Economics
China’s Population on Track to Peak Before 2025 as Births Drop
- Population growth in past decade was slowest since 1950s
- Number of births fell to 12 million in 2020, census shows
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China’s births fell to their lowest in almost six decades amid the coronavirus pandemic last year, putting the country’s population on course to peak within the next five years and adding pressure on Beijing to step up reforms to maintain economic growth as the workforce shrinks.