4-3  Total Population and Birth Rate, Death Rate and
NaturalGrowth Rate by Region (2004)
Region	Total Population	Birth Rate	Death Rate	Natural Growth Rate
	(year-end)
	(10 000 persons)	（‰）	（‰）	（‰）
National Total	129988	12.29	6.42	5.87
Beijing	1493	6.10	5.40	0.70
Tianjin	1024	7.31	5.97	1.34
Hebei	6809	11.98	6.19	5.79
Shanxi	3335	12.36	6.11	6.25
Inner Mongolia	2384	9.53	5.98	3.55
Liaoning	4217	6.51	5.60	0.91
Jilin	2709	7.39	5.63	1.76
Heilongjiang	3817	7.27	5.45	1.82
Shanghai	1742	6.00	6.00	0.00
Jiangsu	7433	9.45	7.20	2.25
Zhejiang	4720	10.71	5.76	4.95
Anhui	6461	11.62	5.50	6.12
Fujian	3511	11.58	5.62	5.96
Jiangxi	4284	13.61	5.99	7.62
Shandong	9180	12.50	6.49	6.01
Henan	9717	11.67	6.47	5.20
Hubei	6016	8.43	6.03	2.40
Hunan	6698	11.89	6.80	5.09
Guangdong	8304	13.13	5.12	8.01
Guangxi	4889	13.32	6.12	7.20
Hainan	818	14.77	5.79	8.98
Chongqing	3122	9.45	6.60	2.85
Sichuan	8725	9.05	6.27	2.78
Guizhou	3904	15.08	6.35	8.73
Yunnan	4415	15.60	6.60	9.00
Tibet	274	17.40	6.20	11.20
Shaanxi	3705	10.59	6.33	4.26
Gansu	2619	12.43	6.52	5.91
Qinghai	539	16.32	6.45	9.87
Ningxia	588	15.97	4.79	11.18
Xinjiang	1963	16.00	5.09	10.91
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 according to the sampling error and investigation error.