Brief Introduction
I. Main Content
Data in this chapter show the basic condition of population
in 2004 and in previous years of the whole nation and of 31 provinces,
autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government,
such as the national population, urban population and rural population over the
years; population, birth rates, death rates, natural growth rates, dependency
ratio, household size and education attainment of population by region.
II. Source of Data
Data in this chapter are prepared by the Department of
Population and Employment Statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics. In
tables 4-1 and 4-2, figures for 1982-1989 have been adjusted in line with the
data from the population censuses of 1982 and 1990, and figures for 1990-2000
have been adjusted on the basis of the 2000 population census, figures for
2001-2004 are estimates from the annual national sample survey on population
changes, while figures for other years are statistics derived from household
registration. Data in Table 4-3 are estimates from the annual national sample
survey on population changes in 2004. Data in Table 4-4 present the main
results from the five national population censuses. Data in Table 4-5 are
compiled from the 1990 and 2000 population censuses. Data in tables 4-6 to 4-16
are the results of the annual national sample survey on population changes in
2004.
The
reference time of annual national sample survey on population changes in 2004
was conducted in zero hour of November 1st,2004.The
sample survey was using the multi-stage systematic PPS cluster sampling scheme,
taking the whole nation as the population and each province, autonomous region
or municipality as the sub-population. A total of 1.25 million people were
selected as the sample from 6,370 survey districts in 3,631 townships (towns
and urban neighborhood committees) in 997 counties (cities and districts) of
the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. The weighted
estimation procedure suggested that the birth rate was 12.29 per thousand, the
death rate was 6.42 per thousand and the natural growth rate was 5.87 per
thousand for