Population
Population 2018
Updated: Feb 28, 2019
National Bureau of Statistics
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The total Chinese population on the mainland reached 1,395.38 million at the end of 2018, an increase of 5.30 million over the end of 2017, data from the NBS showed.
Of this total, urban permanent residents numbered 831.37 million, accounting for 59.58 percent of the total population (the urbanization rate of permanent residents), 1.06 percentage points higher than at the end of 2017. The urbanization rate of the population with household registration was 43.37 percent, 1.02 percentage points higher than at the end of 2017.
The year 2018 saw 15.23 million births, a crude birth rate of 10.94 per thousand, and 9.93 million deaths, a crude death rate of 7.13 per thousand.
The natural growth rate was 3.81 per thousand. The population who live in places other than their household registration areas reached 286 million, of which 241 million were floating populations.
Population and its composition by the end of 2018 |
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Item |
Population (Year-end figure) （10,000 persons）
|
Proportion (%) |
National Total |
139538 |
100.0 |
Of which: Urban |
83137 |
59.58 |
Rural |
56401 |
40.42 |
Of which: Male |
71351 |
51.1 |
Female |
68187 |
48.9 |
Of which: Aged 0-15 (under the age of 16) |
24860 |
17.8 |
Aged 16-59 (under the age of 60) |
89729 |
64.3 |
Aged 60 and above |
24949 |
17.9 |
Of which: Aged 65 and above |
16658 |
11.9 |
