That is concerning. I was anticipating about nine million. Not 7.8 million, which is worst than even the most negative United nation population estimates.
It is also most likely will further decline as urbanisation further increases and woman in child bearing age falls by 30% over the next fifteen years.
phiwong on
Pretty bad. About the same as Japan and just above S Korea and Taiwan. It is very likely to cross the threshold to a super aged society within 4 years.
The_Keg on
Wonder how the populist trashes from r/lostgen r/latestagecapitalism r/millennials and r/economics will think of this.
“People dont have children because future is bleak”
“the boomers ruined everything”
“the boomers were sooo much better off than we are today, why doom our kids to the same fate”
…
The average Chinese were better off in the 90s?
What I don’t understand is why so many redditors branding themselves with “evidence based policies” immediately jump to “we cant afford kids” and “blame old people” for declining birthrate and got super defensive when showed the actual trend across the globe?
What cant they just accept simple facts?
I used to tag along on government contraceptive drives in rural Vietnam in the 90s handing out condoms to poor farmers to reduce birthrate. I was taught in school and college that the number one factor reducing birthrate was access to contraception.
Now suddenly everyone pretends like it is the boomer fault.
Head_of_Lettuce on
OP’s title should really read: “China’s birth rate drops to record low. China claims economy hits targets despite US trade war.”
Nobody in economics takes China’s growth reports seriously, irrespective of their politics. Not in the USA, Europe, or even in China itself.
teshh on
Get used to headlines like this for the next decade. Practically every developed nation is going to hit record lows in births over the upcoming decade+.
This is a trend I don’t believe will reverse without extreme governmental action. Younger generations can’t afford housing, can’t find jobs, and everything costs too much for their pitiful pay.
As populations decrease, so too will governmental revenues with an ever increasing burden placed on younger generations to pay for retirees.
malcolm58 on
In 1950 and the rest of the decade the number of births was about 20 million then up to 27 million in the 1960s.
With 8 million births, which is likely to fall due to the reduction in women of child bearing age, it will not be long before the population will drop by 12 million a year then 20 million a year.
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That is concerning. I was anticipating about nine million. Not 7.8 million, which is worst than even the most negative United nation population estimates.
It is also most likely will further decline as urbanisation further increases and woman in child bearing age falls by 30% over the next fifteen years.
Pretty bad. About the same as Japan and just above S Korea and Taiwan. It is very likely to cross the threshold to a super aged society within 4 years.
Wonder how the populist trashes from r/lostgen r/latestagecapitalism r/millennials and r/economics will think of this.
“People dont have children because future is bleak”
“the boomers ruined everything”
“the boomers were sooo much better off than we are today, why doom our kids to the same fate”
…
The average Chinese were better off in the 90s?
What I don’t understand is why so many redditors branding themselves with “evidence based policies” immediately jump to “we cant afford kids” and “blame old people” for declining birthrate and got super defensive when showed the actual trend across the globe?
What cant they just accept simple facts?
I used to tag along on government contraceptive drives in rural Vietnam in the 90s handing out condoms to poor farmers to reduce birthrate. I was taught in school and college that the number one factor reducing birthrate was access to contraception.
Now suddenly everyone pretends like it is the boomer fault.
OP’s title should really read: “China’s birth rate drops to record low. China claims economy hits targets despite US trade war.”
Nobody in economics takes China’s growth reports seriously, irrespective of their politics. Not in the USA, Europe, or even in China itself.
Get used to headlines like this for the next decade. Practically every developed nation is going to hit record lows in births over the upcoming decade+.
This is a trend I don’t believe will reverse without extreme governmental action. Younger generations can’t afford housing, can’t find jobs, and everything costs too much for their pitiful pay.
As populations decrease, so too will governmental revenues with an ever increasing burden placed on younger generations to pay for retirees.
In 1950 and the rest of the decade the number of births was about 20 million then up to 27 million in the 1960s.
With 8 million births, which is likely to fall due to the reduction in women of child bearing age, it will not be long before the population will drop by 12 million a year then 20 million a year.