Axios - China's birthrate last year was the lowest on record since 1949, the year that Mao Zedong's Communists took over, according to data out today.
- It's the fourth straight year of decrease, leaving the second-most populous country (after India) "smaller and older ... as policymakers failed to slow a demographic crisis," the N.Y. Times notes (gift link).
China's population in 2025 stood at 1.4 billion, down 3 million from 2024. More
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