China recorded its lowest birth rate ever in 2025, underscoring the challenges Beijing faces in averting a demographic crisis of its own making.
Only 7.92 million babies were born last year, down from the 9.54 million registered in 2024, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday.
That translates to a birth rate of 5.63 per 1,000 people, the lowest since official record-keeping began in 1949, the year the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seized control of the mainland.
Facing a looming demographic crisis that analysts say could jeopardize the communist regime’s geopolitical ambitions, the Chinese leadership has rolled out an array of incentives….
China’s Official Birth Rate Falls to Lowest in Decades
