Although the 2020 China census showed a 5.4% population increase to 1.41 billion, China’s population growth rate was the lowest in years and births fell for the fourth year in a row, writes Robynne Tindall The Chinese National Bureau of Statistics released the results of its once-in-a-decade census on Tuesday, 11 May 2021. The Seventh National Population Census, which was completed in December, showed a population increase of approximately 5.4% …