3-1  Population and Its Composition
Data in this table do not include the population of Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR and Taiwan Province.
									(10 000 persons)
Year	Total	By Sex				By Residence
	Population	Male		Female		Urban		Rural
	(year-end)	Population	Proportion	Population	Proportion	Population	Proportion	Population	Proportion
1978	96259	49567	51.49	46692	48.51	17245	17.92	79014	82.08
1980	98705	50785	51.45	47920	48.55	19140	19.39	79565	80.61
1985	105851	54725	51.70	51126	48.30	25094	23.71	80757	76.29
1990	114333	58904	51.52	55429	48.48	30195	26.41	84138	73.59
1991	115823	59466	51.34	56357	48.66	31203	26.94	84620	73.06
1992	117171	59811	51.05	57360	48.95	32175	27.46	84996	72.54
1993	118517	60472	51.02	58045	48.98	33173	27.99	85344	72.01
1994	119850	61246	51.10	58604	48.90	34169	28.51	85681	71.49
1995	121121	61808	51.03	59313	48.97	35174	29.04	85947	70.96
1996	122389	62200	50.82	60189	49.18	37304	30.48	85085	69.52
1997	123626	63131	51.07	60495	48.93	39449	31.91	84177	68.09
1998	124761	63940	51.25	60821	48.75	41608	33.35	83153	66.65
1999	125786	64692	51.43	61094	48.57	43748	34.78	82038	65.22
2000	126743	65437	51.63	61306	48.37	45906	36.22	80837	63.78
2001	127627	65672	51.46	61955	48.54	48064	37.66	79563	62.34
2002	128453	66115	51.47	62338	48.53	50212	39.09	78241	60.91
2003	129227	66556	51.50	62671	48.50	52376	40.53	76851	59.47
2004	129988	66976	51.52	63012	48.48	54283	41.76	75705	58.24
2005	130756	67375	51.53	63381	48.47	56212	42.99	74544	57.01
2006	131448	67728	51.52	63720	48.48	57706	43.90	73742	56.10
2007	132129	68048	51.50	64081	48.50	59379	44.94	72750	55.06
2008	132802	68357	51.47	64445	48.53	60667	45.68	72135	54.32
a) Data before 1982 were taken from the statistics of household registration. Data in 1982-1989 were adjusted on the basis of the 1990 National
Population Census. Data in 1990-2000 were adjusted on the basis of the 2000 National Population Census. Data in 2001-2004, 2006-2008
have been estimated on the basis of the annual national sample surveys on population changes. Data in 2005 are estimated on the National
1% Population  Sample Survey. The same applies to the two tables following.
b) Total population and population by sex include the military personnel of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the military personnel are classified
as urban population in the item of population by residence.