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 ...

China will gradually raise the statutory retirement age for the first time since 1978 as the country's workforce shrinks, despite public opposition amid concerns over worsening youth unemployment. The ...

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BEIJING (AP) — A growing number of countries are confronting the dual challenges of population decline and aging, as younger generations opt to have fewer children and advances in healthcare extend ...

China’s population is shrinking and ageing, a process that will continue apace in 2025. The total fertility rate, or the average births per woman, has fallen to 1.1, far below the 2.1 needed to ...

Facing a declining birthrate, China will allow married couples to have up to three children. This raises the previous ceiling of two children. Confronted By Aging Population China Allows Couples To ...

In a February 2025 report, the Bank of Korea warned that a shrinking workforce driven by low birth rates and rapid ageing ...

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, ...

YIMIANPO, China — Small town life suits Lin Xin. Her yard in the town of Yimianpo, in northeastern China, is one big, sun-soaked garden where the family grows cabbages, carrots, peanuts, and a ...