CHINA'S BIRTH RATE DROPPED TO IT'S LOWEST LEVEL IN DECADES

  • 25/11/2021

Beijing: China's birthrate fell to a record low last year, highlighting a looming demographic crisis for Beijing caused by a rapidly ageing workforce, a slowing economy, and the slowest population growth in decades.



In 2016, China relaxed its "one-child policy," one of the world's strictest family planning regulations, allowing couples to have two children. That was extended to three children earlier this year.

However, the changes have not resulted in the hoped-for baby boom, as the cost of living rises and women increasingly make their own family planning decisions. 

According to the 2021 Statistical Yearbook, which was released last week, China recorded 8.52 births per 1,000 people last year, the lowest figure since the yearbook began in 1978.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, this is a significant decrease from the previous year's figure of 10.41, and it is the lowest figure since Communist China was founded in 1949.

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