4-1 POPULATION AND ITS COMPOSITION
Data in this table include the military personnel, but exclude the population of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
Unit: (10 000 persons)
	Total	By Sex				By Residence
Year	Population	Male		Female		Urban		Rural
	(year-end)	Population	Proportion	Population	Proportion	Population	Proportion	Population	Proportion
1952	57482	29833	51.90	27649	48.10	7163	12.46	50319	87.54
1957	64653	33469	51.77	31184	48.23	9949	15.39	54704	84.61
1962	67295	34517	51.29	32778	48.71	11659	17.33	55636	82.67
1965	72538	37128	51.18	35410	48.82	13045	17.98	59493	82.02
1970	82992	42686	51.43	40306	48.57	14424	17.38	68568	82.62
1975	92420	47564	51.47	44856	48.53	16030	17.34	76390	82.66
1978	96259	49567	51.49	46692	48.51	17245	17.92	79014	82.08
1980	98705	50785	51.45	47920	48.55	19140	19.39	79565	80.61
1985	105851	54725	51.70	51126	48.30	25094	23.71	80757	76.29
1986	107507	55581	51.70	51926	48.30	26366	24.52	81141	75.48
1987	109300	56290	51.50	53010	48.50	27674	25.32	81626	74.68
1988	111026	57201	51.52	53825	48.48	28661	25.81	82365	74.19
1989	112704	58099	51.55	54605	48.45	29540	26.21	83164	73.79
1990	114333	58904	51.52	55429	48.48	30191	26.41	84142	73.59
1991	115823	59466	51.34	56357	48.66	30543	26.37	85280	73.63
1992	117171	59811	51.05	57360	48.95	32372	27.63	84799	72.37
1993	118517	60472	51.02	58045	48.98	33351	28.14	85166	71.86
1994	119850	61246	51.10	58604	48.90	34301	28.62	85549	71.38
1995	121121	61808	51.03	59313	48.97	35174	29.04	85947	70.96
1996	122389	62200	50.82	60189	49.18	35950	29.37	86439	70.63
1997	123626	63131	51.07	60495	48.93	36989	29.92	86637	70.08
1998	124810	63629	50.98	61181	49.02	37942	30.40	86868	69.60
a)Data in 1985-1989 were adjusted on the basis of the 1982 and 1990 National Population Censuses.
Since 1990, data have been estimated on the basis of the annual National Sample Surveys on Population Changes.
Data of other years were taken from the annual reports of the Ministry of Public Security.(The next table is
the same.)

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