An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are ...

China's population of over 1.4 billion could drop by a precipitous 60 percent by the end of the century, according to a Chinese think tank. By 2100, the world's second-largest population could number ...

China’s population of 1.4 billion people is the largest in the world, right? Not anymore. In 2023 India surpassed China as the most populous country. China’s population began shrinking in 2022, and ...

China is aging and shrinking. The country’s population surged from 540 million in 1949 to a peak of 1.4 billion in 2021 but tipped over into decline in 2022. In coming decades, it will follow the rest ...

HONG KONG, Jan 18 (Reuters) - China's ageing population threatens key Beijing policy goals for the coming decade of boosting domestic consumption and reining in ballooning debt, posing a severe ...

A decaying mural promoting China's one-child policy can be seen from a street in Beijing, China. Will Burgess/Reuters Post Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, ...

Editor’s note: This piece was updated to correct population estimates. We regret the error. This month, China’s government began a nationwide poll of 500,000 ...

Single and married women across China are receiving cold calls from local authorities encouraging them to step up and have more children. They are but one demographic targeted for mobilization by ...