4-3  Total Population and Birth Rate, Death Rate and Natural Growth Rate by Region (2003)                    
           
Region Total Population Birth Rate Death Rate Natural Growth Rate  
(year-end)        
(10 000 persons)  
         
  National Total 129227 12.41 6.40 6.01
  Beijing        1456 5.10 5.20 -0.10
  Tianjin        1011 7.14 6.04 1.10
  Hebei          6769 11.43 6.27 5.16
  Shanxi         3314 12.26 6.04 6.22
  Inner Mongolia 2380 9.24 6.17 3.07
  Liaoning       4210 6.90 5.83 1.07
  Jilin          2704 7.25 5.64 1.61
  Heilongjiang   3815 7.48 5.45 2.03
  Shanghai       1711 4.85 6.20 -1.35
  Jiangsu        7406 9.04 7.03 2.01
  Zhejiang       4680 9.66 6.38 3.28
  Anhui          6410 11.15 5.20 5.95
  Fujian         3488 11.43 5.58 5.85
  Jiangxi        4254 14.07 5.98 8.09
  Shandong       9125 11.42 6.64 4.78
  Henan          9667 12.10 6.46 5.64
  Hubei          6002 8.26 5.94 2.32
  Hunan          6663 11.82 6.87 4.95
  Guangdong      7954 13.66 5.31 8.35
  Guangxi        4857 13.86 6.57 7.29
  Hainan         811 14.68 5.52 9.16
  Chongqing      3130 9.89 7.20 2.69
  Sichuan        8700 9.18 6.06 3.12
  Guizhou        3870 15.91 6.87 9.04
  Yunnan         4376 17.00 7.20 9.80
  Tibet          270 17.40 6.30 11.10
  Shaanxi        3690 10.67 6.38 4.29
  Gansu          2603 12.58 6.46 6.12
  Qinghai        534 16.94 6.09 10.85
  Ningxia        580 15.68 4.73 10.95
  Xinjiang       1934 16.01 5.23 10.78
         
a)The military personnel were included in the national total population, but excluded in the regional total population.
b)The national total population excluded the population of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
c)The national total population was adjusted according to the sampling error and investigation error.