3-4 BASIC STATISTICS ON NATIONAL POPULATION CENSUS

IN 1953,1964,1982 AND 1990

(MIDDLE OF YEAR)

Unit: 10 000 person

Figures in this table excluding Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and military personnel.

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 Households	13411	15671	22115	27862
Family			22008	27691
Non-Family			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 Age 60 and Females Age 55 and Over	5170	5407	9304	11684
Nationality Population	58260	69122	100391	113051
Han Nationality	54728	65130	93667	103919
Minority Nationality	3532	3992	6724	9132
Marital Status of Population Age 15 and Over			66548	81751
Unmarried			19012	20541
Married			42376	55737
Widowed			4764	4989
Divorced			396	484
Population Age 6 and Over By Educational Level		55542	88979	99409
University		287	604	614
Junior College				962
Technical Secondary School				1728
Senior Middle School		912	6653	7260
Junior Middle 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 for men and 16-54 for women.

b) Excluding population age 15 and population whose true age is unknown, so population by

age all together is not equal to total population.

c) Figures for 1964 refer to population age 7 and over. Including children not in school.

Excluding 4.75 million persons whose education level are unknown.