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Population 2017

Updated: Feb 28, 2018 National Bureau of Statistics Print
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The total Chinese population on the mainland reached 1,390.08 million at the end of 2017, an increase of 7.37 million from the end of 2016, data from the NBS showed.

Of this total, urban permanent residents numbered 813.47 million, accounting for 58.52 percent of the total population (the urbanization rate of permanent residents), and 1.17 percentage points higher than at the end of last year. The urbanization rate of the population with household registration was 42.35 percent, 1.15 percentage points higher than at the end of 2016.

The year 2017 saw 17.23 million births, a crude birth rate of 12.43 per thousand, and 9.86 million deaths, a crude death rate of 7.11 per thousand.

The natural growth rate was 5.32 per thousand. The population who live in places other than their household registration areas reached 291 million, of which 244 million were floating populations.

Population and its composition by the end of 2017

Item

Population (Year-end figure)

10,000 persons

 

Proportion (%)

National Total

139008

100.0

Of which: Urban

81347

58.52

Rural

57661

41.48

Of which: Male

71137

51.2

Female

67871

48.8

Of which: Aged 0-15 (under the age of 16)

24719

17.8

Aged 16-59 (under the age of 60)

90199

64.9

Aged 60 and above

24090

17.3

Of which: Aged 65 and above

15831

11.4

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