China's population continued its downward slide this year, according to the government's latest data, adding to the country's long-term economic woes amid a stop-start post-pandemic recovery. The ...

China’s population of 1.4 billion people is the largest in the world, right? Not anymore. In 2023 India surpassed China as the most populous country. China’s population began shrinking in 2022, and ...

The fall came despite a slight rise in births last year, the first increase since 2016. State efforts to cajole women to have children have met resistance. By Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang ...

Editor’s note: This piece was updated to correct population estimates. We regret the error. This month, China’s government began a nationwide poll of 500,000 ...