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While resource-rich countries in Africa have reaped the benefits in fuelling the economy of the world’s most populous nation, what does China's slowing population growth mean for the future?
07 June 2021 - 12:50
China, which is gearing up to overtake the US as the world’s largest economy, has revealed that its once-in-a-decade census conducted in 2020 showed a marked slowdown in birth rates, with the population growing slightly to 1.412bn.
According to the data collected, 12m babies were born last year, down from 14.65m in 2019. ..
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