China's population expanded slowly over last decade

The L.A. Times reports:

As China continues to enforce childbearing limits, its population grew by less than 1% a year in the last decade, but remained the world's largest at 1.34 billion people, according to census figures released Thursday.

The data released by the Beijing-based National Bureau of Statistics showed that China's population grew by 5.84% from 2000 to 2010, or 0.57% per year. The slow growth rate was aided by China's family planning policy, which limits urban couples to one child.

An article well worth your time. Is China going to overtake the world? Probably not.