Shrinking nation
BY THE NUMBERS | China’s population slip puts India in position to claim most populous country status
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The decline in China’s population from 2021 to 2022 according to the country’s National Bureau of Statistics. The population slump comes as a consequence of decades of declining birthrates and restrictive government policies, setting the stage for India to surpass China as the most populous country in the world this year.
36
The number of years (from 1980 through 2015) China’s one-child policy limited the number of children families could have.
112
The number of boys born in China for every 100 girls in 2021 as compared with the average worldwide ratio at birth of 105 boys for every 100 girls, according to the Pew Research Center.
50
The expected median age of China’s population in 2050, compared with 42.3 in the United States and 37.5 in India, according to the YuWa Population Research Institute.
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