The population growth rate of ethnic minority groups in China has been significantly higher than that of the Han ethnic group over the past decade, which shows that people from all ethnic groups have benefited from the nation's all-around development, according to the 2020 national census. Photo shows that children have fun on Dove Lane in Hotan city, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, May 27, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
The total population of the Chinese mainland increased to 1.4118 billion in 2020, according to data from the seventh national census released by the National Bureau of Statistics on May 11.
根据国家统计局5月11日公布的第七次全国人口普查数据，2020年中国大陆总人口增至14.118亿。
The results unsurprisingly revealed that China's population is in an era of low fertility and aging, and the population growth has almost come to a halt.
结果不出所料：中国人口正处于一个低生育率和老龄化的时代，且人口增长几乎停滞。
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, significant changes have taken place in the number and structure of the population, as well as fertility, mortality, and migration in the last seven decades. China experienced a complete demographic transition in half a century, from high fertility and high mortality to low fertility and low mortality, and recorded a high growth rate in the 1960s and 1970s.
新中国成立70年来，人口数量、人口结构以及生育率、死亡率和人口流动等都发生了重大变化。中国人口结构在半个世纪内经历了从高生育率、高死亡率到低生育率、低死亡率的转变，并在20世纪60年代和70年代实现了人口高速增长。
Negative population growth is expected in the near future with a peak size of slightly more than 1.4 billion. The 2020 census is likely to be the last one to witness China's population growth in this century.
预计在不远的将来，中国将出现人口负增长，人口峰值将止步于略高于14亿的水平。2020年人口普查可能是本世纪见证中国人口增长的最后一次人口普查。
Source: National Bureau of Statistics via CGTN
population census 人口普查 （请戳往期链接）
family planning policy 计划生育政策
greying workforce 高龄劳动力
universal two-child policy 全面二孩政策
elderly care services 养老服务 （请戳往期链接）
Collected by Wu Qin (intern), Lv Yun
Edited by Lv Yun
Sources: CGTN, China Daily
Cover image: CGTN
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