China's population is about to shrink for the first time since the great famine struck 60 years ago.... - Moneycontrol


5/30/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 11 months ago
by PTI

According to the latest figures from China’s National Bureau of Statistics, China’s population grew from 1.41212 billion to just 1.41260 billion in 2021 a record low increase of just 480,000, a mere fraction of the annual growth of eight million or so common …

The worlds biggest nation is about to shrink. China accounts for more than one sixth of the worlds population. Yet after four extraordinary decades in which Chinas population has swelled from 660 mi… [+4709 chars]

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