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China releases 7th population census data
Updated: May 12, 2021
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Sex ratio heading to a more balanced direction
The latest population census shows that the sex ratio in China has kept heading to a more balanced direction.
The number of male in China has reached 723.34 million, accounting for 51.24 of the whole population, while the female reached 688.44 million, or 48.76 percent.
The male to female ratio stands at 105.07, which is a slight drop compared with that in 2010.
The sex ratio at birth is 111.3, falling 6.8 from that in the last census.
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