However, with the number of young Chinese falling and the number of elderly Chinese increasing, it is not certain whether China’s economy can continue to grow at the same rapid rate.Ĭhina also has an abnormal ratio of male to female births. Much of China’s economic growth has been attributed to its abundant and cheap workforce, combined with its low social costs. The policy was ended by the Chinese government in 2016. This means that Chinese population statistics have become less reliable since the policy began in the 1970s. Families who breach this policy tend to lie on census polls, so the true population of China may be a bit skewed. The one-child policy was met with a great deal of resistance, particularly in rural areas. As a result, experts are now concerned that China’s low birth rate, combined with its aging population, will damage its future economic development. The scheme, which rewarded couples that agreed to have just one child with cash bonuses and better access to housing, proved so successful that the birth rate of 1.4 children per woman fell below the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman. After rapid population growth in the middle of the 20th century, the Chinese government sought to limit population growth by introducing the famous "one-child policy." The size of China's population has long been a hot political issue in China. It's estimated that the percentage of men in their late 30's who have never married will quintuple by 2030, and this large number of unmarried young men will have a detrimental impact on population growth.īy 2026, both India and China are estimated to have 1.46 billion residents each, but India will start to take 1st place with a growth continuing until 2060, while China's population is expected to decline after 2030. Only Japan has aged faster than China.Ĭhina has another very serious demographic problem due to sex-selective abortion and its one-child policy, resulting in a ratio of 120 boys for every 100 girls. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 9.6.According to current projections, China's population will finally peak in 2030 with a shrinking labor force and an over-65 population of 240 million. If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Lower-middle-income countries has the highest population density of 48.9 people per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the yearĪustralia/New Zealand with only 1.9 people/km². When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest population density of 152.0 people per square kilometer.Ĭlosely followed by Southern Asia with a population density of 117.0 people/km²,Īnd Caribbean with 115.1 people living per square kilometer. The geographic region with the highest population densityĪsia with a density of 68.4 people per square kilometer.Ĭlosely followed by Europe with a population density of 29.7 people/km²,Īnd Latin America and the Caribbean with 14.1 people living per square kilometer.
□□ Greenland with 0.1 people per square kilometer.įollowed by □□ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with a density of 0.2 people/km²,Īnd □□ Western Sahara with 0.3 people living per square kilometer, if said population is spread out evenly across its land mass. The country with the lowest annual population density □□ Monaco with a density of 16288.9 people per square kilometer.Ĭlosely followed by □□ China, Macao SAR with a population density of 7727.6 people/km²,Īnd □□ China, Hong Kong SAR with 3598.8 people living per square kilometer, if spread out evenly. The country with the highest population density A population density of 28.3 (people/km²).