Japan is haunted by a ‘sex recession’, as well as China. This country even set an all-time record low birth rate of 1.8 in 2020. According to China’s National Bureau of Statistics data for the end of 2022, the population decreased by 850 thousand compared to the previous year.
The trigger for the shrinking population in China is said to be due to an imbalance in the number of men and women. In some age groups, there are now more than 11 boys for every 10 girls.
Shows that one out of every 11 males will struggle to find a partner of the same age. Another factor is thought to be due to the rising cost of living and many people delaying getting married at a later date. There are those who choose not to have children.
Several surveys have revealed that women in China now consider the ideal number of children to have one or none. Their reluctance to have children was also exacerbated by the lockdown policy during the COVID-19 pandemic because there were restrictions.
In fact, the hashtag #wearethelastgeneration went viral on social media.
Could China’s Population Continue to Shrink?
Over the last 200 or so years, many countries have experienced a ‘demographic transition’. After initially growing rapidly, their population eventually transitioned from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates.
China is considered a post-transition society that has completed this cycle. However, it is not yet known what will happen to China in the future.
China’s fertility rate is expected to continue to decline, especially as the aging population continues to grow and the overall number of women of childbearing age is now smaller.
The Chinese government has recently been doing everything it can to increase fertility rates, one of which is by providing incentives for families who want to have children. However, expert predictions, it is difficult to make the ideal rebirth rate as before in a short time.
“For policies to reverse declining fertility is itself very challenging,” said Shuang Chen, an assistant professor in the social policy department at the London School of Economics.
“In recent years China has made many new steps, including abolishing the one-child policy, several types of subsidies at different levels. But those methods haven’t really worked well, fertility hasn’t reversed. I’m sure this decline will continue ,” he added again.
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