China's population dropped for a second straight year

China, which once sought to control population growth with its one-child policy, is now facing the opposite problem.

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00:00 China's population dropped by 2 million people in 2023, the government has said.

00:06 It is the second year in a row that births fell and deaths jumped after the

00:11 lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. The number of deaths rose by 690,000 to 11.1 million,

00:19 more than double last year's increase. The number of births fell for the seventh year in a row.

00:24 China, long the most populated country in the world, dropped into second place behind India

00:29 in 2023, according to UN estimates.

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