China's population shrinks for 1st time in over 60 yrs

The population of mainland China shrank for the first time in 61 years, government data showed Tuesday, with the East Asian nation estimated to have already been overtaken by India as the world's most populous nation amid a continued fall in the birthrate and a rapidly aging society.The population of China, excluding Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, reached 1,411.75 million by the end of 2022, down 850,000 from the previous year, the government said. The figure compares with India's population of 1,412 million in 2022, estimated by the United Nations.China's birthrate in 2022 fell to 6.77 per 1…READ FULL ARTICLE