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China's Commissioner for the National Bureau of Statistics, Kang Yi, says the country's population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades. "By the end of 2022, the national population was 1.41 billion people, a decrease of 0.85 million over that at the end of 2021."
As Chinese authorities report that the country's population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, residents of Beijing and Shanghai give their views. Some see population decline as "inevitable" at a time when young people are increasingly choosing not to have children. The Chinese population stood at around 1,411,750,000 at the end of 2022, Beijing's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported, a decrease of 850,000 from the end of the previous year.
Pope Francis embarked on his fifth visit to Africa on Tuesday, where he's first visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo and then South Sudan to plead for peace in the countries, both wracked by decades of stubborn conflict. For more on the pontiff's visit to conflict-torn central Africa, FRANCE 24 is joined by Kris Berwouts, Columnist and Author of "Congo's Violent Peace."
China's population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as the world's most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis. Angela Diffley, France 24's international affairs editor, takes a look at the reasons behind this decline and its possible consequences.
International passengers piled into China on Sunday despite a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country.
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