BEIJING, May 11 (Reuters) - China's population grew 5.38% to
1.41 billion from a decade ago, according to a census conducted
late last year, the slowest increase since the first modern
population survey in the 1950s.
Below are some key takeaways from the 2020 survey results
published on Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics.
MOST POPULOUS PROVINCES
China's three most-populous provinces remained unchanged,
with Guangdong in the south at the No.1 spot with a population
of 126 million, followed by Shandong, a coastal province near
Beijing, and neighbouring Henan. Jiangsu, previously the
fifth-most populous, overtook Sichuan to occupy the No.4 spot.
FASTEST-GROWING PROVINCES
Guangdong's population rose 21%, the fastest among major
provinces and municipalities, followed by Zhejiang, indicating a
surge in migration inflows. Populations in the smaller regions
of Tibet and Xinjiang in western China grew 22% and 19%,
respectively.
DECLINING PROVINCES
A total of six provinces and autonomous regions saw a drop
in their population, led by Heilongjiang and Jilin in
northeastern China.
ETHNIC POPULATION
The Han Chinese population stood at 1.29 billion, accounting
for 91.11% of the total, while the population of ethnic
minorities was 125.5 million, or 8.89%. Compared with the 2010
census, the Han Chinese population grew 4.93%, while that of
ethnic minorities increased by 10.26%.
GENDER COMPOSITION
The male population was at 723.3 million, or 51.24% of the
total, and the female population was at 688.44 million,
accounting for 48.76%.
The sex ratio of the population was 105.07 men for every 100
women, slightly lower than that of 2010.
The sex ratio at birth was 111.3 male babies for every 100
female babies, a decrease of 6.8 from 2010.
AGE COMPOSITION
The number of people aged 0-14 was 253.4 million, accounting
for 17.95% of the total. Those aged 15-59 was 89.4 million, or
63.35%, while those aged 60 and above was 264.02 million, or
18.70%.
Compared with 2010, the proportion of the population aged
0-14 increased by 1.35 percentage points, that of the population
aged 15-59 fell 6.79 percentage points, and those 60 and above
rose 5.44 percentage points.
URBAN VERSUS RURAL
The number of people living in cities and towns stood at
901.99 million, accounting for 63.89% of the total population,
while 509.79 million people lived in rural areas, accounting for
36.11%.
Compared to 2010, the urban population increased by 236.42
million and the rural population decreased by 164.36 million.
The proportion of urban population rose by 14.21 percentage
points.
FLOATING POPULATION
The number of people who didn't live where they were
registered stood at 492.76 million, up 88.52% from 2010.
2020 2010 % change
Mainland China 1,411,778,724 1,339,724,852 5%
By
province/region/municipality:
Beijing 21,893,095 19,612,368 12%
Tianjin 13,866,009 12,938,224 7%
Hebei 74,610,235 71,854,202 4%
Shanxi 34,915,616 35,712,111 -2%
Inner Mongolia 24,049,155 24,706,321 -3%
Liaoning 42,591,407 43,746,323 -3%
Jilin 24,073,453 27,462,297 -12%
Heilongjiang 31,850,088 38,312,224 -17%
Shanghai 24,870,895 23,019,148 8%
Jiangsu 84,748,016 78,659,903 8%
Zhejiang 64,567,588 54,426,891 19%
Anhui 61,027,171 59,500,510 3%
Fujian 41,540,086 36,894,216 13%
Jiangxi 45,188,635 44,567,475 1%
Shandong 101,527,453 95,793,065 6%
Henan 99,365,519 94,023,567 6%
Hubei 57,752,557 57,237,740 1%
Hunan 66,444,864 65,683,722 1%
Guangdong 126,012,510 104,303,132 21%
Guangxi 50,126,804 46,026,629 9%
Hainan 10,081,232 8,671,518 16%
Chongqing 32,054,159 28,846,170 11%
Sichuan 83,674,866 80,418,200 4%
Guizhou 38,562,148 34,746,468 11%
Yunnan 47,209,277 45,966,239 3%
Tibet 3,648,100 3,002,166 22%
Shaanxi 39,528,999 37,327,378 6%
Gansu 25,019,831 25,575,254 -2%
Qinghai 5,923,957 5,626,722 5%
Ningxia 7,202,654 6,301,350 14%
Xinjiang 25,852,345 21,813,334 19%
(Reporting by Ryan Woo; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)
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