China's population 'to peak' in 2029 at 1.44 billion
Tehran (KNA) - China's population will peak in 2029 at 1.44 billion before beginning a period of "unstoppable" decline, a government report says.
The China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) study says the country must implement policies to handle a smaller workforce and an older population.
Both changes combined could cause "very unfavourable social and economic consequences", the report says.
Latest UN estimates say China has a population of 1.41 billion .
In 2015 the world's most populous country ended its one-child policy in a bid to tackle the problems.
Source: BBC