4-7 POPULATION AGE COMPOSITION AND DEPENDANCY RATIO BY REGION

Data in this table are obtained from the Sample Survey on Population Changes in 1998. The sampling fraction is 1.01.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population

Dependency

Region

Total

Age 0-14

Age 15-64

Age 65

Ratio

Children

The Aged

 

 

 

 

and Over

%

Dependency Ratio

Dependency Ratio

National Total

1243377

302230

848749

92398

46.50

35.61

10.89

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beijing

12620

1986

9498

1136

32.87

20.90

11.96

Tianjin

9665

1949

6852

864

41.05

28.44

12.62

Hebei

66315

16096

45767

4452

44.90

35.17

9.73

Shanxi

32032

8687

21298

2047

50.40

40.79

9.61

Inner Mongolia

23681

5454

16925

1302

39.91

32.22

7.69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liaoning

41979

7770

31041

3168

35.24

25.03

10.21

Jilin

26698

5176

19729

1793

35.32

26.23

9.09

Heilongjiang

38093

7835

28297

1962

34.62

27.69

6.93

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shanghai

14735

2100

10707

1928

37.62

19.61

18.01

Jiangsu

72533

15587

50266

6681

44.30

31.01

13.29

Zhejiang

44974

8517

32401

4056

38.80

26.29

12.52

Anhui

62445

16534

41108

4804

51.91

40.22

11.69

Fujian

33244

8909

21755

2581

52.81

40.95

11.86

Jiangxi

42323

11599

27880

2844

51.80

41.60

10.20

Shandong

89110

19560

62116

7433

43.46

31.49

11.97

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henan

93917

24669

62624

6624

49.97

39.39

10.58

Hubei

59540

14429

40864

4246

45.70

35.31

10.39

Hunan

65659

15724

44848

5086

46.40

35.06

11.34

Guangdong

71700

20567

45598

5535

57.24

45.10

12.14

Guangxi

47231

12954

30727

3550

53.71

42.16

11.55

Hainan

7580

2264

4850

465

56.27

46.68

9.59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chongqing

30904

7028

21266

2610

45.33

33.05

12.28

Sichuan

85751

19318

59364

7070

44.45

32.54

11.91

Guizhou

36690

10392

24204

2093

51.58

42.93

8.65

Yunnan

41995

11347

27967

2681

50.16

40.57

9.59

Tibet

2540

811

1589

140

59.91

51.06

8.84

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shaanxi

35942

9759

23777

2406

51.16

41.04

10.12

Gansu

25465

6921

17064

1480

49.23

40.56

8.67

Qinghai

5072

1411

3401

259

49.13

41.50

7.63

Ningxia

5410

1612

3578

219

51.18

45.05

6.13

Xinjiang

17536

5267

11389

880

53.97

46.24

7.72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a)The dependency ratio refers to the proportion of the number of people aged 0-14 and 65 and over to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

number of people aged 15-64. The children refers to the people aged 0-14, and the aged refers to the people

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

aged 65 and over.