4-4 BASIC STATISTICS ON NATIONAL POPULATION CENSUS IN 1953,1964,1982 AND 1990 (MIDDLE OF YEAR)

Data in this table excluded the military personnel as well as the population of Hong Kong,Macao and Taiwan.

 

 

 

 

Unit10 000 persons

 

 

 

 

Item

1953

1964

1982

1990

Total Population

58260

69122

100391

113051

Male

30179

35479

51528

58182

Female

28081

33643

48863

54869

Women at Childbearing Age (Age 15-49)

13314

15161

24849

30635

Total Number of Households

13411

15671

22115

27862

Family Households

 

 

22008

27691

Non-family Households

 

 

107

171

Population by Age

 

 

 

 

Age 0-6

11700

13542

13456

15548

Age 7-14

8884

14525

20269

15752

Population within Working Age

29983

34149

55087

67903

Males Aged 60 and Females Aged 55 and Over

5170

5407

9304

11684

Nationality Population

58260

69122

100391

113051

Han Nationality

54728

65130

93667

103919

Minority Nationalities

3532

3992

6724

9132

Marital Status of Population Aged 15 and Over

 

 

66548

81751

Unmarried

 

 

19012

20541

Married

 

 

42376

55737

Widowed

 

 

4764

4989

Divorced

 

 

396

484

Population Aged 6 and Over by Educational Level

 

55542

88979

99409

University

 

287

604

614

Three Years College

 

 

 

962

Specialized Secondary School

 

 

 

1728

Senior Secondary School

 

912

6653

7260

Junior Secondary School

 

3235

17820

26339

Primary School

 

19582

35534

42021

Illiterate and Semi-Illiterate

 

31526

28368

20485

Employed Population

 

 

52150

64724

Unemployed Population

 

 

14516

17026

Population of Cities, Towns and Counties

58260

69122

100391

113051

City

 

 

14525

21122

Town

7726

9455

6106

8492

County

50534

59667

79760

83437

 

 

 

 

 

a)Working age range refers to 16-59 years for men and 16-54 years for women.

 

 

 

 

b)Population by age: The sum of the population of the age groups is not equal to the total population,because

 

 

 

 

the population aged 15 1s not shown and there is population whose true age is unknown.

 

 

 

 

c)Population by educational level:Data in 1964 refer to population aged 7 and over.Illiterate and

 

 

 

 

semi-illiterate population includes children not in school.The data exclude 4.75 million persons whose

 

 

 

 

education levels are unknown.