China 2020 census shows population growth slipped to lowest ever – Reuters

  • Date: 11-May-2021
  • Source: Reuters
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China 2020 census shows population growth slipped to lowest ever – Reuters

China's population growth in the decade to 2020 slumped to the least since a one-child policy was introduced in the late 1970s, adding pressure on Beijing to boost incentives to couples to have more children and avert an irreversible decline.

The population of mainland China increased 5.38% to 1.41 billion, according to the 2020 results of the country's once-a-decade official census, published on Tuesday. That compared with an increase of 5.84% to 1.34 billion in the 2010 census.

The number also meant China narrowly missed a target it set in 2016 to boost its population to about 1.42 billion by 2020.