China population: 6 takeaways from 2023 as its populace fell by the size of New Mexico
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Mainland China’s population fell by 2.08 million last year to 1.4097 billion, down from 1.4118 billion in 2022, while births declined by 5.6 per cent to 9.02 million in 2023, according to data released on Wednesday.