AI Data Insight
China's death rate climbed to 8.04‰ in 2025, a significant rise from 7.76‰ in 2024, marking the highest mortality level in over five decades. This acceleration in deaths, combined with a record-low birth rate, resulted in a population decline of 3.39 million—the fourth consecutive year of contraction. The data underscores an intensifying demographic crisis driven by a rapidly aging workforce and structural economic headwinds.