2016-03-31T17:55:10Z
China has the largestpopulation in the world, with a shocking number of 1.3 billion peopleand growing by the minute. The overpopulation was such a problem that in 1980 itmade the one-child policy, which allowed each family in China only one child. This year the policy ended,and in just three months the population has gone up 0.46% since 2015.
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The population is projected to increase by 6.8 million by the end of 2016. Overpopulation in a country is the result of the number of people in an area being much higher than the country's available resources.Below, see mesmerizing images of China's overpopulated country:
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Overpopulation in China began after World War II in 1949, when Chinese families were encouraged to have as many children as possible in hopes of bringing more money to the country, building a better army, and producing more food.
Source: Overpopulation
Here, a group of 1,000 customers receive a facial massage at a sports center in Jinan, Shandong Province.
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For every square kilometer in China, there are 139.6 people.
Source: World Population
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China has used its overpopulation as an advantage to break world records. Here, people take part in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest number of people practicing Taiji in multiple locations.
Many schools combine lessons because of the size of classes. Pictured below, combined classes attend an outdoor joint lesson in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.
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Martial arts is popular in China. Here, students from the Tagou martial-arts school in Henan Province practice at a training base on the outskirts of Beijing.
By 2028, China is expected to have 1.45 billion residents, but then is expected to decline in 2030.
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The true population of China might be misrepresented because of families lying on census polls about the one-child policy.
Source: World Population
China is the only country where more males are born than females. The ratio is 1.15 males per female.
Source: World Population Sex Ratio
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China currently has 2.3 million active frontline personnel in its military.
Source: Global Firepower
It holds the Guinness World Record for the largest human image of an organ. Pictured below, over 1,500 people join the image, which was organized by a local health-research center hoping to improve awareness of lung health.
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Recovering drug addicts eat dinner at the Kunming Drug Rehabilitation Center, the largest in the world with nearly 4,000 addicts.
Five hundred twenty students from Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School took part in the performance "Building the Dream," which was performed during the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games in August 2014.
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Martial arts is performed at many places around China. Here, students of the Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School perform in the opening ceremony of the Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival.
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