3-6  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
Percentage of 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       (10 000 persons)
Urbanization Rate                                     (%)	13.26	18.30	20.91	26.44	36.22	49.68
Urban Population	7726	12710	21082	29971	45844	66557
Rural Population	50534	56748	79736	83397	80739	67415
Life Expectancy                                 (year old)			67.77*	68.55	71.40	74.83
Male			66.28*	66.84	69.63	72.38
Female			69.27*	70.47	73.33	77.37
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 the military personnel. Military personnel is listed as urban population in
population by residence. 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, 2000 and 2010 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.