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Skip to main content Try our corporate solution for free! Single Accounts Corporate Solutions Universities. In the decade between the Sixth National Census of and and the Seventh Census of , the Chinese population increased at an average annual growth rate of 0. The Chinese population will presumably start shrinking in the second half of the s or the first half of the s. Population development in China As of mid , China was the country with the largest population worldwide , closely followed by India, which ranked second with a population of about 1.
As population growth in India is higher than in China, India will soon become the most populous country in the world. Due to several mechanisms put into place by the Chinese government as well as changing circumstances in the working and social environment of the Chinese people, population growth has subsided over the past decades, displaying an annual population growth rate of merely between 0.
Nevertheless, compared to the world population in total, China held a share of about 18 percent of the overall global population in China's aging population In terms of demographic developments, the birth control efforts of the Chinese government had considerable effects on the demographic pyramid in China. Upon closer examination of the age distribution , a clear trend of an aging population becomes visible.
In order to curb the negative effects of an aging population, the Chinese government abolished the one-child policy in , which had been in effect since , and introduced a three-child policy in May However, many Chinese parents nowadays are reluctant to have a second or third child, as is the case in most of the developed countries in the world.
The number of births in China varied in the years following the abolishment of the one-child policy, but did not increase considerably. Among the reasons most prominent for parents not having more children are the rising living costs and costs for child care, growing work pressure, a growing trend towards self-realization and individualism, and changing social behaviors.
Loading statistic Show source. Download for free You need to log in to download this statistic Register for free Already a member? Log in. China ranks number 1 in the list of countries and dependencies by population. The population density in China is per Km 2 people per mi 2. The total land area is 9,, Km2 3,, sq. Source: Worldometer www. Medium-fertility variant. Main Page: Demographics of China. Life Expectancy. Infant Mortality. Deaths under age 5. The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from to Definitions Year : as of July 1 of the year indicated.
Read More Definitions HONG KONG: China's population decline may be much faster than expected, with the number of people in the country halving within the next 45 years, a new study has warned.
The projection was based on the official birth rate of 1. China's current population is over 1. Another estimate published in The Lancet by researchers with the University of Washington last year suggested the Chinese population would halve by But the new research, from Jiang Quanbao and colleagues with the institute for population and development studies at Xian Jiaotong University, warned that the country's population decline may have been severely underestimated.
The UN's projection, for instance, was based on the assumption that China's fertility rate would remain at above 1.
The Chinese authorities "need to pay close attention to the potential negative inertia of population growth and make a plan with countermeasures in advance," wrote Jiang in the study published in the Journal of Xian University of Finance and Economics. The new birth rate, though unexpectedly low, was based on data from the latest census, which is believed to be the most accurate yet because it was collected entirely with the aid of digital devices for the first time and cross-checked with other government data sets.
Though the census findings have only partially been disclosed to the public, the limited information already shed a new light on changes and future development trends in the Chinese population, according to the researchers.
The pandemic may have had an impact on childbirth last year - but Jiang and his colleagues said the chances that the birth rate would rebound were low.
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