China's population declined for a second consecutive year in 2023, while the birthrate has also plunged to a new record low
  • morrowind@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    That is a meaningless statement to make without a point of comparison. How do you know it wouldn’t be higher if the population was growing.

    Also yeah, that’s to be expected, the economic harm comes in the long term.