China’s demographic challenges are exacerbated by persistently low birth rates, driven by a shrinking number of women of childbearing age and young people delaying marriage and parenthood due to ...
The mainland’s overall population fell to 1.4118 billion last year, as the growth rate hit a negative ... The national birth rate for 2022 fell to a record low, and the country’s worsening ...
The number of new marriages in China dropped to its lowest level ever in 2024 ... China’s population has been shrinking for three consecutive years, even though the birth rate saw a small increase ...
Marriages in China dropped by a fifth last year, the biggest drop on record, despite manifold efforts by authorities ... in the world at 1.4 billion but it is aging quickly. The birth rate fell for ...
Birth rates have been falling for decades because of China’s one-child rule from 1980 to 2015 and more people moving to cities. In the next ten years, about 300 million Chinese people – nearly as many ...
The number of marriages in China fell by a staggering 20.5 percent in 2024, marking the lowest recorded level ... efforts to boost marriage and birth rates. According to the data released on ...
Incorporating a proper understanding of genetics will be crucial to navigating the demographic shifts that will shape the 21 ...
Governments worldwide are offering cash incentives and creative policies to boost birth rates, but declining fertility trends ...
In the week ending Feb. 13, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.87%, Freddie Mac announced Thursday, the lowest in nearly ... reported that inflation hit a seven-month high in January.
The number of new marriages recorded in China fell to a record low last year ... years in a row despite a slight increase in the birth rate last year. The working population, classified as ...
The CRED iQ overall distress rate added 90 basis points (bps) in January, continuing the upward trend by logging its fourth straight record high of 11.5 percent. The delinquency rate ticked up from 10 ...