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Article: Average Population Age Rises in China
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- November 24, 1996
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The average age for residents in China's 1.2 billion population
has now risen to just over 33, up from 28, as reported in 1990,
according to the latest statistics from the State Statistical
Bureau.
The data show that in the 1991-1995 period, the annual growth
rate
of birth in China averaged only 11.6 per thousand, compared with
15.54 per thousand in the 1986-1990 period.
Experts said China will be listed as one of the world's aging
societies before the 21st century, as the segment of its population
aged between 60 and 65 ...