Editing Demographics of China (section)

===Historical population===
{{Main|Population history of China}}
[[File:China population growth.svg|thumbnail|upright=1.36|Historical population in China from 400 BC<ref name=Banister/>]]
[[File:Historical population of India and China.svg|thumb|upright=1.36|Historical population of India and China since 1100 with projection to 2100]]
During 1960–2015, the population grew to nearly 1.4 billion. Under [[Mao Zedong]], China nearly doubled in population from 540 million in 1949 to 969 million in 1979. This growth slowed because of the one-child policy instituted in 1979.<ref name="Banister">{{cite book |pages=51–57 |title=A Brief History of China's Population, The Population of Modern China |first=Judith |last=Banister |isbn=978-0-306-44138-7 |doi=10.1007/978-1-4899-1231-2_3 |chapter=A Brief History of China's Population |year=1992 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/populationofmode0000unse/page/51}}</ref> The 2022 data shows a declining population for the first time since 1961.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ng |first1=Kelly |title=China's population falls for first time since 1961 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-64300190 |access-date=17 January 2023 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=17 January 2023 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117043939/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-64300190 |url-status=live}}</ref>

China's population reached 1 billion in 1982, making it the first country to reach this milestone.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weisskopf |first=Michael |date=1982-10-28 |title=China's Population Passes 1 Billion in Latest Census |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/10/28/chinas-population-passes-1-billion-in-latest-census/f3b0e967-6dbd-4ca0-9f63-e125e980e0ab/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603023252/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/10/28/chinas-population-passes-1-billion-in-latest-census/f3b0e967-6dbd-4ca0-9f63-e125e980e0ab/ |archive-date=3 June 2024 |access-date=2023-05-14 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>