India has overtaken China in the rank of the world's most populous nations, with over 1.46 billion people as of 2025In 2022, ...

In an effort to address its shrinking population and aging work force, over 15 years, China will raise the retirement age for men to 63, and for women to 55 or 58 years depending on their jobs.

Here are key facts about China’s population and its projected changes in the coming decades, based on data from the UN and other sources: Although China will lose its title as the world’s most ...

In particular, the U.N. World Population Prospects report for 2022 used a roughly constant TFR of 1.18 to forecast that China’s population will fall to 770 million in 2100.

At the same time, China's aging population is growing rapidly. ... The policy change, approved by China's top legislative body in September, will see men's retirement age increase from 60 to 63.

HONG KONG, Jan 18 (Reuters) - China's ageing population threatens key Beijing policy goals for the coming decade of boosting domestic consumption and reining in ballooning debt, posing a severe ...

Yi pointed out China's share of the global population aged 65 and up rose from 16 percent in 1970 to 26 percent in 2023, while its share of births dropped from 26 percent to 6.8 percent and will ...

China will raise its retirement age to address a declining population and shrinking workforce. The new retirement age will be 63 for men and between 55 and 58 for women.

But while China’s population is now declining, the world’s population is still growing, albeit at the slowest rate since 1950, according to the U.N., which estimated last July that the total ...

Taken together with the number of people who died over 2024 — 10.93 million — China’s population shrank for a third straight year. China’s population continues to shrink as deaths ...

The workforce needed to support the retirement-age population is also shrinking, with the number of births falling 10% in 2022 to their lowest level on record. Last year, China fell to the world ...

China Raises Retirement Age Amid Population Crisis. Published Jan 02, 2025 at 10:33 AM EST Updated Jan 02, ... At the same time, China's aging population is growing rapidly.