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Population is approximately 547 million
In the early years of the People’s Republic of China, it was thought that a big population was a positive for political and economic strength, and there were no moves made to slow birth rates. -
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The Great Leap Forward
In this period of time there were large food shortages, and as a result, the death rate surpassed the birth rate, creating a declining population. Though this only lasted for a short while. -
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The Cultural Revolution
This saw the continuance of a baby boom, which can be still seen today. -
Population reaches 830 million
This large increase in population in due to developments in public-health and the accessibility of potable water and an increase in food supplies which decreased death rate. This new population then suffered massive food shortages. -
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"Later,Longer, Fewer" campaign
This was a government campaign run in the early 70’s to promote marriage at an older age. The government rose the legal minimum age for marriage to 22 year for men and 20 for women. This meant that there was more time between pregnancies which consequently meant that fewer children were born. At the time contraception, abortion and sterilisation was free of charge and easy to access and still is in modern day china. -
The One-Child Policy
In 1979 the One-Child Policy was brought in, after a possible boom in birth rate. -
Marriage Law
In 1980 a Marriage Law was announced which was an attempt to limit China’s population to 1.2 billion by 2000. -
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Sex-selection abortion is officially banned
Sex-selection abortion was officially banned in the late 1990's. -
China's at birth sex ratio is 117 males to 100 females
This is partly due to sex-selection abortion. -
China's population hits 1.4 billion
China is now the most populated nation in the world, and makes up 10% of the worlds population. -
China population decline predicted