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Before 2022, when was the last time China recorded a population decline?

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Before 2022, when was the last time China recorded a population decline?

China last saw a population decline during the Great Leap Forward at the end of the 1950s. Mao Zedong’s campaign for collective farming and industrialization led to a massive famine that killed tens of millions._x000D_The population in China is starting to decline nine to ten years earlier than predicted. On Jan. 17, 2023, China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported a population decline of 850,000 as of the end of 2022. The reasons: The expense of raising kids in cities and changing attitudes in East Asia, where birthrates have fallen in previous years._x000D_has long been the world’s most populous country, but with a population of over 1.4 billion and growing. India is expected to overtake it soon.

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