- I think it is important to note that China would not be successful today without having gone to a 1 child policy. However, only 300 million (equal to the U.S.) have made it to middle class or above. So, they still have 250 to 300 million people with tuberculosis and then another 800 million people very poor and not very well educated.
- From 1950 through the 1970s, children 10 or younger constituted a larger percentage of China’s expanding population than any other age group
World How China’s population has changed since 1950
China announced plans Thursday to abandon its controversial “one-child policy” and allow all couples to have two children. The change, more than 30 years after the policy was enacted, came after a meeting of the Communist Party's leadership and amid growing pressures from a rapidly aging population. Story: China lifts one-child policy amid worries over graying population
THE CHANGING AGE OF CHINAPercentage of population by age bracketMaleFemaleFrom 1950 through the 1970s, children 10 or younger constituted a larger percentage of China’s expanding population than any other age group. By 2060, 70-year-olds will form the largest share.Age100 years old5001950196019701980199020005%5%5%5%Age100 years old705002010202020302040205020605%5%5%5%NUMBER OF CHILDREN BORN PER WOMANFertility rate up to 2010China1962
6.1The Communist Party of China and the State Council issue instructions advocating birth control.World5.01975China’s one-child policy begins.2015U.S.China announces plans to abandon its one-child policy3.32.52.02.01.71.9PROJECTED19501970199020102030205020702090TOTAL POPULATIONDEATHS OF ONLY CHILDRENin thousandsin billionsBetween 1950 and 2010, China’s total population grew 150 percent. It is projected to peak in 2030.The estimated number of only children older than 10 who die or will die annually in China, leaving their parents childless.5531.5 (2030)1.351.13460.5225Projectedpopulation182138104782010’15’20’25’30’40’5019502010‘50‘752100Source: UN World Population Prospects, 2015 edition
Friday, October 30, 2015
How China's population has changed since 1950
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