3-5  Basic Statistics on National Population Census in 1953, 1964, 1982, 1990, 2000 and 2010 
  
Item 1953 1964 1982 1990 2000 2010
             
Total Population                      (10 000 persons) 58260 69458 100818 113368 126583 133972
    Male 30190 35652 51944 58495 65355 68685
    Female 28070 33806 48874 54873 61228 65287
    Sex Ratio                                      (female=100) 107.56 105.46 106.30 106.60 106.74 105.20
Average Family Household Size (person/household) 4.33 4.43 4.41 3.96 3.44 3.10
Population by Age Group                             (%)
    Aged 0-14 36.28 40.69 33.59 27.69 22.89 16.60
    Aged 15-64 59.31 55.75 61.50 66.74 70.15 74.53
    Aged 65 and Over 4.41 3.56 4.91 5.57 6.96 8.87
Population by Ethnicity
    Han                                        (10 000 persons) 54728 65456 94088 104248 115940 122593
    Percentage to Total Population                   (%) 93.94 94.24 93.32 91.96 91.59 91.51
    Ethnic Minorities                    (10 000 persons) 3532 4002 6730 9120 10643 11379
    Percentage to Total Population                    (%) 6.06 5.76 6.68 8.04 8.41 8.49
Population with Various Education Attainments
 Per 100 000 Persons                             (person)
    Junior College and Above 416 615 1422 3611 8930
    Senior Secondary School and 1319 6779 8039 11146 14032
      Technical Secondary School
    Junior Secondary School 4680 17892 23344 33961 38788
    Primary School 28330 35237 37057 35701 26779
Illiterate Population and Illiterate Rate
     Illiterate Population               (10 000 persons) 23327 22996 18003 8507 5466
     Illiterate Rate                                             (%) 33.58 22.81 15.88 6.72 4.08
Population by Residence
     Urbanization Rate                                      (%) 13.26 18.30 20.91 26.44 36.22 49.68
     Urban Population                  (10 000 persons) 7726 12710 21082 29971 45844 66557
     Rural Population                   (10 000 persons) 50534 56748 79736 83397 80739 67415
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) Standard reference time of national population census in 1953, 1964, 1982 and 1990 was zero hour of July 1st, and in 2000 and 2010 was zero hour of November 1st.
b) Total population from the five national population censuses includes servicemen. The servicemen are listed as urban population in population by residence. 
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.