1. ForecastsChina

   China: all 12 UN projections since 1998 expected more births

   The UN's 1998 projection expected 17.6M births a year on average for 2020–2025; the outcome was 9.67M (−45%). The latest checked one: the UN's 2022 projection expected 10.4M births for 2025; the outcome was 7.92M (−24%).

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• China: an older population than the US
• China: lower fertility than Japan
• China: stock prices have risen 25% since December 2022
• China: more people now die than are born
• China generates more electricity than the US, the EU and India combined
• China: mothers are younger on average than in 1950

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