Fewer marriages, more divorces, China’s single population may exceed 400 million

According to the data, the single population in China will reach 400 million in the future. The picture shows several migrant workers in China catching up on October 26, 2005.

Currently, the number of registered marriages in China has been decreasing for six consecutive years, while divorces are increasing year by year. According to the data, the gender ratio of Chinese men and women is seriously imbalanced, and the single population in China may reach 400 million in the future.

On Feb. 14, the 21st Century Business Herald reported that according to statistics from the Ministry of Civil Affairs: the single adult population in China was as high as 240 million in 2018, with 77 million of them living alone. It is also estimated that the second number will rise to 92 million by 2021.

The Marriage rate in China has been declining one after another in recent years, and the divorce rate continues to rise, resulting in a growing population of singles. The market expects that China’s single population will reach 400 million in the future.

According to data from China’s official marriage registration agencies, 13.469 million marriages were registered in 2013, followed by six years of continuous decline, according to China Business News. 9.471 million marriages were registered by China’s marriage registration agencies in 2019, falling below 10 million for the first Time, down 30 percent from 2013.

On the other hand, Chinese marriage registration offices registered 4.154 million divorce pairs in 2019, nearly half of the number of marriages registered.

In addition, according to a report released by the Chinese Communist Party‘s Ministry of Public Security, a total of 11.79 million newborns were born and registered for household registration in 2019, a decline of about 14.9 percent in 2020 compared to 2019 under the same caliber.

According to some scholars, many people lament “can’t afford to give birth and raise”, mainly referring to Education and housing. The child was born, equal to the back of a mountain, first education to pick up layers of skin, and then the house price to make up for the knife.

The increase in the single population buried security risks

According to the official media “Xinhua Viewpoint” reported on February 14, in Shanxi, Henan, Hunan and other places to visit found that many rural young men of age face difficulties in marrying a wife, which has brought a series of impact on rural social relations, but also derived from some governance problems.

Many rural people reflect that marriage has become a heavy burden for many villagers, and even become the main cause of debt and poverty in some rural families. The high cost of marriage is also prone to sow hidden dangers to Family relations after marriage.

In many rural areas, marriageable young people also face the embarrassment of more men and fewer women.

According to China Statistical Yearbook 2020 released by the National Bureau of Statistics of the Communist Party of China, by the end of 2019, the national gender ratio between men and women reached 104.46, of which 101.28 was between the ages of 30 and 34, 106.65 between the ages of 25 and 29, 114.61 between the ages of 20 and 24, and 118.39 between the ages of 15 and 19. Not only are there more men and fewer women, but as the age drops, the The ratio of men to women expands further.

It is widely believed that China’s gender imbalance is the result of the Communist Party’s decades-long “family planning” policy, which is reflected in a rapidly aging population structure. This is reflected in the rapid aging of the population, and has created a series of security risks for society, such as human trafficking, sexual crimes, and anti-social behavior.