Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
China's population could peak in 2023, here's why that matters
Source: CNBC
China’s population could peak in 2023, here’s why that matters
PUBLISHED THU, MAY 2 2019 • 10:22 PM EDT
Abigail Ng
The world’s largest country by population could hit a ceiling six years earlier than expected, a new report predicts.
China’s population is likely to peak in 2023, according to a study by online database company Global Demographics and analytics firm Complete Intelligence. The Chinese government had previously estimated that the country would hit its maximum population size in 2029.
“What we see is the rate of growth slowing pretty, pretty quickly,” said Tony Nash, chief executive and founder of Complete Intelligence.
“People had expected peak population in China to be a decade away, when in fact, it’s not,” he said. “It’s right around the corner.”
The decline in births is driven by a “maternity cliff,” according to the report. The number of women of childbearing age in China — defined as aged 15 to 49 by the publishers — is set to fall from 346 million in 2018 to 318 million in 2023.
-snip-
PUBLISHED THU, MAY 2 2019 • 10:22 PM EDT
Abigail Ng
The world’s largest country by population could hit a ceiling six years earlier than expected, a new report predicts.
China’s population is likely to peak in 2023, according to a study by online database company Global Demographics and analytics firm Complete Intelligence. The Chinese government had previously estimated that the country would hit its maximum population size in 2029.
“What we see is the rate of growth slowing pretty, pretty quickly,” said Tony Nash, chief executive and founder of Complete Intelligence.
“People had expected peak population in China to be a decade away, when in fact, it’s not,” he said. “It’s right around the corner.”
The decline in births is driven by a “maternity cliff,” according to the report. The number of women of childbearing age in China — defined as aged 15 to 49 by the publishers — is set to fall from 346 million in 2018 to 318 million in 2023.
-snip-
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/03/chinas-population-could-peak-in-2023-heres-why-that-matters.html
