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Population of China. Is it really 1.4 billion?

Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:30 pm
Posted by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
28416 posts
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:30 pm
Wife showed me a video that raised the question and it’s interesting.

In 1950 the population was ~ 554 million
For it to grow every family would have to have more than 2 kids (2 kids to replace 2 parents)
In 1970 the population was ~ 825 million
That growth would require every family to have 5 or 6 kids.
In 1979 the one child policy was introduced.

In 1990 the population was ~985 million.
One child policy should limit population increases right?
2000 population was ~ 1.25 billion
2010 population was ~ 1.34 billion
2020 population was ~ 1.43 billion

How did it grow?

The average age has gotten much older. Might be the oldest population at ~ 40yrs old.
But not everyone there are living to 100.

The video which is interesting the woman talking about it (she was Chinese) said she believes the population is only around 500 million.

Another thing China is going to have major issues with over the next 10-20 years is that during the one child policy, almost all families only kept boys. The number of women in the age to able to have children is dramatically low.
The population will crash.
Posted by Jugbow
Member since Nov 2025
3592 posts
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:33 pm to
Doubtful. Ghost cities and on the financial brink. If the US cut them off they’d fail immediately.
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
41498 posts
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:37 pm to
China overstates its population.

India understates it.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
39183 posts
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:37 pm to
Is that their new official number? A couple of years ago, the big news was the had over-reported by like 250 million, which was to have the effect of pulling forward their "social security" inversion by like 35 years or something.
Posted by TheGeauxt9
South Louisiana
Member since May 2021
643 posts
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:38 pm to
I wouldn't be the first person to believe anything the Chinese say
Posted by Demonbengal
Ruston
Member since May 2015
5329 posts
Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:07 pm to
They also allow next to no immigration in.
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