China Population 2025 Declining Or Growing. People walk past a sculpture of the chinese communist party flag at the museum of the communist party of china, in beijing on jan. In 2023, china's population decreased for the first time in decades, with the country being narrowly surpassed by india as the world's most populous nation.

People walk past a sculpture of the chinese communist party flag at the museum of the communist party of china, in beijing on jan. 17, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation,.