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 ...

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.

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 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.

I t wasn’t expected to happen so soon, but it has been a long time coming. Earlier this week, for the first time in six decades, official statistics revealed a dip in China’s population.. At ...

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.

In 2023, China's population was officially reported as 1.41 billion, a decline of approximately 2.08 million from the previous year. Yet Yi maintains the true figure is about 130 million people ...

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 ...

In China, the number of people over the age of 60 will grow from 300 million to 400 million by 2035, experts project. That’s larger than the entire U.S. population.

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.

Squeezed by an economic downturn and a rapidly aging population, China took a step toward raising its unusually low age benchmarks for when state employees have to retire. China has one of the ...

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.