Demographic analysis

Demography

Demographic transition

China

Archaeology

Socioeconomic status

Census

Economics

Development economics

Socioeconomic development

Globalization

Geography

Political science

Fertility

Population

Sociology

Economic growth

Socioeconomics

Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences

This article is dedicated to a comprehensive analysis of the data of the Seventh Census in China, conducted in 2020 and to the identification of the most important demographic and socioeconomic trends in the development of the population of the People's Republic of China. The relevance of this study is due to the impact that demographic changes have on the world's largest economy. Given the current high level of globalization and the scale of the PRC population, any risks and threats of a demographic nature have a direct impact not only on China's security but potentially on the situation in the Asia-Pacific region and the world as a whole. The practical significance of this work for Russia is obvious, in particular, from the point of view of improving the migration policy of the Russian Federation. This study is based on a large array of statistical data, including from the PRC National Bureau of Statistics. The quantitative and qualitative changes in the Chinese population are analyzed, including the ratio of birthrates, mortality, natural increase and fertility, gender and age imbalances, and internal migration.

The Seventh Population Census in the PRC: Results and Prospects of the Country’s Demographic Development