Aging of China

The share of the elderly population surpassed 10 percent for the first time in the country's history in 2023, with projections indicating it could reach 31.7 percent by 2075, according to data released by the country's statistical institution on July 30.

In the past decade, China has had the lowest population growth since the introduction of the one-child policy in the 1970s, whereby each couple was only allowed to have one child. This is evident from the 2020 census, of which the national statistics office announced the results on Tuesday.