China’s birth rate has dropped to its lowest level since official records began in 1949—Newsweek has broken down how this compares with other parts of the globe. Last year, China recorded 7.92 million ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China's masses, though, are getting to be less massive. And that’s a problem. Birth rate numbers released Monday, the lowest since ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students from Youai School engrave a panda bear picture into a linoleum plate. Britta Pedersen/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB China recorded ...

The number of births in China, which has one of the world’s lowest fertility rates, fell by 17 percent in 2025.

Beijing (CNN) — China clocked its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population shrank for the fourth year in a row, deepening a demographic challenge that could drag on the world’s ...

Last week, Beijing’s release of China’s national birth count for 2025 left demographers stunned. The national birth total plummeted by over 17% from 2024 to 2025, the PRC disclosed. That sort of ...

BEIJING (AP) — From ancient times until today, an enormous population has been a foundational way for China to project its strength. But anxiety about managing so many mouths has always loomed. “China ...