China’s population continued to decline last year—though births edged up for the first time in eight years—falling for a third straight year as deaths outpaced births. China had seen birth numbers plummet since 2017,

The Congressional Budget Office has shrunk its projections for the U.S. population in 30 years to 372 million residents. That's a 2.8% drop from last year's projections.

Population decline is not unique to China, East Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea, have also experienced decreases in birth rates