AGRICULTURE NEWS - China registered a population decline in 2022 for the first time in 60 years. According to data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, the nation was home to 1,412 billion people in 2022, which was 850 000 fewer than in 2021.
China now joined a host of other countries, mostly in Europe, that had negative population growth. Russia’s population was set to start declining by 2030.
Experts warned that if sustained, the trend could pose a problem for the rest of the world, with China, as the second-largest economy, playing a key role in driving global growth.
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