Saturday 30 December 2023

“China population: …demographic woes deepened”

Dramatic!
Snip: 
The total fertility rate – the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime – could drop below one in 2023, compared with 1.05 in the previous year, He warned. More… [Wayback]

Remember: it takes 2.13 children per woman to keep a population stable. Only 1 per woman means tepid population decline.