| 4-4 Basic Statistics on National
Population Census in 1953, 1964, 1982, 1990 and 2000 |
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table excluded the population of Hong Kong , Macao and Taiwan. |
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1953 |
1964 |
1982 |
1990 |
2000 |
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| Total Population
(10 000 persons) |
59435 |
69458 |
100818 |
113368 |
126583 |
| Male |
30799 |
35652 |
51944 |
58495 |
65355 |
| Female |
28636 |
33806 |
48874 |
54873 |
61228 |
| Sex Ratio
(female=100) |
107.56 |
105.46 |
106.30 |
106.60 |
106.74 |
| Average Family Size
(person/household)
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4.33 |
4.43 |
4.41 |
3.96 |
3.44 |
| Population by Age Group
(%)
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| 0-14 |
36.28 |
40.69 |
33.59 |
27.69 |
22.89 |
| 15-64 |
59.31 |
55.75 |
61.50 |
66.74 |
70.15 |
| 65 and Over |
4.41 |
3.56 |
4.91 |
5.57 |
6.96 |
| Nationality Population |
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| Han
Nationality
(10 000 persons) |
54728 |
65456 |
94088 |
104248 |
115940 |
| Percentage to
Total Population
(%)
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93.94 |
94.24 |
93.32 |
91.96 |
91.59 |
| Minority
Nationalities
(10 000 persons) |
3532 |
4002 |
6730 |
9120 |
10643 |
| Percentage to
Total Population
(%)
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6.06 |
5.76 |
6.68 |
8.04 |
8.41 |
| Population with Various Education
Attainments |
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(person) |
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| Junior College
and Above |
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416 |
615 |
1422 |
3611 |
| Senior
Secondary/Secondary Technical
School
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1319 |
6779 |
8039 |
11146 |
| Junior
Secondary School |
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4680 |
17892 |
23344 |
33961 |
| Primary
School |
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28330 |
35237 |
37057 |
35701 |
| Illiterate Population and Illiterate
Rate |
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Illiterate Population
(10 000 persons) |
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23327 |
22996 |
18003 |
8507 |
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Illiterate Rate
(%) |
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33.58 |
22.81 |
15.88 |
6.72 |
| Population by Residence (10 000
persons) |
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| Urban
Population |
7726 |
12710 |
21082 |
29971 |
45844 |
| Rural
Population |
50534 |
56748 |
79736 |
83397 |
80739 |
| Life Expectancy
(years) |
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67.77* |
68.55 |
71.40 |
| Male |
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66.28* |
66.84 |
69.63 |
| Female |
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69.27* |
70.47 |
73.33 |
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| a)
Total population from population censuses includes the military personnel.
Military personnel is listed as
urban population in population by |
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| b)
Total population of 1953 census includes the population from indirect survey,
but excludes in the nationality population and
urban/rural |
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| c)
Illiterate population of 1964 census referred to people of 13 years old and
over who could not read. Illiterate population of 1982, 1990 and 2000 |
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people of 15 years old and over who could not read or could read very
little. |
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| d) Data with
"*" in this table are of 1981. |
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