The number of babies born in China in 2016 jumped 7.9% from the previous year, according to government figures, a jump attributable to China's shift to a two-child policy. A total of 17.86 million babies were born in 2016, an increase of 1.31 million over the total in 2015. The new total represents the highest annual number of newborns since 2000.
I remember learning about this for the first time in 6th grade- that there was a law stating a family could have only one baby and the horrors if they had twins. Now families can have two children but are over populating China. Some say we are running out of space, but I think there will always be space for children.
Wow! That sure is an increase of children being born from 2015 to 2016. I never really thought about how many babies can be born a year. I just thought, well just a lot. I had never thought this much, let alone just in China!
ReplyDeleteOver population will soon become a big problem in China so I think that they should start renovating rural areas to make homes and jobs for people to live.
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