UPI By Sheri Walsh
Jan. 16 (UPI) — China’s population has declined for the first time in six decades, as the world’s second-largest economy announced Tuesday that more people died last year than were born.
China reported a record low rate of 9.56 million births in 2022, which was a decrease of 850,000, or 10%, from 2021, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. There were 10.41 million deaths last year, marking the first time China’s population has declined since 1961 after a three-year famine killed tens of millions of people.
Tuesday’s numbers were part of Chinese President Xi Jinping‘s economic report for 2022. The report showed a 3% increase in gross domestic product, which was the weakest number in decades as Beijing’s government faces backlash following last month’s sudden reversal of its zero-tolerance policy toward COVID-19.
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