Population
Population 2019
Updated: Feb 28, 2020
National Bureau of Statistics
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The total Chinese population on the mainland reached 1,400.05 million at the end of 2019, an increase of 4.67 million over the end of 2018, data from the NBS showed.
Of this total, urban permanent residents numbered 848.43 million, accounting for 60.60 percent of the total population (the urbanization rate of permanent residents), 1.02 percentage points higher than at the end of 2018. The urbanization rate of the population with household registration was 44.38 percent, 1.01 percentage points higher than at the end of 2018.
The year 2019 saw 14.65 million births, a crude birth rate of 10.48 per thousand, and 9.98 million deaths, a crude death rate of 7.14 per thousand.
The natural growth rate was 3.34 per thousand. The population who lived in places other than their household registration areas reached 280 million, of which 236 million were floating populations.
Population and its composition by the end of 2019 |
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Item |
Population (Year-end figure) （10,000 persons）
|
Proportion (%) |
National Total |
140005 |
100.0 |
Of which: Urban |
84843 |
60.60 |
Rural |
55162 |
39.40 |
Of which: Male |
71527 |
51.1 |
Female |
68478 |
48.9 |
Of which: Aged 0-15 (under the age of 16) |
24977 |
17.8 |
Aged 16-59 (under the age of 60) |
89640 |
64.0 |
Aged 60 and above |
25388 |
18.1 |
Of which: Aged 65 and above |
17603 |
12.6 |
