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.

(10 000 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 is 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.