When was China’s One Child Policy?
1979-2015 (officially stopped in 2016)
How much of China is desert and mountain?
25%
How much of China can be used for arable?
10%
1950-2014, how much did crude birth rate fall by?
43.8/1000 to 12/1000
How many births did the one child policy prevent?
300 million
In the 1960s how many died in a famine?
20 million
Boy:girl ratio
119:100 (usually 106:100)
When was the policy relaxed? How many children allowed?
Announced 2015, implemented 2016. 2 children.
Extreme poverty in 1990 vs 2013
66% vs 2%