TAIPEI--China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further ...

For decades, China’s migrants built its megacities while being excluded from them. Now, officials want to change that.

Beijing — China has announced its first population decline in decades as what has been the world's most populous nation ages and its birthrate plunges, posing new challenges for the slowing economy.

China's birthrate has hit the lowest level on record, with the country's population shrinking for a fourth straight year. The population shrank by 3.39 million people in 2025. Significant structural ...

BEIJING — China’s population dropped in 2023 by 2 million people — the second consecutive annual drop as births fell and deaths increased after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, the government ...

China’s deployment of humanoid robots could offset as much as 60% of its projected decline in the labor force by 2035, according to Barclays Plc, helping sustain the world’s largest industrial base as ...

China now has more people aged over 65 than children under 15, according to the latest data from the National Bureau of ...

Earth's population reached a new record in November 2022 when it became home to 8 billion people. The United Nations has predicted that by 2037, Earth's population will have reached 9 billion people.

China's population declined in 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday. The drop was the first since the early 1960s, according to Yi Fuxian, a critic of China's one-child policy and ...