China’s population drops for the fourth year in a row, reaching record-low levels

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China’s population drops for the fourth year in a row, reaching record-low levels  China’s population has fallen for a fourth consecutive year, hitting its lowest birthrate since 1949 despite government efforts to boost fertility.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/01/19/chinas-population-drops-for-the-fourth-year-in-a-row-reaching-record-low-levels  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00China's birth rate plunged to its lowest level on record last year, official data showed

00:07on Monday, leading to a shrinking population for a fourth straight year despite efforts

00:12to curb the decline. The total population in 2025 stood at around 1.4 billion, 3 million

00:19less than the previous year. The country is threatened with a demographic crisis after

00:25its birth rate halved over the past decade, despite the end of the restrictive one-child

00:30policy. Marriage rates are also at a record low, with many young Chinese couples put off

00:36from having babies by high child-rearing costs and career concerns. Authorities have attempted

00:43to address the issue with a raft of measures, such as childcare subsidies, free public kindergartens

00:48and increased taxes on contraception. Young people in China have largely shrugged off these

00:54measures, saying they are not enough to address the problem.

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