China's population fell for the third consecutive year in 2024, a continuing demographic crisis that shows deaths outpacing births, with the population now at 1.408 billion.
Recent efforts by Beijing to slow down the falling birthrate have failed, with the National Bureau of Statistics highlighting increasing challenges from both external environments and domestic demands.
Despite a brief increase in marriages and births linked to the end of COVID-19 and the 2024 Year of the Dragon, the overall trend of population decline continues.
China's demographic issues, which have roots in the one-child policy, continue to pose major economic challenges, as the population decline reflects insufficient domestic demands.
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