Tag: Demographics
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CE: Population decline a development issue
Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai said the population issue is fundamentally a development issue, noting that Macau’s declining birth rate has begun to affect its long-term ... -
Population inches up as elderly share grows
Macau’s population saw only a slight increase last year, rising 0.1% to 688,900 at the end of 2025, according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). ... -
Population falls again as births drop to lowest rate since 1949 communist revolution
How do you persuade a population to have more babies after generations of limiting families to just one? A decade after ending China’s longtime one-child policy, ... -
Mortality falls as local population holds steady in Q3
Macau’s total population reached 686,600 at the end of the third quarter of 2025, roughly unchanged from the same period last year, according to data from ... -
Consequences of China’s population decline
China’s population began to shrink in 2022. The UN’s projections – revised several times, the last one in 2024 – point to a gradual decline to ... -
Birthrate reaches new low in second quarter of 2025
Births in Macau fell to a record low of 671 in the second quarter of 2025, marking the lowest level since official records began in 1998, ... -
Population sees modest growth in 2024 driven by blue cards
The city’s total population saw a slight increase of 0.7% in 2024, reaching 688,300 by year-end, according to data from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). ... -
UN warns Macau has one of the alarmingly lowest fertility rates
Macau’s declining birth rate has become a significant demographic concern, reflecting broader trends across China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. As fertility rates in these regions hover ... -
China’s population falls for a third straight year, GBA bucks the trend
Analysis China’s demographic challenges have deepened with the country’s population falling for the third consecutive year, according to government data cited by the Associated Press (AP). ... -
Multiracial boom in 2020 census was mostly an illusion, researchers say
When the 2020 census results were released, they showed a boom in the number of people classified as multiracial in the United States since 2010. Two ... -
Broad-based system needed to boost fertility
China’s health minister has highlighted the establishment of a childbirth subsidy system, the expansion of childcare services and ensuring the implementation of maternity leave as key ... -
Macau’s migrant population grows, ageing ratio climbs 106%
Macau’s demographics slightly increased last year as its number of non-residents grew, following the city’s reopening after the pandemic. This fact has renewed a push to ... -
Hong Kong sees population increase in 2023
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) saw an increase in population in 2023 thanks to a net inflow of residents, official data showed this week. ... -
Population falls for second straight year, births drop after end of one-child policy
China’s population fell by 2 million people in 2023 in its second straight annual decrease, as births dropped for the seventh straight year and deaths jumped ... -
South Korea’s gender imbalance is bad news for men − outnumbering women, many face bleak marriage prospects
South Korea’s bachelor time bomb is about to really go off. Following a historic 30-year-long imbalance in the male-to-female sex ratio at birth, young men far ... -
Over 5% of Chinese women remain childless at 49
Around 5.2 percent of Chinese women who had reached the age of 49 remained childless in 2020, according to a study released by the China Population ... -
Rise in population attributed to non-local students
The total population of Macau increased to 673,600 at the end of March from 672,800 in the previous quarter, an increase which can be largely explained ... -
India will be most populous country by month’s end, UN says
India will be the world’s most populous country by the end of this month, eclipsing an aging China, the United Nations said yesterday [Macau time]. The ... -
China records first population fall in decades as births drop
For the first time in decades, China has fewer people than it did at the start of last year, according to official figures released yesterday. The ... -
Population decline still mainly attributable to fewer non-residents
Macau’s population has continued to decline as the city recorded a 5,400 population decrease in the third quarter to 671,900, due mainly to the drop in ... -
8,700 non-resident workers leave city since January
The total population as at end-June 2022 decreased by 4,400 quarter-to-quarter to 677,300, mainly as a result of a drop in the number of non-resident workers ... -
Japan minister says women ‘underestimated’
Japan’s minister for gender equality and children’s issues called the country’s record low births and plunging population a national crisis and blamed “indifference and ignorance” in ... -
UN projects world population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15
The United Nations estimated that the world’s population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15 and that India will replace China as the world’s most populous ... -
Population decrease still attributable to decline in non-resident workers
The total population as at end-March 2022 decreased by 1,500 quarter-to-quarter to 681,700, mainly attributable to a drop in the number of non-resident workers living in ... -
Breaking News: China easing birth limits further to cope with aging society
China’s ruling Communist Party said today (Monday) it will ease birth limits to allow all couples to have three children instead of two in hopes of ... -
Population | China adds few babies, loses workers as its 1.4B people age
The number of working-age people in China fell over the past decade as its aging population barely grew, a census showed today (Tuesday), adding to economic ...
