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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