DemographyGrim statistics defy Beijing's efforts to stave off demographic crisisA nurse takes care of a newborn at a hospital in Lianyungang, in China's Jiangsu province, in May 2025. New births in the country dropped sharply last year. © APLORRETTA CHENJanuary 19, 2026 14:27 JSTHONG KONG -- China's population declined for a fourth straight year in 2025 while its birth rate hit the lowest level in the history of the People's Republic, despite Beijing's efforts to stave off a demographic crisis.
China's population decline deepens as birth rate hits new low
Grim statistics defy Beijing's efforts to stave off demographic crisis
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