Kwiminyaka engama-30 emva kokuba inqanaba lokuchuma liguquguquka ngezantsi kwenqanaba lokutshintsha, iChina iya kuba lilizwe lesibini elinabemi abazizigidi ezili-100 ngokukhula okungalunganga kwabemi emva kweJapan, kwaye iya kungena kuluntu olulupheleyo ngo-2024 (umyinge wabemi abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-60 ubudala ungaphezulu kwama-20%). UYuan Xin, unjingalwazi kwiZiko laBemi noPhuhliso lweYunivesithi yaseNankai, wenza esi sigwebo singasentla ecaphula amanani-manani akutshanje abemi beZizwe Ezimanyeneyo.
Ngentsasa ye-21 kaJulayi, uYang Wenzhuang, umlawuli weSebe lezoLuntu kunye neNtsapho yeKhomishini yezeMpilo yeSizwe, wathi kwintlanganiso yonyaka ka-2022 ye-China Population Association ukuba izinga lokukhula kwenani labantu base-China liye lancipha kakhulu, kwaye kulindeleke ukuba kungene ukukhula okungalunganga ngexesha le-"14th Isicwangciso seminyaka emihlanu". Kwiintsuku ezili-10 ezidlulileyo, ingxelo ethi "World Population Prospects 2022" ekhutshwe nguMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo iphinde yakhankanya ukuba i-China inokuba nengxaki yokukhula kakubi kwabemi kwasekuqaleni ngo-2023, kwaye inani labantu abangaphezulu kweminyaka engama-60 ubudala liya kufikelela kwi-20.53% ngo-2024.
