| 3-12 Growth of Total Population by Region | |||||
| (10 000 persons) | |||||
| Region | Population at | Population at | From 2000 to 2010 | ||
| 2000 Census | 2010 Census | Growth in | Growth Rate | Annual | |
| Persons | (%) | Growth Rate (%) | |||
| National Total | 126583 | 133972 | 7389 | 5.84 | 0.57 |
| Beijing | 1382 | 1961 | 579 | 41.91 | 3.56 |
| Tianjin | 1001 | 1294 | 293 | 29.25 | 2.60 |
| Hebei | 6744 | 7185 | 441 | 6.55 | 0.64 |
| Shanxi | 3297 | 3571 | 274 | 8.32 | 0.80 |
| Inner Mongolia | 2376 | 2471 | 95 | 3.98 | 0.39 |
| Liaoning | 4238 | 4375 | 137 | 3.22 | 0.32 |
| Jilin | 2728 | 2746 | 18 | 0.67 | 0.07 |
| Heilongjiang | 3689 | 3831 | 142 | 3.86 | 0.38 |
| Shanghai | 1674 | 2302 | 628 | 37.51 | 3.24 |
| Jiangsu | 7438 | 7866 | 428 | 5.75 | 0.56 |
| Zhejiang | 4677 | 5443 | 766 | 16.37 | 1.53 |
| Anhui | 5986 | 5950 | -36 | -0.60 | -0.06 |
| Fujian | 3471 | 3689 | 218 | 6.29 | 0.61 |
| Jiangxi | 4140 | 4457 | 317 | 7.65 | 0.74 |
| Shandong | 9079 | 9579 | 500 | 5.51 | 0.54 |
| Henan | 9256 | 9402 | 146 | 1.58 | 0.16 |
| Hubei | 6028 | 5724 | -304 | -5.05 | -0.52 |
| Hunan | 6440 | 6568 | 128 | 1.99 | 0.20 |
| Guangdong | 8642 | 10430 | 1788 | 20.69 | 1.90 |
| Guangxi | 4489 | 4603 | 114 | 2.53 | 0.25 |
| Hainan | 787 | 867 | 80 | 10.18 | 0.97 |
| Chongqing | 3090 | 2885 | -205 | -6.65 | -0.69 |
| Sichuan | 8329 | 8042 | -287 | -3.45 | -0.35 |
| Guizhou | 3525 | 3475 | -50 | -1.43 | -0.14 |
| Yunnan | 4288 | 4597 | 309 | 7.20 | 0.70 |
| Tibet | 262 | 300 | 38 | 14.59 | 1.37 |
| Shaanxi | 3605 | 3733 | 128 | 3.54 | 0.35 |
| Gansu | 2562 | 2558 | -4 | -0.17 | -0.02 |
| Qinghai | 518 | 563 | 45 | 8.62 | 0.83 |
| Ningxia | 562 | 630 | 68 | 12.12 | 1.15 |
| Xinjiang | 1925 | 2181 | 256 | 13.32 | 1.26 |