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Dan Wong predicts China's median age will reach the early sixties by 2100.

On Planet Money · unverified speaker · Planet Money · Jul 15, 2026

“the median age, I believe, could be something, like the early sixties”
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Dan Wong predicts China's population will be cut in half by 2100, falling to approximately 700 million people.

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