TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world's second most populous nation, ...

(Bloomberg) -- China's population shrank for the third straight year in 2024, even though births rose slightly, underscoring a persistent long-term risk for the economy. The total number of people in ...

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KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Humanetics’ groundbreaking research into the changing size of Chinese consumers shows that the Chinese population is growing taller, broader and heavier on ...

China's elderly dependency ratio has surpassed its child dependency ratio for the first time, marking a historic demographic ...

The labor force has also shrunk, with the latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics showing that the nation's ...

Census estimates put the Asian Indian alone population at 5.41 million in 2025, the largest single Asian group, with ...

China is rapidly getting older. Three decades ago, only 5 percent of the population was over 65; today, 123 million people, or 9 percent of the population, are over this age. A report released by a ...