3-10  Age Composition and Dependency Ratio of Population by Region (2008)
Data in this table are obtained from the 2008 National Sample Survey on Population Changes. The sampling fraction is 0.887‰.
Region					Gross
	Population			Aged 65	Dependency	Children	Old
	(person)	Aged 0-14	Aged 15-64	and Over	Ratio	Dependency	Dependency
					(%)	Ratio	Ratio
National Total	1178521	204088	862020	112413	36.72	23.68	13.04
Beijing	14813	1438	11852	1524	24.99	12.13	12.86
Tianjin	10114	1087	7785	1242	29.92	13.96	15.96
Hebei	62981	10115	47362	5504	32.98	21.36	11.62
Shanxi	30779	5602	22752	2424	35.28	24.62	10.66
Inner Mongolia	21816	3251	16795	1769	29.89	19.36	10.53
Liaoning	38988	4729	29840	4419	30.66	15.85	14.81
Jilin	24764	3029	19475	2260	27.16	15.55	11.61
Heilongjiang	34688	4408	27116	3163	27.92	16.26	11.67
Shanghai	16854	1332	13324	2198	26.49	10.00	16.50
Jiangsu	69168	9515	51535	8118	34.22	18.46	15.75
Zhejiang	45900	6435	34576	4889	32.75	18.61	14.14
Anhui	55498	11163	38372	5963	44.63	29.09	15.54
Fujian	32484	5764	23473	3247	38.39	24.55	13.83
Jiangxi	39623	8995	27306	3322	45.11	32.94	12.17
Shandong	84970	13245	63440	8285	33.94	20.88	13.06
Henan	84906	16848	61415	6643	38.25	27.43	10.82
Hubei	51697	7591	38869	5237	33.00	19.53	13.47
Hunan	57648	9611	41978	6059	37.33	22.89	14.43
Guangdong	85714	15835	63402	6477	35.19	24.98	10.22
Guangxi	43252	9453	29753	4045	45.37	31.77	13.60
Hainan	7665	1650	5329	686	43.85	30.97	12.88
Chongqing	25545	4857	17633	3055	44.87	27.55	17.33
Sichuan	73722	12794	52488	8440	40.45	24.37	16.08
Guizhou	34126	8888	22460	2778	51.94	39.57	12.37
Yunnan	40947	9063	28659	3225	42.88	31.62	11.25
Tibet	2576	566	1839	172	40.09	30.75	9.34
Shaanxi	33999	5592	25147	3260	35.20	22.24	12.97
Gansu	23739	4899	16902	1939	40.46	28.99	11.47
Qinghai	5007	1088	3576	343	40.03	30.44	9.59
Ningxia	5533	1266	3909	358	41.55	32.39	9.16
Xinjiang	19004	3978	13660	1366	39.12	29.12	10.00