China’s population fell for a third consecutive year last year, with the number of deaths outpacing a slight increase in births, and experts cautioning that the trend would accelerate in the coming years.

China's population shrank further in 2024, even though births ticked upward for the first time in seven years.

China recorded its third consecutive year of population decline in 2024, despite the country’s first increase in births in almost a decade in a year traditionally regarded as auspicious. Figures released on Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed the country recorded 9.

China said on Friday its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country faces a

China's population has decreased for the third consecutive year. In 2024, the number of deaths exceeded births by 1.39 million. Rapid urbanization, rising living costs, and gender inequalities are deepening the demographic crisis,