China's population has decreased for three consecutive years, highlighting significant demographic challenges, particularly with an aging populace and a decreasing number of working-age individuals.
The decline in China's population, now at 1.408 billion, reflects broader global trends particularly in East Asia, where birth rates are dropping significantly.
Rising living costs are leading young people to delay marriage and childbirth, exacerbating an already low birth rate that does not compensate for longer lifespans.
China's historical population strategies, including the one-child policy, have now contributed to its current demographic crisis, as the nation lacks sufficient immigration to mitigate the decline.
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