The national bureau of statistics (nbs) said china’s population declined by 1.39 million in 2024. China was the world's most populous country from at least 1950 [8] until being surpassed by india in 2023 [9][10] by one estimate, in 2024 china's population stood at about 1.408 billion, down from the 1.412 billion recorded in the 2020 census [11] according to the 2020 census, 91.11% of the population was han chinese, and 8.89% were minorities. The seventh national population census of the people's republic of china (chinese Dì qī cì quánguó rénkǒu pǔchá), also referred to as the 2020 chinese census, was the seventh national census conducted by the national bureau of statistics of the people's republic of china
[2] census work began on november 1, 2020, [3] and continued through. The population went through many cycles that generally reached peaks along each imperial power and was decimated due to wars and barbarian.
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