China is the third largest country in the world after Russia and Canada, covering a whopping 3.7 million square miles.. It also boasts the second largest population on the globe with 1.41 billion ...

Intensifying population divergence: According to its urbanization road map, China wants to achieve an urbanization rate of 70 percent by 2030 and 75-80 percent by 2050, with the urban population ...

China's growing retiree population is sure to strain its economy, prompting Beijing to raise statutory retirement ages for the first time since they were established in the 1950s.

China may be one step closer to losing its place as the world’s most populous country to India after its population shrank for the first time since the 1960s. The country’s population fell in ...

In 2023, China's population declined from 1.4118 to 1.4097 billion people. The U.N. suggests China's population will dip to 1.313 billion by 2050 and to about 800 million by 2100. This will have ...

China's statistics bureau said the working-age population between 16 and 59 years old totaled 875.56 million, accounting for 62% of the national population, while those aged 65 and older totaled ...

China’s population shrank for the third straight year in 2024, even though births rose slightly, underscoring a persistent long-term risk for the economy. The total number of people in China ...