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China’s Population Stalls, With Births in 2021 the Lowest in Modern History
The variety of newborns in China fell for a fifth straight 12 months to the bottom in trendy Chinese language historical past, regardless of Beijing’s growing emphasis on encouraging births.
Births of 10.62 million, down from 12.02 million in 2020, barely outnumbered deaths, which got here in at 10.14 million, bringing the date ever nearer when China’s inhabitants begins to shrink.
On the finish of final 12 months, China’s inhabitants was 1.413 billion, in contrast with 1.412 billion at finish of 2020.
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