Link: https://fortune.com/2021/04/30/china-population-2020-census-growing-shrinking/
Excerpt:
China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) was scheduled to release the census it conducts once every decade in early April. But in mid-April a government spokesperson said publication of the census had been delayed for an unspecified length of time to allow for “more preparation work.”
China still has not indicated when it may release the report, according to Chinese media.
But on Wednesday, the Financial Times, citing “people familiar with the research,” reported that when published the census will show that China’s population was smaller in 2020 than it was in 2019, the first year-on-year drop in over five decades. In 2019, China reported that its population surpassed 1.4 billion people for the first time, up 4.67 million from the previous year. This year, China’s population fell back down below 1.4 billion, according to the Financial Times.
Author(s): GRADY MCGREGOR
Publication Date: 30 April 2021
Publication Site: Fortune