China's population growth rate - the lowest level in decades - national statistics

 Recently CNN.co.jp reported the following:

中国の人口増加率、過去数十年で最低の水準　国家統計

2021.05.11 Tue posted at 18:05 JST

香港（ＣＮＮ） 中国の国家統計局は１１日、２０２０年の人口が１４億１０００万人だったと明らかにした。人口の増加率は過去数十年で最低の水準となったが、この傾向は世界２位の経済力を擁する中国にとって深刻な問題を引き起こす可能性がある。

国家統計局によれば、２０２０年の人口は１０年前と比較して５．３８％増加した。人数にすると７２００万人増加した計算になる。

直近のデータでは年間の平均の人口増加率は０．５３％と、２０００年から２０１０年の増加率を０．０４ポイント下回った。

一方で、人口に占める６５歳以上の割合は２０１０年の８．８７％から、２０２０年は同１３．５％と急速に増加した。

中国は昨年１１月、新型コロナウイルスが流行するなか、７度目となる国勢調査のため７００万人の作業員を派遣していた。

中国政府は人口増加率の減少を逆転させようと取り組みを進めている。

Translation

Hong Kong (CNN) - China's National Bureau of Statistics revealed on the 11th that the population in 2020 was 1.41 billion. As population growth had been at its lowest level in decades, the trend could pose serious problems for China, the world's second-largest economy.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the population in 2020 had increased by 5.38% compared to 10 years ago. In terms of the number of people, it was calculated to show an increase of 72 million.

According to the latest data, the average annual population growth rate was 0.53%, 0.04 points lower than the growth rate from 2000 to 2010.

On the other hand, the proportion of the population aged 65 and over increased rapidly from 8.87% in 2010 to 13.5% in 2020.

In November last year, China sent out 7 million workers for this seventh census amid the new coronavirus epidemic.

The Chinese government was working to reverse a decline in population growth.

              So, in China the population in 2020 was 1.41 billion. One noted feature is that the number of people aged 65 and over has increased rapidly from 8.87% in 2010 to 13.5% in 2020. Now China needs more social service for the aged, and the working age population have to work harder to support the aged group.