Population
Population 2016
Updated: Mar 1, 2017
National Bureau of Statistics
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The total Chinese population on the mainland reached 1,382.71 million at the end of 2016, an increase of 8.09 million from the end of 2015, data from the NBS showed.
Of this total, urban permanent residents numbered 792.98 million, accounting for 57.35 percent of the total population (the urbanization rate of permanent residents), and 1.25 percentage points higher than the previous year. The urbanization rate of the population with household registration was 41.2 percent, 1.3 percentage points higher than at the end of 2015.
The year 2016 saw 17.86 million births, a crude birth rate of 12.95 per thousand, and 9.77 million deaths, or a crude death rate of 7.09 per thousand. The natural growth rate was 5.86 per thousand.
The population who live in places other than their household registration area reached 292 million, of which 245 million were floating populations.
Population and its composition by the end of 2016 |
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Item |
Population (Year-end figure) （10,000 persons）
|
Proportion (%) |
National Total |
138271 |
100.0 |
Of which: Urban |
79298 |
57.35 |
Rural |
58973 |
42.65 |
Of which: Male |
70815 |
51.2 |
Female |
67456 |
48.8 |
Of which: Aged 0-15 (under the age of 16) |
24438 |
17.7 |
Aged 16-59 (under the age of 60) |
90747 |
65.6 |
Aged 60 and above |
23086 |
16.7 |
Of which: Aged 65 and above |
15003 |
10.8 |
