| 4-3 Total Population and Birth Rate, Death Rate and Natural Growth Rate by Region (2006) | ||||
| The national total population does not include the population of Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR and Taiwan Province. | ||||
| Region | Total Population | Birth Rate | Death Rate | Natural Growth Rate |
| (year-end) | ||||
| (10 000 persons) | (‰) | (‰) | (‰) | |
| National Total | 131448 | 12.09 | 6.81 | 5.28 |
| Beijing | 1581 | 6.26 | 4.97 | 1.29 |
| Tianjin | 1075 | 7.67 | 6.07 | 1.60 |
| Hebei | 6898 | 12.82 | 6.59 | 6.23 |
| Shanxi | 3375 | 11.48 | 5.73 | 5.75 |
| Inner Mongolia | 2397 | 9.87 | 5.91 | 3.96 |
| Liaoning | 4271 | 6.40 | 5.30 | 1.10 |
| Jilin | 2723 | 7.67 | 5.00 | 2.67 |
| Heilongjiang | 3823 | 7.57 | 5.18 | 2.39 |
| Shanghai | 1815 | 7.47 | 5.89 | 1.58 |
| Jiangsu | 7550 | 9.36 | 7.08 | 2.28 |
| Zhejiang | 4980 | 10.29 | 5.42 | 4.87 |
| Anhui | 6110 | 12.60 | 6.30 | 6.30 |
| Fujian | 3558 | 12.00 | 5.75 | 6.25 |
| Jiangxi | 4339 | 13.80 | 6.01 | 7.79 |
| Shandong | 9309 | 11.60 | 6.10 | 5.50 |
| Henan | 9392 | 11.59 | 6.27 | 5.32 |
| Hubei | 5693 | 9.08 | 5.95 | 3.13 |
| Hunan | 6342 | 11.92 | 6.73 | 5.19 |
| Guangdong | 9304 | 11.78 | 4.49 | 7.29 |
| Guangxi | 4719 | 14.44 | 6.10 | 8.34 |
| Hainan | 836 | 14.59 | 5.73 | 8.86 |
| Chongqing | 2808 | 9.90 | 6.50 | 3.40 |
| Sichuan | 8169 | 9.14 | 6.28 | 2.86 |
| Guizhou | 3757 | 13.97 | 6.71 | 7.26 |
| Yunnan | 4483 | 13.20 | 6.30 | 6.90 |
| Tibet | 281 | 17.40 | 5.70 | 11.70 |
| Shaanxi | 3735 | 10.19 | 6.15 | 4.04 |
| Gansu | 2606 | 12.86 | 6.62 | 6.24 |
| Qinghai | 548 | 15.24 | 6.27 | 8.97 |
| Ningxia | 604 | 15.53 | 4.84 | 10.69 |
| Xinjiang | 2050 | 15.79 | 5.03 | 10.76 |
| a) Data in the table are estimates from the 2006 National Sample Survey on Population Changes. | ||||
| b) The military personnel were included in the national total population, but were not included in the population by region. | ||||
| c) The national total population was adjusted on the basis of sampling errors and survey errors. Similar adjustments were not made to regional figures. | ||||
| The same applies to the tables following. | ||||