BEIJING—China’s population increased in 2020, the nation’s statistics bureau said in a brief statement Thursday. The National Bureau of Statistics didn’t elaborate, saying only that ...

China's once-a-decade census is expected to show a further fall in the percentage of young people in its fast-aging population as high living costs and an aversion to having children among urban ...

China replaced its one-child policy in 2016 with a two-child limit in attempt to boost population growth ...

China reported a tiny population rise in 2020, underlining how the country is going to have to face its demographic challenges sooner than expected.

China's population continued to grow in 2020 and the specific data will be released in the bulletin of the seventh national census, the National Bureau of Statistics announced on Thursday.

After a month of delay and speculation, China’s National Bureau of Statistics released the results of the 2020 census, including a total population figure of 1.41 billion—an increase of 72 ...

BEIJING - China plans to conduct its seventh national population census in 2020, the State Council announced Friday. The census, to begin on Nov 1, 2020, will survey the amount, structure and ...

BEIJING — China’s population growth in the decade to 2020 slumped to the least in official records dating back to the 1950s, fueling pressure on Beijing to ramp up incentives to couples to have more ...

China’s population grew at its slowest rate in decades in the 10 years prior to 2020, according to census data released on Tuesday — a trend that could pose serious issues for the world’s ...

The population of mainland China increased 5.38% to 1.41 billion, according to the 2020 results of the country's once-a-decade official census, published on Tuesday.

The findings from China’s previous census helped persuade the party that it had to loosen its one-child-per-family policy. Since 2016 Chinese couples risk punishment only if they have more than two.