said Friday ... Japan’s population is projected to fall to 87 million people by 2070, when four out of every 10 people will be 65 years of age or older. One segment of the population ...

Additionally, an expanding elderly population would pile more pressure on the underfunded pension system. Last year, China said it would gradually raise the retirement age for the first time since ...

which is now facing both an aging population and an emerging shortage of working age people. China’s population stood at 1.408 billion at the end of 2024, a decline of 1.39 million from the ...

and maintaining the retirement age at 55 for all other women workers. China is not alone in facing a demographic crisis; Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are also experiencing population declines ...

China said Friday its population fell for the third year running ... officials said they would gradually raise the statutory retirement age, which was set at 60 and among the lowest in the world.