Twelve Charts This Week - 1/19/2024

Twelve charts that taught us something this week.

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The CHINESE POPULATION is shrinking while also getting older. The number of births reached a two-decade high of 17.9 million in 2016 but it has fallen every year since and has hit a new low of 9 million in 2023. This was the lowest number since the Communist Party took over in 1949. The size of the population declined by 2 million in 2023. (via @business)