And even then it would not be bad: a declining population would be good for the World.
When do you think China's population will start to decline?
Hard to tell because China's government might
fully scrap birth control in the near future, which could lead to another brief increase in births, but eventually it will drop again.
Currently (2018), China has ~15 million births and about 10 million deaths.
The death rate is only increasing slowly and might reach 11 million by 2030.
So the big question will be how births develop. I don't see them dropping below 13-14 million until 2030 and certainly not below the number of deaths.
Which means at least until 2035 the Chinese population will not decline.
It will likely hit 1.46 Bio. people in 2035 before it starts declining in a slow manner.
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