{"id":658066,"date":"2022-01-17T09:37:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T06:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=658066"},"modified":"2022-01-17T11:06:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T08:06:33","slug":"chinas-birth-rate-at-record-low-in-2021-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2022\/01\/chinas-birth-rate-at-record-low-in-2021-official\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s birth rate at record low in 2021: official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i>Beijing, China, Jan 17 &#8211; <\/i>China&#8217;s birth rate plummeted to a record low last year, official data showed Monday, as analysts warn that faster-than-expected ageing could deepen economic growth concerns.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beijing has been grappling with a looming demographic crisis as it faces a rapidly ageing workforce, slowing economy and the country&#8217;s weakest population growth in decades.<\/p>\n<p>The birth rate of the world&#8217;s second-biggest economy slipped to 7.52 births per 1,000 people, according to National Bureau of Statistics data, down from 8.52 in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The figures are the lowest since records began in 1949, when Communist China was founded, according to NBS data.<\/p>\n<p>It also marks the lowest figure logged in China&#8217;s annual Statistical Yearbook data &#8212; a yearly assessment of the country&#8217;s economy &#8212; dating back to 1978.<\/p>\n<p>Although officials relaxed the nation&#8217;s one-child policy in 2016 &#8212; allowing couples to have two children and easing some of the world&#8217;s strictest family planning regulations &#8212; the changes have failed to bring about a baby boom.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Chinese authorities extended the policy further to allow couples to have three children.<\/p>\n<p>But in 2021, the country logged 10.62 million births, according to official data, bringing its population to 1.41 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The natural population growth rate plunged to 0.34 per 1,000 people, from an earlier 1.45 figure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The demographic challenge is well known but the speed of population aging is clearly faster than expected,&#8221; said Zhiwei Zhang, chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It also indicates China&#8217;s potential growth is likely slowing faster than expected,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, results of a once-in-a-decade census showed that China&#8217;s population had grown at its slowest rate since the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>Higher costs of living and a cultural shift, with people now used to smaller families, have been cited as reasons behind the lower number of babies.<\/p>\n<p>The one-child policy was introduced by top leader Deng Xiaoping in 1980 to curb population growth and promote economic development, with exceptions for rural families whose first-born was a female and for ethnic minorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beijing, China, Jan 17 &#8211; China&#8217;s birth rate plummeted to a record low last year, official data showed Monday, as analysts warn that faster-than-expected ageing could deepen economic growth concerns. 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