China’s population drops for second year, with record low birth rate
Hong Kong, China Reuters China’s population fell for a second consecutive year in 2023, as a record low birth rate and a wave of COVID-19 deaths when strict lockdowns ended accelerated a downturn that will have profound long-term effects on the economy’s growth potential. The National Bureau of Statistics said the total number of people […]
Japan demographic woes deepen as birth rate hits record low
Tokyo, JapanReuters Japan’s birth rate declined for the seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low, the health ministry said on Friday, underscoring the sense of crisis gripping the country as the population shrinks and ages rapidly. The fertility rate, or the average number of children born to a woman in her lifetime, was […]
Last students graduate: School closures spread in ageing Japan
EIMI YAMAMITSU, TOM BATEMAN and ISSEI KATO, of Reuters, report from the village of Ten-ei…
As world population hits eight billion, China frets over too few babies
Beijing/Hong Kong, China Reuters Chinese software developer Tang Huajun loves playing with his two-year-old in their apartment on the outskirts of Beijing but he said he is unlikely to have another child. Such decisions by countless people like Tang will determine the course not only of China’s population but that of the world, which the […]