Change in China’s population by age, 1982-2015, m
Total
In labour force:
Urban
Rural
20
Urban workers
retired earlier
Education kept
young people out
of the labour force
10
0
Age
40
45
50
55
60
65
Change in share of population, 1982-2015
-10
+13.3 percentage points
Of working age
China’s one-child
policy led to fewer
young people
+1.0
In labour force
-20
Age
16
20
25
30
35
Change in China’s population by age, 1982-2015, m
Total
In labour force:
Urban
Rural
20
Education kept
young people out
of the labour force
Urban workers
retired earlier
10
0
Age
40
45
50
55
60
65
Change in share of population, 1982-2015
-10
+13.3 percentage points
Of working age
China’s one-child
policy led to fewer
young people
+1.0
In labour force
-20
Age
16
20
25
30
35
Change in China’s population
by age, 1982-2015, m
Total
In labour force:
Urban
Rural
20
Education kept
young people out
of the labour force
10
0
Urban workers
retired earlier
-10
China’s one-child
policy led to fewer
young people
-20
20
30
40
50
60
Age
Change in share of China’s
population, 1982-2015
+13.3 percentage points
Of working age
+1.0
In labour force