By Zoila Palma: Official data showed that China’s population fell for a 4th consecutive year in 2025.
According to Reuters, the Chinese population fell by 3.39 million to 1.405 billion, a faster decline than 2024.
The total number of births in China dropped to 7.92 million in 2025, its lowest in decades, from 9.54 million in 2024.
The number of deaths rose to 11.31 million from 10.93 million in 2024, figures from China’s National Bureau of Statistics showed.
Since 2022, China’s population has reportedly been on a steady decline.
This in effect has reportedly created difficulty in Beijing’s plan to boost domestic consumption and rein in debt, with hundreds of millions of people set to leave the workforce at a time when pension budgets are already stretched.
In addition, data shows that in 2024, marriages fell with more than 6.1 million couples registering for marriage, down from 7.68 million in 2023.
Marriages are typically a leading indicator for birth rates in China.
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By Zoila Palma: Official data showed that China’s population fell for a 4th consecutive year in 2025. According to Reuters, the Chinese population fell by 3.39 million to 1.405 billion, a faster decline than 2024. The total number of births in China dropped to 7.92 million in 2025, its lowest in decades, from 9.54 million
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