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   China: the UN expects the population to shrink by 55% by 2100

   1.42B in 2023; 633M in 2100 in the UN's medium variant. Between 404M and 890M with 95% probability. A calculation under assumptions about fertility and migration, not a certainty.

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

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