4-3    Total Population and Birth Rate, Death Rate and Natural
Growth Rate by Region (2001)
	Total Population	Birth Rate	Death Rate	Natural Growth Rate
Region	(year-end)
	(10 000 persons)	(‰)	(‰)	(‰)
National Total	127627	13.38	6.43	6.95
Beijing	1383	6.10	5.30	0.80
Tianjin	1004	7.58	5.94	1.64
Hebei	6699	11.16	6.18	4.98
Shanxi	3272	13.06	5.90	7.16
Inner Mongolia	2377	10.77	5.79	4.98
Liaoning	4194	7.74	6.10	1.64
Jilin	2691	8.76	5.38	3.38
Heilongjiang	3811	8.48	5.49	2.99
Shanghai	1614	5.02	5.97	-0.95
Jiangsu	7355	9.03	6.62	2.41
Zhejiang	4613	10.02	6.25	3.77
Anhui	6328	12.46	5.85	6.61
Fujian	3440	11.56	5.52	6.04
Jiangxi	4186	15.44	6.06	9.38
Shandong	9041	11.12	6.24	4.88
Henan	9555	13.20	6.26	6.94
Hubei	5975	8.51	6.07	2.44
Hunan	6596	11.80	6.72	5.08
Guangdong	7783	13.95	5.12	8.83
Guangxi	4788	13.80	6.07	7.73
Hainan	796	15.23	5.76	9.47
Chongqing	3097	9.70	6.90	2.80
Sichuan	8640	11.16	6.79	4.37
Guizhou	3799	18.56	7.23	11.33
Yunnan	4287	18.51	7.57	10.94
Tibet	263	18.60	6.50	12.10
Shaanxi	3659	10.50	6.34	4.16
Gansu	2575	13.58	6.43	7.15
Qinghai	523	19.06	6.44	12.62
Ningxia	563	16.55	4.84	11.71
Xinjiang	1876	16.82	5.69	11.13
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 adjusted for the sampling error and investigation error.