China’s population up less than half a million in 2021, births plunge again

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Mainland China’s population increased by less than half a million last year, and the number of new births also dropped for the fifth consecutive year in 2021, data released on Monday showed.China’s overall population increased by about 480,000 people – to 1.4126 billion in 2021, from 1.412 billion a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) confirmed.Chinese mothers gave birth to 10.62 million babies last year, down from 12 million in 2020, the NBS confirmed.Earlier this month,…


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