China’s birth rate at record low in 2021: official

Author: AFP/APP

Beijing: The birth rate in China plummeted to a record low last year, official data showed Monday.

The birth rate of the world’s second-biggest economy slipped to 7.52 births per 1,000 people, according to National Bureau of Statistics data, down from 8.52 in 2020 and the lowest rate since comparative records began in 1978.

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