4-9  Age Composition and Dependency Ratio of Population by Region (2004)
Data in this table are obtained from the Sample Survey on Population Changes in 2004. The sampling fraction is 0.966‰.
Region					Gross
	Population	Age 0-14	Age 15-64	Age 65	Dependency	Children	Old People
	(person)			and Over	Ratio	Dependency	Dependency
						Ratio	Ratio
National Total	1253065	241866	903897	107303	38.63	26.76	11.87
Beijing	14213	1415	11217	1581	26.71	12.62	14.10
Tianjin	9868	1294	7510	1065	31.40	17.23	14.18
Hebei	66078	11531	49270	5277	34.11	23.40	10.71
Shanxi	32352	6852	23218	2282	39.34	29.51	9.83
Inner Mongolia	23233	3976	17520	1736	32.61	22.70	9.91
Liaoning	41100	5715	31497	3888	30.49	18.14	12.34
Jilin	26397	3667	20762	1968	27.14	17.66	9.48
Heilongjiang	37241	5413	29297	2531	27.11	18.48	8.64
Shanghai	16702	1469	12661	2572	31.92	11.60	20.31
Jiangsu	72295	11803	52739	7753	37.08	22.38	14.70
Zhejiang	45682	7131	34082	4469	34.04	20.92	13.11
Anhui	62575	13575	43670	5330	43.29	31.09	12.21
Fujian	34048	6560	24591	2897	38.46	26.67	11.78
Jiangxi	41524	8963	29229	3333	42.07	30.67	11.40
Shandong	89072	15256	65608	8209	35.77	23.25	12.51
Henan	94372	20033	66664	7675	41.56	30.05	11.51
Hubei	58510	11276	42442	4792	37.86	26.57	11.29
Hunan	65041	12055	47274	5712	37.58	25.50	12.08
Guangdong	77645	19528	51973	6144	49.39	37.57	11.82
Guangxi	47408	9935	33475	3997	41.62	29.68	11.94
Hainan	7916	1892	5429	595	45.81	34.85	10.96
Chongqing	30553	6377	20678	3498	47.75	30.84	16.92
Sichuan	84919	16666	60815	7438	39.63	27.40	12.23
Guizhou	37780	9640	25293	2847	49.37	38.11	11.25
Yunnan	42720	9601	29818	3300	43.27	32.20	11.07
Tibet	2636	653	1813	169	45.38	36.03	9.35
Shaanxi	36022	7135	26131	2756	37.85	27.31	10.55
Gansu	25409	5611	18118	1679	40.24	30.97	9.27
Qinghai	5213	1216	3691	307	41.26	32.94	8.32
Ningxia	5662	1462	3879	321	45.97	37.70	8.28
Xinjiang	18880	4167	13531	1182	39.53	30.79	8.74