4-7 Age Composition and Dependency Ratio of Population by Region
Data in this table are obtained from the Sample Survey on Population Changes in 1999. The sampling fraction is 0.976‰.
Region	Population
					Dependency
	Total	Age 0-14	Age 15-64	Age 65 and Over	Ratio	Children	The Aged
					（%）	Dependency	Dependency
						Ratio	Ratio
National Total	1211965	290145	829312	92507	46.14	34.99	11.15
Beijing	12245	1832	9156	1257	33.73	20.01	13.72
Tianjin	9405	1752	6773	880	38.87	25.87	12.99
Hebei	64580	15621	44693	4265	44.50	34.95	9.54
Shanxi	31185	8298	20886	2000	49.31	39.73	9.58
Inner Mongolia	23052	5119	16584	1349	39.00	30.87	8.13
Liaoning	40868	7554	30121	3193	35.68	25.08	10.60
Jilin	25989	4832	19394	1763	34.01	24.92	9.09
Heilongjiang	37094	7650	27435	2009	35.20	27.88	7.32
Shanghai	14394	1925	10477	1992	37.38	18.37	19.01
Jiangsu	70612	14113	49559	6940	42.48	28.48	14.00
Zhejiang	43804	8313	31314	4177	39.89	26.55	13.34
Anhui	60795	15340	40940	4515	48.50	37.47	11.03
Fujian	32431	8340	21485	2606	50.95	38.82	12.13
Jiangxi	41200	10957	27478	2764	49.94	39.88	10.06
Shandong	86893	18617	60799	7478	42.92	30.62	12.30
Henan	91582	23937	61162	6483	49.74	39.14	10.60
Hubei	58073	14615	39304	4153	47.75	37.18	10.57
Hunan	63920	14821	43997	5102	45.28	33.69	11.60
Guangdong	70224	19517	45169	5538	55.47	43.21	12.26
Guangxi	45959	12501	29799	3659	54.23	41.95	12.28
Hainan	7401	2109	4801	491	54.15	43.92	10.22
Chongqing	30083	6939	20486	2658	46.85	33.87	12.98
Sichuan	83484	19654	56875	6955	46.79	34.56	12.23
Guizhou	35959	10115	23669	2174	51.92	42.73	9.19
Yunnan	40739	11209	26748	2782	52.30	41.91	10.40
Tibet	2473	869	1503	101	64.49	57.78	6.71
Shaanxi	35348	9291	23534	2524	50.20	39.48	10.73
Gansu	24769	6770	16611	1388	49.11	40.75	8.36
Qinghai	4943	1356	3317	270	49.02	40.89	8.13
Ningxia	5284	1519	3529	236	49.74	43.05	6.68
Xinjiang	17179	4658	11715	806	46.64	39.76	6.88
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.