4-3 TOTAL POPULATION AND BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND NATURAL GROWTH RATE BY REGION (1998)
Region	Total Population	Birth Rate	Death Rate	Natural Growth Rate
	(year-end)
	(10 000 persons)	(‰)	(‰)	(‰)
National Total or Average	124810	16.03	6.50	9.53
Beijing	1246	6.00	5.30	0.70
Tianjin	957	9.89	6.49	3.40
Hebei	6569	13.01	6.18	6.83
Shanxi	3172	16.09	6.17	9.92
Inner Mongolia	2345	14.40	6.17	8.23
Liaoning	4157	11.39	6.81	4.58
Jilin	2644	11.81	5.76	6.05
Heilongjiang	3773	11.68	5.32	6.36
Shanghai	1464	5.20	7.00	-1.80
Jiangsu	7182	10.97	6.84	4.13
Zhejiang	4456	11.15	6.33	4.82
Anhui	6184	15.74	6.54	9.20
Fujian	3299	11.53	6.20	5.33
Jiangxi	4191	16.85	7.05	9.80
Shandong	8838	11.58	6.12	5.46
Henan	9315	14.17	6.37	7.80
Hubei	5907	12.58	6.70	5.88
Hunan	6502	12.31	7.10	5.21
Guangdong	7143	16.51	5.61	10.90
Guangxi	4675	15.87	6.86	9.01
Hainan	753	18.48	5.56	12.92
Chongqing	3060	13.19	7.68	5.51
Sichuan	8493	14.62	7.14	7.48
Guizhou	3658	22.02	7.76	14.26
Yunnan	4144	20.01	7.91	12.10
Tibet	252	23.70	7.80	15.90
Shaanxi	3596	13.56	6.43	7.13
Gansu	2519	16.45	6.41	10.04
Qinghai	503	21.26	6.78	14.48
Ningxia	538	18.19	5.11	13.08
Xinjiang	1747	19.74	6.93	12.81
a)The military personnel were included in the national total population, but excluded in the regional total
population.
b)The national total population excluded the population of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
c)The national total population was readjusted on the basis of the samlpe error and investigate error.

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