Declining Fertility Rate
[A nurse takes care of newborn babies at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province April 21, 2011. China’s mainland population grew to 1.339 billion by 2010, according to census figures released on Thursday, up 5.9 percent from the 1.265 billion at the last census in 2000, and lower than the 1.4 billion population some demographers had projected for the latest count. Picture taken April 21, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA – Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)] *** []