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China’s Population May Peak Next Year, State Media Says
- A 2022 peak would be much earlier than previous forecasts
- Population decline will likely limit economic growth
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China’s population may peak as early as 2022, state media reported, ahead of a once-in-a-decade census survey that’s yet to be published.
The number of deaths may exceed births as early as next year, the state-run Global Times newspaper quoted independent demographer He Yafu as saying. That would be much earlier than previously estimated.