A recent article in Newsweek highlights the dramatic population decline facing China after decades of anti-family policies.
According to U.N. projections, China’s population will shrink by 3.2 million people next year — more than the population of Arkansas — and it is projected to decline by more than 40 million people over the next 10 years — roughly equivalent to the entire population of California.
By 2050, the country could lose a staggering 140 million people.
This is not the first time experts have expressed concern over China’s declining population. In 2020, officials from the Chinese Communist Party said China’s fertility rate had fallen to dangerously low levels. In early 2023, China’s National Bureau of Statistics released data showing the country’s population had begun plummeting.
Most developed nations are dealing with declining birthrates — including countries like Japan and the U.S. — but not to the same degree as China.
Without a growing population, it’s difficult for countries to maintain strong communities, a vibrant workforce, or a healthy economy. The Chinese Communist Party spent decades promoting the idea that having fewer children would be good for China, but that simply is not how society works.
Societies thrive off healthy, stable families. That’s part of the reason Family Council has spent more than 36 years promoting, protecting, and strengthening traditional family values in Arkansas. When families succeed, everyone benefits.
Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.
