{"id":539918,"date":"2023-01-17T07:25:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T04:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chinas-population-declines-for-the-first-time-in-decades\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T07:25:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T04:25:25","slug":"chinas-population-declines-for-the-first-time-in-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chinas-population-declines-for-the-first-time-in-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"#China\u2019s population declines for the first time in decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a295e11c8764\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a295e11c8764\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chinas-population-declines-for-the-first-time-in-decades\/#Chinas_population_declines_for_the_first_time_in_decades\" >China\u2019s population declines for the first time in decades<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chinas_population_declines_for_the_first_time_in_decades\"><\/span>China\u2019s population declines for the first time in decades<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">HONG KONG \u2014 China said Tuesday that its population declined last year for the first time in six decades, a historic shift with profound implications for the world\u2019s second-largest economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Officials from the National Bureau of Statistics said mainland China had 1.41175 billion people at the end of 2022, compared with 1.41260 billion a year earlier, a decrease of 850,000. There were 9.56 million births \u2014 a record low birth rate of 6.77 per thousand \u2014 and 10.41 million deaths.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The announcement was part of a larger release of economic data for 2022, a year when President Xi Jinping\u2019s strict \u201czero-Covid\u201d policies weighed heavily on growth. Officials reported a 3% increase in gross domestic product, beating expectations but still one of the weakest figures in decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The economy is expected to improve in 2023 as China emerges from pandemic isolation, Kang Yi, director of the National Bureau of Statistics, said at a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> briefing in Beijing. He also said that China\u2019s population decline was not cause for worry and that the overall labor supply still exceeded demand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The number of births in China has been declining for about a decade, undermining the ruling Communist Party\u2019s consumption-driven growth model and raising questions about whether China can overtake the U.S. as the world\u2019s largest economy. The United Nations has said India will surpass China as the world\u2019s most populous nation later this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">China\u2019s 9.56 million births are a decrease of almost 10% from 2021, when about 10.6 million babies were born. The death rate of 7.37 per 1,000 people was up from 7.18 in 2021, when China recorded 10.14 million deaths. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">As in other countries, a decline in births means an aging work force for China, which built its economic might largely on a manufacturing sector dependent on cheap labor. Officials said Tuesday that working-age people ages 16 to 59 made up 62% of the national population \u2014 down from about 70% a decade ago \u2014 while people 60 and older accounted for almost 20%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A major reason for China\u2019s declining population is the rise of the middle class, said Kent Deng, a professor of economic history at the London School of Economics and Political <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cOnce you have well-qualified, well-educated urban people, they will decide not to produce a lot of kids,\u201d he said, especially given China\u2019s rising cost of living.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Covid is also believed to have played a role, although China <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears to have experienced the vast majority of its cases and deaths in the last few months. After international criticism that it has not been transparent about the severity of its current outbreak, China said over the weekend it had recorded almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths since early December, when it abruptly ended three years of anti-Covid measures after rare mass protests. Experts say the true death toll could reach 1 million or more in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">China\u2019s total number of deaths from all causes in December is not yet known, Kang said, and is not reflected in the 2022 population statistics.<\/p>\n<section class=\"inline-video inline-video--in-body\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__background\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__player\">\n<div class=\"videoPlayer styles_videoPlayer__hWpgx styles_adNotPlaying__yQRQY styles_alignDesktopBottom__p456K styles_alignMobileBottom__vA8hP\">\n<div class=\"videoSlate\"><picture class=\"\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1240px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-860x484,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2021_05\/SOCIETYPOPULATION.jpg\"><\/source><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-1000x563,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2021_05\/SOCIETYPOPULATION.jpg\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-760x428,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2021_05\/SOCIETYPOPULATION.jpg\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"\">The figures announced Tuesday are the start of what is expected to be a long decline in China\u2019s population, which the U.N. says could reach 800 million by the end of the century. The U.S. population, by contrast, is predicted to grow from its current 337 million, mostly through immigration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The world\u2019s overall population reached 8 billion in November, according to the U.N.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Although populations are declining in many countries, this is the first time China\u2019s population has contracted since 1961, after a three-year famine spurred by then-leader Mao Zedong\u2019s \u201cGreat Leap Forward\u201d industrialization drive, which is estimated to have killed tens of millions of people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The country then experienced explosive growth through the second half of the 20th century, its population more than doubling. Concerned that overpopulation could hurt development, Chinese officials introduced a number of reproductive restrictions centered on the \u201cone-child policy,\u201d which was in force from 1980 to 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">While the one-child policy was effective in curbing population growth, critics say it resulted in rights abuses and a disproportionate number of men compared with women, especially in the countryside. It also fundamentally changed Chinese ideas about family size, Deng said, as parents realized they could achieve upward <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> mobility by investing more in educating a single child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThey can see the result, because they can send their kids to the best schools and then to the best universities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Chinese officials have anticipated the demographic crisis, allowing couples to have two children since 2016 and up to three children since 2021. A national policy document issued last year encouraged employers to provide child care and flexible working arrangements and local governments to offer preferential housing and other incentives. Xi promised additional measures to increase the birth rate at a party congress in October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But the public has largely responded with indifference. A study published last year by the YuWa Population Research Institute, a think tank based in Beijing, found that Chinese people\u2019s desire to have children was among the lowest in the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">On Tuesday, the hashtag \u201cboosting enthusiasm for childbearing begins with reducing the burden\u201d was a top trending topic on Weibo, a popular Chinese social media platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The best way to reverse the trend, Deng said, is to provide family allowances of the kind offered by some governments in Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cYou need a lot of resources to persuade the young Chinese that it is actually profitable to have a second child,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The relative lack of support makes motherhood especially unappealing to young urban women like Beijing resident Nora Yang, who said she is \u201c80%\u201d against having her own children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe working environment is really unfriendly to mothers,\u201d said Yang, 24. \u201cOnce they have a baby, it\u2019s really hard to make more progress in their career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Yang agreed with Deng that the government is not doing enough to change her mind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">If Chinese officials really want to encourage children, they should \u201cgive money to those who have more babies,\u201d she said. \u201cOtherwise they\u2019ll fail.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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