Factoid - Wednesday, January 21, 2026
China's National Bureau of Statistics reported that the country's total population declined from 1.408 billion in 2024 to 1.405 billion in 2025, according to The Wall Street Journal. New births declined from 9.54 million in 2024 to 7.92 million last year. Births per 1,000 people totaled 5.63 last year, down from 6.77 in 2024, marking the country's lowest birth rate since its founding in 1949.
Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 @ 10:02 AM

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