Is China Heading for a Demographic Crisis? | Inside Story January 18, 2023 Usaadmin Geo Politics, Geopolitics, News, World Politics - Geopolitics </p> <h2>The First Time in more than Six Decades</h2> <p> China’s population has declined for the first time in more than six decades. The birth rate slowed to 6.77 babies per 1,000 people in 2022.<br /> Compounding the issue is that deaths outnumbered births.<br /> Economists warn that the low birth rate and rapidly ageing population will have far-reaching effects – not just locally, but on the global economy.<br /> What is behind this downturn?<br /> And what will it take to reverse the trend?<br /> <br /> Credit to : Al Jazeera English</p> <p>
