China's population is likely to peak less than 15 years from now, below a maximum of 1.4 billion. After that will come a prolonged, even indefinite, population decline and a period of accelerated aging.

Keywords:
demographics, Wang, Feng, China, one-child, policy, aging, mortality, fertility, migrants
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