Which nation's population has fallen by about 850,000 for the first time in 61 years?
China.
2023 January
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According to data from China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the population has decreased for the first time in 61 years. Less than 40 million (4 crore) people separate the second-most populous nation, India, from the world's most populous nation. The population of the nation had previously decreased in the 1960s, under Mao Zedong's rule, during the Great Chinese Famine.