China reported a negative natural growth rate for the third straight year in 2024 as the country deals with the demographic consequences of, among other things, its now-scrapped One-Child Policy (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-sees-a-fresh-decline-in-population-despite-a-rise-in-births/ar-AA1xlGxF, https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202501/t20250117_1958330.html). The question will be suspended on 31 December 2025 and the outcome determined using natural growth rate (i.e., the birth rate minus the death rate over a given period) data as published by the Chinese government for 2025, expected in early 2026. Because your browser may not recognize the security certificate used by China's National Bureau of Statistics website, we have included the birth rate, death rate, and natural growth rate for the past eleven years:

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The question closed "Lower than -2.00" with a closing date of 1 January 2026.

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