Only 30 percent of Chinese mothers receive anesthesia during labor, according to the country's health authorities.

Authorities are struggling to boost birth rates in the world's second largest economy after China's population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024 with experts warning the downturn will worsen ...

China's shrinking population is estimated to dent home demand by 0.5 million units yearly in the 2020s, Goldman Sachs ...

Analysts question whether China's declining birth rate can be reversed amid a slowing economy, changing public attitudes and misplaced priorities among policymakers.

China’s birth rate – the number of births per 1,000 people – has fallen yearly since 2016. In 2023, it reached an all-time low of 6.39, equating to 9.02 million births – the lowest annual ...

China’s fertility rate has been less than half of the replacement rate of 2.1 for three years, despite the government having now spent a decade trying to persuade people to have more babies.

Data from the country's National Bureau of Statistics showed that China's population declined by 2 million people in 2023, while the birth rate fell from 6.77 births to 6.39 births per 1,000 ...

China China's low birth rate being hit by sky rocketing costs associated with weddings There is an estimated 34 million surplus of men in China. By Fox News Staff Fox News.

Last year, new births in China fell by 5.7%. That’s a record low of 6.39 births per 1,000. In contrast, the mortality rate was 7.87 per 1,000 people.

Unlike most of China’s high-fertility provinces, typically found in the less-developed west, Guangdong has the country’s highest regional gross domestic product.Despite a slowdown last year ...

With a plummeting birth rate and a rapidly aging population, China faces a demographic crisis. The city of Tianmen is an outlier — at least temporarily. March 26, 2025 ...