30 years after the fertility level fluctuates below the replacement level, China will become the second country with a population of 100 million with negative population growth after Japan, and will enter a moderately aging society in 2024 (the proportion of the population over 60 years old is more than 20%). Yuan Xin, a professor at the Institute of Population and Development of Nankai University, made the above judgment citing the latest population statistics from the United Nations.
On the morning of July 21, Yang Wenzhuang, director of the Population and Family Department of the National Health Commission, said at the 2022 annual meeting of the China Population Association that the growth rate of China's total population has slowed down significantly, and it is expected to enter negative growth during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. 10 days ago, the "World Population Prospects 2022" report released by the United Nations also mentioned that China may experience negative population growth as early as 2023, and the number of people over 60 years old will reach 20.53% in 2024.
