Communiqué on Major Figures of the 2000 Population Census (No. 1)
National Bureau of Statistics of the People’s Republic of
In accordance with decision of the State Council,
I. Total Population
The total population of the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities (excluding
The population of Hong Kong SAR was 6.78 million.
The population of Macao SAR was 440 thousand.
The population of
II. Population Growth.
Compared with the population of 1,133.68 million from the 1990 population census (with zero hour of July 1, 1990 as the reference time), the total population of the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and the servicemen of the mainland of China increased by 132.15 million persons, or 11.66 percent over the past 10 years and 4 months. The average annual growth was 12.79 million persons, or a growth rate of 1.07 percent.
III. Population of Family Households.
In the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities of the mainland of
IV. Sex Composition.
Of the people enumerated in the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and servicemen of the mainland of
V. Age Composition.
Of the people enumerated in the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and servicemen of the mainland of China, 289.79 million persons were in the age group of 0-14, accounting for 22.89 percent of the total population; 887.93 million persons in the age group of 15-64, accounting for 70.15 percent and 88.11 million persons in the age group of 65 and over, accounting for 6.96 percent. As compared with the results of the 1990 population census, the share of people in the age group of 0-14 was down by 4.80 percentage points, and that for people aged 65 and over was up by 1.39 percentage points.
VI. Composition of Nationalities.
Of the people enumerated in the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and servicemen of the mainland of
VII. Composition of Educational Attainment.
Of the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and servicemen of the mainland of China, 45.71 million persons had finished university education (referring to junior college and above); 141.09 million persons had received senior secondary education (including secondary technical school education); 429.89 million persons had received junior secondary education and 451.91 million persons had had primary education (the educated persons included graduates and students in schools).
Compared with the 1990 population census, the following changes had taken place in the number of people with various educational attainments of every 100,000 people: number of people with university education increased to 3,611 from 1,422; number of people with senior secondary education increased to 11,146 from 8,039; number of people with junior secondary education increased from 23,344 to 33.961; and number of people with primary education decreased from 37,057 to 35,701.
Of the people enumerated in the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and servicemen of the mainland of
VIII. Urban and Rural Population.
In the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities of the mainland of
Note:
1. All figures in the Communique are preliminary results.
2. Population enumerated, with zero hour of
3. A post-enumeration check was conducted nation wide covering 602 enumeration districts after the field enumeration. The result of the sample survey indicated that the underreport rate was 1.81 percent. The total population of the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities of the mainland of
4. Population of Hong Kong SAR was obtained from data on
5. Population of Macao SAR was obtained from data on
6. Population of
7. Population of family households does not include servicemen nor those who are not related to one another and live as single person in the non-family household.
8. Calculation of urban and rural population is based on “Regulation on statistical classification of urban and rural areas (draft)” released by the National Bureau of Statistics in 1999.