China's birth rate fell to the lowest level since 1949. It was 2018, according to the Beijing government, only 10,94 babies per 1000 inhabitants. Thus were born with 15.23 million babies, two million less than in 2017 - even though the Chinese government had relaxed its restrictive birth policy. Since 2016, China allowed two children per Couple, after, since 1979 a One-child policy had been applied.
More abouteconomic growth, China's economy falls to lowest level in three decades
Also, the net growth of the population fell, according to official data, the lowest level since the early 60s. China also faces the Problem of an increasingly ageing population. A Pro-government think tank in China, warned in January that the number of inhabitants of the country could fall, with its some 1.4 billion people already 2027. So India, China is likely to overtake as the most populous country in the world soon. In India to 2018 of around 1.34 billion people lived. The birth rate is much higher than in China. (Reuters)
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