Eminyakeni engama-30 ngemuva kokuguquguquka kwezinga lokuzala ngaphansi kwezinga lokushintshwa, iChina izoba izwe lesibili elinabantu abayizigidi eziyi-100 ngokukhula okungekuhle kwesibalo sabantu ngemuva kweJapan, futhi izongena emphakathini osekhulile ngo-2024 (ingxenye yabantu abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-60 ubudala. ngaphezu kwama-20%). U-Yuan Xin, uprofesa e-Institute of Population and Development of Nankai University, wenze isinqumo esingenhla ecaphuna izibalo zakamuva zabantu ezivela eNhlanganweni Yezizwe.
Ekuseni ngoJulayi 21, uYang Wenzhuang, umqondisi woMnyango Wezabantu Nemindeni weKhomishini Yezempilo Kazwelonke, uthe emhlanganweni waminyaka yonke ka-2022 weChina Population Association ukuthi izinga lokukhula kwenani labantu baseChina lehle kakhulu, futhi okulindeleke ukuthi kungene ekukhuleni okungekuhle ngesikhathi "soHlelo Lweminyaka Emihlanu". Ezinsukwini eziyi-10 ezedlule, umbiko othi "World Population Prospects 2022" okhishwe yiNhlangano Yezizwe uphinde wathi iChina ingase ibe nokukhula okungekuhle kwabantu ngo-2023, kanti isibalo sabantu abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-60 sizofinyelela ku-20.53% ngo-2024.
