DEMOGRAPHICS BY THE NUMBERS

400 million Estimated births prevented number by of onechild policy

1.3 billion China’s population

20 million Estimated Chinese couples number eligible of for the a new second policy child under

16 million Average number of babies born annually in China

2 million Estimated number of additional births per year as a result of the new policy

937 million estimated number of working-age Chinese

3.45 million The decline of working age Chinese in 2012

8 million Estimated decline of working age Chinese per year from 2023

14 percentage of China’s population that is currently 60 years or older

24 percentage of China’s population estimated to be 60 years or older by 2030

6 Estimated average number of births per Chinese woman in the early 1970s

1.54 Average number of births per Chinese woman now