China failing to boost its population after a decade of ending one-child policy
NEW DELHI: China is failing to boost its population even after a decade of ending the stringent, state-enforced birth control policy that skewed its demographics, according to a media report.
The one-child policy, officially enacted in 1980, was targetted at reining in China’s runaway population growth. As the country faced significant demographic challenges, the notorious policy was ended in 2016.
Even after the landmark change -- and several other measures to encourage couples to have more kids -- the country has failed to boost the population rates, the KSLTV quoted CNN as saying.
Between 2022 and 2024, China’s headcount shrank. As per United Nations projections, people aged over 60 now account for more than 20 per cent of the population of 1.4 billion people. They could make up a staggering half of the population by 2100.
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