One-Child Policy

Definition

The One-Child Policy was a population control policy implemented in China from 1979 to 2015. It restricted most urban couples to having only one child in an effort to curb population growth.

Related terms

Family Planning: Policies and practices aimed at controlling population growth by regulating birth rates and family size.

Demographic Dividend: The economic benefit that can arise when a country's working-age population is larger than its dependent population (children and elderly).

Gender Imbalance: A situation where there is a significant disparity between the number of males and females in a given population.