Yangon: China's sex ratio at birth will keep falling and eventually reach a balance within 15 years due to economic and social development and the relaxed family planning policy, a newspaper here reported. The ratio, which was 113.5 men to every 100 women in 2015, one of the highest in the world, is forecast to drop below 112 by 2020 and 107 by 2030, according to the National Population Development Outline released Wednesday by the State Council.
The normal range is between 103 and 107, said a report in the China Daily yesterday. China's sex ratio has been skewed by a traditional preference for boys, according to the report. Population experts have estimated that the imbalance over the past 30 years has resulted in between 24 million and 34 million more men than women.
