For the fourth year in a row China’s birth rate shrank. 2025 was the lowest birth rate on record for the world’s second ...
The National Bureau of Statistics reported a birth rate of 5.63 per 1,000 people in 2025, down from 6.39 in 2023, marking the ...
China's population fell for the fourth straight year in 2025 as its birth rates sunk to a record low, despite the government rolling out a spate of incentives to boost them. The country's population ...
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China's birth rate drops to record low

China recorded its lowest birth rate on record in 2025, the statistics office in Beijing reported on Monday. The rate fell to ...
China clocked its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population shrank for the fourth year in a row, deepening a ...
China’s population crisis deepened in 2025 as births fell to a historic low, highlighting the limits of Beijing’s efforts to ...
China has been grappling with a severe population crisis as its birth rate has fallen to a record low, lowest since 1949. As ...
Ten years after China ended its one-child policy, fertility rates have not bounced back. NPR speaks with journalist Cindy Yu ...
China, once the world’s most populous nation, is facing a continuing population decline, with birth rates in 2025 reaching a ...
China's population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025 as the birthrate plunged to a record low, official data showed ...
China’s birthrate has fallen to its lowest level since the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949. According to TRT World, ...