3-5  Basic Statistics on National Population Census in 1953, 1964, 1982, 1990 and 2000
Data in this table do not include the population of Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR and Taiwan Province.
Item	1953	1964	1982	1990	2000
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 Household Size (person/household)	4.33	4.43	4.41	3.96	3.44
Population by Age Group                             (%)
Aged 0-14	36.28	40.69	33.59	27.69	22.89
Aged 15-64	59.31	55.75	61.50	66.74	70.15
Aged 65 and Over	4.41	3.56	4.91	5.57	6.96
Population by Ethnicity
Han                                        (10 000 persons)	54728	65456	94088	104248	115940
Percentage to Total Population                   (%)	93.94	94.24	93.32	91.96	91.59
Ethnic Minorities                    (10 000 persons)	3532	4002	6730	9120	10643
Percentage to Total Population                    (%)	6.06	5.76	6.68	8.04	8.41
Population with Various Education Attainments
Per 100 000 Persons                             (person)
Junior College and Above		416	615	1422	3611
Senior Secondary School and		1319	6779	8039	11146
Technical Secondary School
Junior Secondary School		4680	17892	23344	33961
Primary School		28330	35237	37057	35701
Illiterate Population and Illiterate Rate
Illiterate Population               (10 000 persons)		23327	22996	18003	8507
Illiterate Rate                                             (%)		33.58	22.81	15.88	6.72
Population by Residence       (10 000 persons)
Urban Population	7726	12710	21082	29971	45844
Rural Population	50534	56748	79736	83397	80739
Life Expectancy                                 (year old)			67.77*	68.55	71.40
Male			66.28*	66.84	69.63
Female			69.27*	70.47	73.33
a) Total population from the five national population censuses includes the military personnel. Military personnel is listed as urban population in
population by residence.
b) Total population of 1953 National Population Census includes the population from indirect survey, but this is not included in the ethnic minority
population and the urban/rural population.
c) Illiterate population of 1964 National Population Census referred to the population aged 13 and over who are unable to read. Illiterate population of
1982, 1990 and 2000 National Population Censuses referred to the population aged 15 and over who are unable or have difficulty to read.
d) Data with "*" in this table are of 1981.