China releases 7th population census data

Data of the 7th Population Census has been released to the public in China

The State Council Information Office held a news conference on the outcome of the seventh national population census on Tuesday. Here are the highlights:
- Chinese mainland registers a population of 1.41 billion, with an annual growth rate of 0.53 percent in the past decade, down from 0.57 percent recorded from 2000 to 2010.
- Chinese aged 60 and above reached 264.02 million, or 18.70 percent of the population, up 5.44 percentage points from 2010.
- A total of 845,697 foreigners are living on the Chinese mainland, compared with 593,832 a decade ago.
- Gender ratio of China's mainland population reached 105.07 males to 100 females.

About foreigners

 

 

*The above population refers to residents from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and foreigners living in the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities of China at the reference time of the census and registered for the census, while those shortly staying for business, travel and other purposes were not included.

 


However, the data of top 10 foreign countries from where most foreigners are from, is not included in the 2020 census. Here is the data from the 6th national census in 2010 for reference.

 

 

About China


2 provinces have a population of more than 100 million!


The 5 provinces with larger population growth were Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan.

 


The population of each province:


Population growth in China since 1st census in 1953:

(*Quoted from Global Times)


Urban Rural populations:

(*Quoted from Global Times)

 

The Age Composition:

 

(*Quoted from Global Times)

 

Total Fertility and Median Age of some Major countries:

 

(*Quoted from Global Times)


The expert predicted that the Chinese population will decline soon, but areas with better economic development will have bigger attraction for people to migrate, while smaller cities will see decreases in both total residents and the hukou population.


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