Barclays Plc publishes a research note arguing that humanoid robots could mitigate a large share of China’s expected labor-force decline by 2035. The bank estimates that as China’s working-age population shrinks at a pace not seen in decades, the resulting reduction in available labor could be partially offset by increased robot deployment. Across the two reports, Barclays’ central figure is that humanoid robots could offset up to 60% of the projected decline in China’s labor force.
One report frames this in terms of the overall labor-force slump by 2035, while the other provides additional detail on the scale of the shortfall and deployment needs. It says China’s workforce is projected to shrink by about 37 million workers over the next decade and that offsetting that shortfall could require deploying up to about 24 million humanoid robots, depending on how broadly they are used.
Both accounts attribute the projections to Barclays and present humanoid robots as a potential technological response to demographic change, without specifying policy steps or timelines beyond the 2035 horizon.
