Growth Rate: Population Growth

growth rate: That's nearly 2 million fewer than the year before, according to The Japan Times. China for decades sought to slow its population growth, seeing a massive population as a drag on development, and it now joins Japan, South Korea and other East Asian nations in seeing a radical drop in its birthrate. Numbers released Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics put the population at 1.395 billion in 2018. ; That marked a growth rate of .381 percent, an addition of 15.23 million people, the bureau said. The pace at which population growth has slowed has become a concern in recent years as the country's seemingly inexhaustible supply of ready labor has declined. Many of us grew up as only children and we're a little selfish about putting our own satisfaction above having kids, said Mina Cai, 26, a Beijing office worker. Better educated young Chinese face more complicated but also more varied job prospects and are less inclined than their parents to marry and start a family. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.