Research Article

Predicting the Population Growth and Structure of China Based on Grey Fractional-Order Models

Table 3

Predictions of birth rate, death rate and natural growth rate.

YearBirth rate predicted values (unit: ‰)Death rate predicted values (unit: ‰)Natural growth rate predicted values (unit: ‰)

The fitting samples area201512.077.114.96
201612.957.095.86
201712.227.114.96
201811.287.134.05
201910.307.143.34

Short-term forecast area20209.367.152.81
20218.477.162.42
20227.667.182.13
20236.927.191.91
20246.257.191.74
20255.657.201.60

Medium- to long-term forecast area20304.597.211.27
20353.917.201.06
20403.477.190.93
20453.157.180.83
20502.907.170.76