AI Data Insight
Latest data shows that in 2025, China's male population fell to 716.85 million, a sharp annual decrease of 2.24 million, with the magnitude of the decline significantly widening compared to the previous reading (-1.23 million). This marks the fifth consecutive year of decline, reflecting the double blow of birth rates hitting a new low since 1949 and intensifying aging, indicating that the demographic structural crisis has entered an acceleration phase.