China's mainland population grows to 1.41 billion in 2020

The total population on the Chinese mainland grew to 1.41 billion in 2020 but the proportion of those aged 60 or older also increased, government data showed Tuesday, reinforcing fears about a decline in the national strength of the world's second-biggest economy.The release by the National Bureau of Statistics of the population data based on a once-a-decade census comes as the nation's population is expected to begin falling in a few years' time, ending a five-decade trend of growth.The bureau had planned to release the results in early April, but postponed doing so. It later said the popu…READ FULL ARTICLE