The country’s population is now actively shrinking each year, and it’s hard to imagine how the trend could be reversed. President Xi Jinping has practically been pleading with the country’s women to bear more children. “With China’s economic woes, young people may want to wait and see, and that’s not good news for raising fertility,” Wang told the NYT. The country’s population has been shrinking since 2022, and judging by the latest numbers, the trend is bound to continue. More on China’s population: Hot New App Makes Single People Check in Constantly in Case They Die Alone