China's population may be about to shrink because the birth rate has fallen so far, data says

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China's deaths in 2021 nearly eclipsed new births, indicating that the country may soon see its population start to fall, according to state data.

Children play games to celebrate the harvest season at a kindergarten on November 3, 2021 in Changxing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province of China.China's birth rate dropped for the fifth consecutive year, impacting population growth in the world's largest country.

China had 10.62 million births in 2021 — 7.5 births per 1,000 — according to the National Bureau of Statistics of China.www.BusinessInsider.co.zaDespite the Chinese government's efforts to encourage couples to have more children, China's birth rate dropped for the fifth consecutive year, signaling that the world's most populous country may soon see its population shrink,National Bureau of Statistics of ChinaThe country's overall growth rate in 2021 was just 0.

 

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